Steven Buehler wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
>
>
>>Hi all:
>>
>> Recently my received SPAM has been increasing exponentially, so I
>>thought about it.
>> I figured, they must be being paid every time anyone contacts their
>>webs site to deliver images for the SPAM message, as though I visited
>>their site, as though they were advertising someone's product/s. ($ per
>>hit)
>> I decided to get all mail and shut down my network connection, before
>>reading any mail, and deleting all SPAM instead of forwarding it to
>>RoadRunner.
>> My over 50 daily SPAMs dropped to ZERO in two days. Their robot
>>noticed my replies had stopped and removed me from it's mailing list.
>
>
> The other alternative is to determine which web site the SPAM image is
> located on, and block it in iptables or on your router.
>
> SWB
Long ago I developed the habit of taking Mozilla off-line before pawing
through my "blocked" folder. Recent versions of Mozilla have the Preference
"Privacy & Security -> Images -> Do not load remote images in Mail & Newsgroup
messages". Much, much easier.
-- Mark Polhamus
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