Everyone Hates A Spammer

Anyone who has ever used an E-mail, thinks Spammers are as popular as Nick Griffin in a Mosque. No matter how many times you ask me, I will not be tempted to buy Viagra from Singapore (at least not for a few years). Similarly in my business E-mails, I’m not tempted to by ‘best price USB’ from Hong Kong, when Spam E-mails are written in pigeon English.

If you’re a fellow blog writer and are non to impressed by spam mailers, check out http://www.stopforumspam.com, which is a very useful website. The site was created to be used as a central database for known forum spambots – so well done guys. There search facility, which lets you browse I.P addresses particularly useful.

Here is some sound advice from the BBC: Don’t act too fast – some responses might just make matters worse. Here are some golden rules:

• Don’t reply, ever!
• Never buy anything from a spammer. Don’t make spamming worth the effort – plus you’ll get even more spam once they know you’re willing to buy.
• Think twice before forwarding chain-letters or petitions. Mass-mailings like this still constitute spam and the lists of addresses on them are later used by spammers.
• Don’t ‘mail-bomb’ the spammer who seems to have singled you out. The address included in the spam is probably forged or belongs to a mailbox the spammer ignores.