There are a lot of good anti-spamming info resources on the web, but from personal experience, it takes a lot of effort and is usually futile to fight. The sheer volume of spam makes this a losing proposition regarding your time. On a monthly basis I receive over 30K bounce messages in my postmaster boxes just due to spamming of invalid addresses. Since there is no way I have time to parse them for legitimate problems, I just run a chron job to periodically clear the boxes. My users know how to contact me if they need to.

IMHO, your best bet is to become a moving target. It'll keep you sane, and keep your blood pressure down. Maintain a batch of throwaway e-mail addresses to use for transactions over the web, and kill any addresses that start receiving spam. Only give your real address to those you trust. Also, if you haven't already, learn how to configure your spam filter.

In reply to Re: (OT) Is retaliation ethical if a spam source can be identified beyond a reasonable doubt? by hangon
in thread (OT) Is retaliation ethical if a spam source can be identified beyond a reasonable doubt? by leocharre

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