"I'm Annoyed" Method

 This is definitely a ruder way to respond to an email spam. In this method you send a "get me off your mailing list" message to every email address you can think of that has to do with the people sending you the mail. You end up sending your message to a lot of people that don't need to hear it.. but hey.. its not like you needed to hear about their latest get rich quick scheme...

Step 1: Identify valid email addresses

 Most machines have at least some of the following email addresses that go to system administrators:

You can check to see which (if any) of these email addresses are valid by telneting to the machine's mail port.

When you register a domain name with the InterNic, an email address of an administrator must be submitted for the site. You can look up this You may also want to send mail to the person listed there.

Step 2: Complain

 Since you are being nice, you should limit your complaints to the sender or the system administrator of the site. In the first example these would be:

I recommend forwarding them the piece of offending mail and including something like this at the top:

To whom it may concern,

I have tried unsuccessfully to remove myself from your mailing list. The spam mail I received did not include any way for me to remove myself from the list. I suggest that you educate your users and clients on proper netiquette.

Please alert me that you have received this email and then remove the following email addresses from your mailing list:

your@address
your@other.address
etc.

If you don't receive a response from this, then you may find yourself starting to think about the Pissed Off Method.
Last modified Sept 2, 1996