Re: spam

[frank@zk3.dec.com]

  >>Has anyone else been getting a _lot_ of spam recently? From something like
  >>"finally@yahoo"?

and

  >Yes, I just got two of them. They have an 888 number. The appropriate
  >punishment is to use your modem and a script to dial their toll free line
  >every miniute or so.

How is that the appropriate response?  It ties up phone company assets, making
Ma Bell install more equipment sooner than would otherwise have been necessary,
driving up your phone bill to pay for same.

-- 
--Doug