> Want to loose a few extra pounds before summer? Want to look great for that
> special someone in your life? Then don't delay. Send us an email to recieve
> more information to change your life.
>
> WeightripoffPros1@hotmail.com
If you are going to SPAM, at least spell it correctly. Who wants weight
that is sloshing around inside them?

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> Want to loose a few extra pounds before summer?
Do you mean "Lose?" Sure doesn't evryone, even spammers?
can this spam be blocked?
> Want to loose a few extra pounds before summer? Want to look great for
> that
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>
> WeightLossPros1@hotmail.com
Matthew - 04 Mar 2005 14:21 GMT
> can this spam be blocked?
You can add this sender to your blocked senders list (Tools| Message Rules|
Blocked Sender List), but that will not block future communication should
they use a different e-mail address.
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Matthew
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To reply by e-mail, heat things up a bit.
JayJay - 04 Mar 2005 20:48 GMT
> can this spam be blocked?
It really depends on the news service you use. The one I use does block
much of the spam - so when people like you respond to it (and do not snip
your reply) you actually just repost the spam itself and do the job for the
spammer.
So - lesson of the day - if you feel you must respond to spammers - snip
the crap they post first. :)
Otherwise - its kinda hard to block these spammers. Putting them in your
blocked sender doesn't do much good - as usually their account will be
terminated pretty quickly and they just resend the spam under a different
address.
The best thing to do is just ignore the posts, don't respond to them. Or -
(without announcing it via a post) just take the spam post, view all the
headers of the message and forward it on to the originating ISP's violation
of TOS address. (most are "tosspam@{ispname.com}" or "abuse@[ispname.com]
or something similar.) In the case of this spammer, I'd sent to hotmail,
and supernews, and if you are real net savvy, you'd use a reverse domain
lookup on the website mentioned in the header, find the supporting
webservice providing the support and contact their abuse line as well.
In essence - do your part in shutting down the spammers by reporting them.