I think I'm going to become horribly fond of Bouncer. It serves exactly that role for my e-mail box - letting in those who ought to be admitted, and keeping out the ruffians carrying spiced ham.
Using the Rules section of my e-mail program, I have compiled a reasonably thorough filter for spammers. When an e-mail comes in that matches a known pattern, my mail app will now automatically send out a message to the sender:
The original message was received at Thu, 13 Jun 2002 17:18:07 -0700 from perpetualbeta.com
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<mike@perpetualbeta.com>
(reason: 550 5.1.1 <mike@perpetualbeta.com>... User unknown)
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to perpetualbeta.com.:
>>> RCPT To:<mike@perpetualbeta.com>
<<< 550 5.1.1 <mike@perpetualbeta.com>... User unknown
Spammers will be fooled - at least most of them - into thinking this is not a valid e-mail address.
Aaaaahhhh, technology.
Posted by wasylik at June 13, 2002 08:30 PM