Comments on: Email scare tactic http://www.phantomdev.com/emai_scare_tactic/ Catch the Phantom if you can Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:38:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tyler http://www.phantomdev.com/emai_scare_tactic/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Tyler Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:54:08 +0000 http://www.phantomdev.com/?p=176#comment-559 yeah, indeed. I suppose they have gotten a tad more resourceful since I dealt with them last, lol yeah, indeed. I suppose they have gotten a tad more resourceful since I dealt with them last, lol

]]> By: cyrozap http://www.phantomdev.com/emai_scare_tactic/comment-page-1/#comment-558 cyrozap Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:31:46 +0000 http://www.phantomdev.com/?p=176#comment-558 "...sending an email to a spammer would only confirm that your email is valid." Actually, they only need to NOT receive an email from the mail server saying that "the address doesn't exist" to know that it's valid. One time, I got these spam emails from some Chinese web-design firm asking if I would like to partner with them. One of the emails said to respond if I didn't want any more emails. I didn't listen until finally I had had enough. I emailed them back, asking them to kindly stop (in simple English) and they did. “…sending an email to a spammer would only confirm that your email is valid.”

Actually, they only need to NOT receive an email from the mail server saying that “the address doesn’t exist” to know that it’s valid.

One time, I got these spam emails from some Chinese web-design firm asking if I would like to partner with them. One of the emails said to respond if I didn’t want any more emails. I didn’t listen until finally I had had enough. I emailed them back, asking them to kindly stop (in simple English) and they did.

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