# Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 26, 2003, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam-spam-spam/215311 "2003-11-26T03:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam-spam-spam/215311/41 "2003-11-27T22:01:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*I keep getting porn spam about Paris Hilton. > > I didn’t even know who Paris Hilton was until the so-called scandal broke a couple of weeks ago, now they all think I want to see this complete stranger having sex. > > The annoying thing is, if you were to finally kowtow to the spam and actually utilise it, it’s not like it will go away afterward. It’ll just increase. \*\* I keep getting “fgdgdfg paris hilton dfsdgs” spam. I have yet to open one. So I STILL don’t know who she is. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam-spam-spam/215311/42 "2003-11-27T22:21:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*The annoying thing is, if you were to finally kowtow to the spam and actually utilise it, it’s not like it will go away afterward. It’ll just increase. \*\* A current suggestion to fight spam is to respond as requested to every bit of it, but with fake information. Spamming works just now because even with a miniscule response rate, it’s still makes the spammer and spammer’s client money. This would change if the genuine responses were drowned in a flood of bogus responses. It makes sense to me, but you need to be sure that everyone is doing the same. ---
**Author:** ![autobulb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@autobulb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/autobulb)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam-spam-spam/215311/43 "2003-11-28T06:39:04Z")
What’s funny is that I’ve never ever used the email provided by my ISP and it gets spam. Do spambots take you off their list if the email address no longer exists? My main email account gets alot of spam but I would like to keep it, so would deleting it for a couple days and then recreating it work? ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam-spam-spam/215311/44 "2003-11-28T11:41:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by autobulb \* > **What’s funny is that I’ve never ever used the email provided by my ISP and it gets spam.** I continually get spam on my domain for email addresses that do not and never have existed. Spammers simply make-up likely combinations to bulk out the “10 million verified email addresses!!” lists they sell. They’re lying scum, we can’t expect any better from them. > [@](#): > > \*\*Do spambots take you off their list if the email address no longer exists? My main email account gets alot of spam but I would like to keep it, so would deleting it for a couple days and then recreating it work? \*\* Maybe. It’s a good question. I suspect that they simply no longer bother anymore. The effort required, even in an automated procedure, may be more than the inconvenience of having a dud address in their spam list. They’re scum, why do they care that their list is full of duds that’ll bounce all over the internet? It’s not as if it’s going to bounce back to _them_. It’s someone else’s problem. But even if they did remove your account from their lists when it started bouncing, it takes far longer than a couple of days. I’ve been bouncing accounts for _years_ that still get spam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-spam-spam-spam-spam-spam/215311.md?page=2)