Spam the Spammers

[Biff]

I'm really pissed off by the fact that I'm getting shit loads of spam from a certain fake company (although Thunderbird has a neat in-built Junk tool to help combat this shite). So yesterday I searched for a tool designed to throw some spam back at the spammers, and found a great tool here>>>> www.spamitback.com

A damned fine tool it it too. And it's very clever in the way it send the spam back (I'm up to 25,000 e-mails sent to the company in questions mail server), as it varies the message type, and you can alter the file sizes, in order to avoid any filtering software the company's mail server runs in order to filter out the dross.

Any real geeks fancy checking it out and commenting on its effectiveness?

Long live Lycos.

[Sniper]

Oooo, I'll try it now, thanks

[skelstar]

Not from a geek point of view, but I know that some of the spam I get are from people that are unwittingly sending it out. Maybe a virus on their computer that sends out emails to others on a list. This way you never know the originating email address.

Using this aforementioned app may be sending spam out to innocent people. Or not, youll never know though.

[Big Dave]

Suzi Quatro - 1978?

[Biff]

Using this aforementioned app may be sending spam out to innocent people. Or not, youll never know though.

Not to the best of my knowledge. You can create your own list of addresses though. If you want to play dirty with someone.

Actually, now you mention it, I'll try spamming myself later and see what happens.

[Biff]

Suzi Quatro - 1978?

Too deep for me.

[Big Dave]

Too deep for me.

Oh that's right, it was 'Can the Can' - not 'Spam the Spam!'.

[GR81]

most people that spam you, their address doesnt actually exist. they just point you to a site.
so youll prolly spend all your time deleting bounce backs haha

[Biff]

most people that spam you, their address doesnt actually exist. they just point you to a site.
so youll prolly spend all your time deleting bounce backs haha

Afraid not. It pings each server first and if it doesn't get a response it doesn't spam it.

haha

[Hitcher]

Suzi Quatro - 1978?

John Hanlon - 1973.

[Hitcher]

Anyway, while I am attracted to the revenge factor of this product, how does it help resolve the issue of an Internet that's already groaning beneath a stratospheric welter of unwanted or unsolicited email?

[metric]

If anyone actually uses it for a while please report back with an effectiveness rating

[Indiana_Jones]

Bastard spammers

-Indy

[Oakie]

John Hanlon - 1973.

I'll handle this one ... 'Damn the dam'

[Oakie]

For some reason over the last month I've been getting spam from wonderful people offering to add length to my penis. Hah, they're wasting their time ... I rode a 1200cc Bandit for 4 days last week ... instant penis extension.