At 07:36 PM 5/5/97 -0700, Mike Jacobs wrote:
>[snip]
>
>I almost always take the time to respond by telling the sender of the UCE
>that I don't want any more email from them and cc their postmster.
>[snip]
 
Good idea to complain to the postmaster at the spammer's ISP, but be careful
of responding directly to the spam perpetrator, either to complain or to
follow their suggestion on how to be "removed" from their spamming list.
Almost certainly your name will be removed from one list and added to
another list that is sold to other spammers, resulting, ironically, to you
receiving even more spam. See "General Guidelines and Tips (How to Get Rid
of Junk Mail, Spam, and Telemarketers)":
 
"
5.Don't respond directly to junk mail solicitations, even if you write on it
to delete your name from their database. The reason is that lists are often
rented for one-time use, with the agreement that if someone responds in any
manner,   that name and address become the "property" of the company that
rented the list and sent you the mail.
"
 
http://www.csn.net/~felbel/jmtips.html#hottips
 
Cheers,
 
--Lenny__