From: mouss (usebsdfree.fr)
Date: Wed Nov 23 2005 - 06:18:05 CST

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Louis-David Mitterrand a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for the OT.
>
> While a very happy postfix user, I still get a little SPAM in my inbox,
> usually from a small business in .fr trying to sell a legtimate product.
> One of my addresses has obviously landed in a database sold to these
> companies.

- complain to the CNIL
- add local rules to block such spam

>
> For the sake of their education I'd like to show these companies how
> annoying SPAM is, thus I am considering adding their reply-to address
> to my web-site as a hidden mailto link on a special page dedicated to
> exposing theses addresses to spiders. In time they will certainly land
> in SPAM databases.

don't lose your time. and just because they annoy you, don't get out of
law.

>
> Or will they?

They won't even notice. most reply-to addresses in such spam don't
accept mail (I see a lot of "donotreplytheirdomain.example" or the like).

>
> What is the best way to give these "legitimate" spammers a taste of
> their own medicine by exposing their address?
>

A simple complaint with references to the consequences of spam may help
if they route mail by themselves. If they rely on an external "emailer",
you'll need to see if this one is honest or not. you can send me a copy
of the spam off-line.

> Is there a special web-site/service that does just that already?
>

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