Hi all, At UNL, we have a "spamjam" built into our system and it works really well.  I do have to check and delete each spam as it comes through.  Once in awhile a real e-mail is spammed into it,including privately sent notes from fellow techs, so I'm glad I check.  BTW, I just got one this morning from a Frenchman who is selling a 1758 contrabassoon.  Did anyone get this one or I may need to see if it's for real? <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>Willem Blees <wimblees@aol.com> Sent by: caut-bounces@ptg.org 07/22/2008 07:33 AM <table border> <tr valign=top> <td bgcolor=white> <div align=center>Please respond to College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org></div></table> <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td>caut@ptg.org <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td> <tr valign=top> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td>Re: [CAUT] spam</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> Jim On AOL, we have a SPAM filter that I can just click on, and the sender will forever be blocked from my computer. (I could put you in there, if I wanted to). See if that's available with your server. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Jim Busby <jim_busby@byu.edu> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:21 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] spam Hi Ron, For years I have reported spam (especially scams) to spam.gov, as you have explained below, but have never seen any results from our government. Is there another address that I could use? And, how does one know if any action was taken, or if it is just a waste of time? Most don't have the abuse thing attached. I'd gladly send the idiots away if I could. I get 5 or so a day. Thanks. Jim Busby BYU -----Original Message----- From: <a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org</a>] On Behalf Of Ron Overs Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 2:24 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] spam Hello all, Unsolicited junk is the curse of the medium. I routinely report one spammer/scammer per day to either our Australian authority which deals with it, or the server of origin if they have an abuse@**** address. For example, Gmail seems to be rotten with scammer accounts. You can open the offending email, click the "blah, blah blah" button to include the entire headers so that the server can identify the scammer, then forward it to <a href=mailto:abuse@gmail.com>abuse@gmail.com</a>. They'll usually close the account. If we all did one per day the scoundrels might well be hunted from the web. Ron O. -- OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY    Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________ Web <a href=http://overspianos.com.au/ target=_blank>http://overspianos.com.au</a> <a href=mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au?>mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au</a> _______________________ <hr>The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. <a href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target=_blank>Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</a>!