[NTLUG:Discuss] Spammer harvesting addresses from this list?

[fredjame]

Cameron, Thomas wrote:

>Not sure exactly what you mean, but what I mean is this:
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>I get an e-mail (with a legit return address) saying "Hi, I'm Joe Blow with XYZ Widget Corp, and we provide the worlds best widgets blah, blah, blah..."
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>I reply to that person and say "Don't bother, because you've sent UCE you're blacklisted forever and ever.  Thanks for playing."
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>Now for the normal spam with bogus return addresses (viagra and similar spam), that stuff gets caught at the border - Bank of America has a pretty awesome anti-spam filtering system.
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Thank you for the clarification - the idea had raised my hopes just a 
touch, if only for a moment.  Oh, well, the delete button still works.

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