Subject: No I did NOT spam you
From: no_i_did_not_spam_you@
Sender: no_i_did_not_spam_you@

I append http://www.berklix.org/~jhs/std/no_spam_from_me.txt
See Also http://www.berklix.org/~jhs/std/no_spam_from_us_fix_your_filter.txt

Do Not Tell Me I Sent You A Spam Or Virus - You Are Wrong !

I & my computers send No spam or viruses, nor are they infested,
but that doesn't stop spammers masquerading as me, (or you too,
sooner or later).

Spammers & Virus spreaders frequently masquerade as others.
Some spammers doubtless broadcast "You sent a spam/ virus" & virus
warnings, just to harvest addresses of live responders.

Why Spammers Masquerade Particularly As This Author:
  - My addresses are well known, stored on the net, long before spammers
    trawled for addresses to spam to, & to fake masquerade from.
  - I help run & organise many mail lists & groups, numerous members of which
    are not technicaly competent run Microsoft, catch viruses
    elsewhere, which harvest my & other innocent addresses from
    their mail archives, & export to spammer lists. (Not via my servers!).

Someone spammed a load of people in my name in June 2004 with
sociological views that were Not mine.  There's nothing to stop
someone spamming in your name too. Realise fake masquerading happens.
Learn to detect it, & to examine headers carefully before reporting it.

Complaints from automatic responders eg: "you sent a virus or spam",
gets deleted unseen by my filter, they're Always wrong in my case,
& a complete waste of my time.  I don't have time or interest to
waste with spammer warnings, viruses, & virally infested Microsoft
users, relayers, my mail filter discards the rubbish unseen.

If you use virally endangered binary software & proprietary unpublished
formats etc from convicted & fined monopolist Microsoft,
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:62004A0201:EN:HTML
I will not waste my time dealing with your self imposed viral
liability problems.

It's incompetent users with infested insecure inferior binary only
commercial software, surepticiously taken over by spammers & used
as spam relays, that are helping choke the Internet with spam.

Some net users daftly suggest "A tax per email sent would discourage
spam" - That & similar announces how ignorant they are. They
themselves & their insecure PCs are the reason the Internet is so
abused. Laws can't protect much in a trans national Internet.
Security protects. Studying, investment of your time, & competence
& security software protects.  Incompetent users, & insecure Microsoft
PCs are the insecure base spammers & viruses mostly use to infest
& burden the net.

Dont blame computer experts for net insecurity. Blame insecure users
too lazy to spend time learning, who treat their PC like the
equivalent of closing their front door to block the wind & rain,
but who do Not lock the front door against burglars.

http://www.berklix.com   		Computer Consultancy