-----Original Message-----
From: JHarper33(AT)aol.com <JHarper33(AT)aol.com>
To: Bfjwheels(AT)aol.com <Bfjwheels(AT)aol.com>; zora(AT)worldnet.att.net
<zora(AT)worldnet.att.net>
Cc: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] offensive e-mails
>In a message dated 5/2/99 10:30:46 AM EST, Bfjwheels(AT)aol.com writes:
>
>> I, too, have been getting x-rated e-mails. Attention all computer
>> nerds...is there a way toblock them for good?
>>
>> Barb J.
>>
>
>I wish there were! I have read and heard that it is not good to reply to
them
>and ask to be removed -- quite often that removal address is fake, or, if
it
>is for real, it confirms to them that your address is a legitimate one, and
>then they send more or pass the address along to others. AOL has a "mail
>controls" setting, where you can block mail from certain specific e-mail
>addresses. But often these people change screen names often, so that
doesn't
>help. AOL also says to forward the offensive e-mail to TOSSpam, but they
only
>do something about it if they receive a lot of complaints for that
particular
>screen name of offensive mailers. What seems to help most is just deleting
>the mail without opening it if possible -- sometimes the subject line gives
>you a clue it is x-rated, but often they try to make the subject line sound
>legitimate. I think the whole thing is disgusting and a big head-ache, and
I
>wish more could be done about it.
>
>Barbara H.
>
>