Re: VOLKER--Re: Kids bypassing firewall via web proxy sites

No Spam wrote:
> In article <4417baec@news.uni-ulm.de> Volker Birk wrote:
>> No Spam <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote:
>>> Considering the fact that you don't understand what entertainment
>>> is, I am not surprised why what I posted went flying over your head.
>>
>> Perhaps, sometimes you will understand, why a fake mail address does
>> NOT prevent from Spam at all, but double Spam and send it to other
>> people.
>
> You seem to be confused in email basics too, why I am not surprised?

You OTOH seem to be confused in anything that goes beyond email basics.

> Let's see, so far you showed that you don't understand usenet, and
> when schooled about it, you tried turning it into an irrelevant
> discussion, and you are now about to be educated in that one too.
>
> Using an address like nospam@nospam.nospam, does stop spam from
> getting to me email box and to my domain.

Which of course doesn't mean it won't get into someone's inbox, but hey,
why should you care that your fake mail address increases the spam
volume for someone alse?

Can you say "bounce"?
Can you say "address spoofing"?

No? I thought so.

> Using an email like bumens@dingens.org, does not stop spam, whether
> that address is real or not is not even a factor, since dingens.org is
> a valid domain, and you could be flooded with email, dictionary spam
> attacks, even if "bumens" is not a valid email box/alias on that
> domain.
>
> Get it now?
>
> Now I suggest that you do your homework next time, before you post
> something as stupid as this, or be kind enough to explain to the
> interested readers, how exactly an invalid address like
> nospam@nospam.nospam is getting spam.

Spammer sends bulk mail with spoofed From address to your fake address,
using an open relay. Bounce goes to spoofed From address. Thus your fake
mail address caused someone else to receive the spam that was directed
to you. Some people call this type of behaviour "anti-social".

> I'll save you further embarrassment making a fool out of yourself in
> public like this, you can't so save your inane rants to someone who
> might consider you worthy of further responses.

I have a hunch *who* made a fool out of himself, and it sure isn't
Volker.

*plonk*

cu
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