Re: Unstoppable picture spam.

asterix@no_where.net (Asterix) Tue, 16 May 2006 21:05:09 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spamcop.help
Organization Gaelian forces
Message-ID <1hfg7em.1jym52vdlp9waN%asterix@no_where.net>
Mike Easter <[email protected]> wrote:

> Asterix wrote:
> 
> > Please tell me how to report spam without opening it (and make sure
> > it's spam. By the way, it's years since I saw a web bug (fone home
> > thingy).
> 
> My spam is 'combed' by SpamPal so that it is tagged with a spam label in
> its subject and given header Xlines defining how the spam was so
> categorized before it arrives at my mua OE.  OE puts the spamtagged
> items into the Junk folder.  If I want to see why an item was tagged, I
> can examine its header Xlines by looking at its message properties
> without opening it.

Sorry, I was actually mocking "anon" - most of my spam is also marked,
either by SpamAssasin or PerlMx-Spam depending on the mail server.
As I a) want full control of what I report and b) always report through
the web site, there is no way I can avoid opening the spam.

Besides, your reply says abolutely nothing about how to *report* spam,
which what I asked. And you don't say *why* you discourage opening spam,
though I think I have an idea.

However, in my world adware, spyware, trojans, worms and viruses are 
a non-issue so I have no problem opening and reporting every spam.
For that matter, OE is a non-issue in my world, too :-)

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