Senate passes Anti-Spam law

RawAlex · 2003-10-23, 08:09 PM

Ummm, okay, a big chunk of the submit page here is missing on the right, well... whatever!

I had an idea. not a nice idea, but an idea.

What would happen if, in your mail filters, instead of deleting stuff, you forwarded it to a specific place... say complaints@ftc.gov or georgebush@whitehouse.gov or yoursenator@hisdomain.gov and let them handle it all?

Can you imaging the meltdown as hundreds of thousands of people forward their shitmail to these people? Heck, I could too out an easy 2k mails a day by myself... 100,000 people doing it would mean 200 million emails a day hit ONE address.

Not a denial of service, mind you, but a complaint. A protest. I shouldn't have to deal with all this shit in my mailbox, and someone in the guvvernmint needs to know about it.

Just a thought.

Alex

2003-10-23, 08:09 PM	#8
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	Ummm, okay, a big chunk of the submit page here is missing on the right, well... whatever! I had an idea. not a nice idea, but an idea. What would happen if, in your mail filters, instead of deleting stuff, you forwarded it to a specific place... say complaints@ftc.gov or georgebush@whitehouse.gov or yoursenator@hisdomain.gov and let them handle it all? Can you imaging the meltdown as hundreds of thousands of people forward their shitmail to these people? Heck, I could too out an easy 2k mails a day by myself... 100,000 people doing it would mean 200 million emails a day hit ONE address. Not a denial of service, mind you, but a complaint. A protest. I shouldn't have to deal with all this shit in my mailbox, and someone in the guvvernmint needs to know about it. Just a thought. Alex