# Lycos leads the fight against Spam! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143 "2004-11-29T14:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/41 "2004-12-01T23:26:53Z")
> [@AngelicGemma](#): > > Hurrah! I’ve finally managed to download it! From the original site? Or a different one? I still can’t get the damn thing. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/42 "2004-12-02T03:27:04Z")
I can’t either. Can someone who did download it email it to me? My email’s in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/43 "2004-12-02T03:54:47Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > I can’t either. Can someone who did download it email it to me? My email’s in my profile. Ooohh, forgot about e-mail. If anyone can package up the program and send it to me as well, I’d appreciate it. (Unless you hate me. Don’t want any wierd bugs or anything on the HD) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/44 "2004-12-02T06:03:00Z")
I can’t get it to load from anywhere :mad: Can somebody send the OSX version to me? My e-mail is in my profile. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/45 "2004-12-02T06:26:56Z")
Nevermind, Found working sites:[Mac](http://download.yacapa.com/download/32918.html) [Win](http://download.yacapa.com/download/32919.html) let’s get’em 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/46 "2004-12-02T07:39:18Z")
**wheelie** , my hero. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/47 "2004-12-02T08:18:55Z")
Hmm. This version gives some nifty graphics, but says I’m not connected and gives no info on anything my computer is doing. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/48 "2004-12-02T12:21:39Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > From the original site? Or a different one? I still can’t get the damn thing. :mad: It was from the original site. But I see someone has posted another link now. ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/49 "2004-12-02T12:24:14Z")
[A new development](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4061375.stm), perhaps using it is not such a great idea :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/50 "2004-12-02T15:59:01Z")
> [@mallocks](#): > > [A new development](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4061375.stm), perhaps using it is not such a great idea :smack: From the link: > [@](#): > > But analysis shows that, in some cases, spam websites are being completely overwhelmed by the traffic being directed their way. > The Lycos plan has also come under fire for encouraging vigilantism. Fuck 'em. I got no sympathy, none. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/51 "2004-12-02T16:06:00Z")
I read the article that mallocks posted. That is so pathetic. I have to contend with 100 junk E-Mails per day - and these bozos think it doesn’t bother _me_? (And since it is junk mail to MY site it increases MY bandwidth costs). Oh but when the spammers have _their_ sites clogged up with junk. then they run screaming to the authorities. Kind of reminds me of a school bully picking on everyone and yet the teachers and parents do nothing. Then all of a sudden, the students decide to band together and kick the crap out of the bully and he goes running to the principal screaming for help. Yes, perhaps a crude analogy, but I believe this is the _first_ time we have heard _anything_ from the “spammers” because people are banding together and forcing the spammers to take just what they have been dishing out. So the “authorities” have laws (or may even pass laws) which make this retaliation illegal. Don’t you think the “authorities” should stop and think about _why_ these sites are being attacked? Granted, hackers will attack sites just for the fun of it but shouldn’t it dawn on someone that these _particular_ sites are being attacked for a damned good reason? I just thought of something. Couldn’t charges be brought _against_ the spam sites for getting hackers to disable that “Make Love Not Spam” site? I mean if they want to fall back on the law let’s not be selective about it. :mad: Still, something less than happy, wolf ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/52 "2004-12-02T18:21:33Z")
I don’t believe it’s vigilantism, since it’s not illegal. I get 600 spams a day at work. I waste a great deal of time sifting through these looking for the relevant minority in my inbox, even with my spam controls in place. Get the bastards. ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/53 "2004-12-02T19:20:48Z")
As of this evening neither the main site nor the screensaver is functioning, I can only assume Lycos is reconsidering their position. A shame, I think it was fundementally a great idea, that I really wanted to support. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/54 "2004-12-05T07:18:03Z")
any updates on this. i love the idea of having a way to fight back. it would be a shame if lycos folded so easly. ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/55 "2004-12-05T16:24:10Z")
I ran it just now, and get the message ‘stay tuned’. I guess they’re probably going to stop the program. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/56 "2004-12-05T17:10:25Z")
From [San Jose Mercury News](http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/10333830.htm?1c) > [@](#): > > Associated Press > > NEW YORK - The Web portal Lycos Europe on Friday terminated a spam-fighting campaign that had been criticized as a breach of Internet civility. It was cool while it lasted, must have been doing something to hurt them, since the lycos site got hacked so quickly. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/57 "2004-12-05T22:33:08Z")
I can only assume someone somewhere will run with this idea. If anyone keeps up with new programs, let us know if a new version of this comes out? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143/58 "2005-03-30T07:21:37Z")
> [@](#): > > The campaign finished on December 21, 2004. so the idea failed? no resurrections? no copycats? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lycos-leads-the-fight-against-spam/277143.md?page=2)