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A Word About Spam Email

 

Should you "reply to remove from mailing list"?   NO!     As you may have noticed with much of the spam messages you receive, the "From", "Reply-To" and "To" headers point to addresses that are usually invalid.   In many cases, trying to respond to the address in the "From" header results in your message being "bounced" back to you as undeliverable.  In other cases, you may discover that you are able to reply to an unwanted message. In fact, the message may actually give you "removal instructions" or invite you to "reply to be removed" from the spammer's mailing list.

Replying to spam, or even following the sender's instructions for "removal," will increase the amount of spam you get in the long run. If you respond, you are letting the spammer know that you have received the message and you are confirming for them that your e-mail address is valid.

Spammers rarely track who it is that makes a request to delete them from their mailing lists.  Generally they just use your response with your e-mail address to update their mailing lists. Often these valid e-mail address are then sold to other spammers.