This is not spam!

I was just sorting through some old e-mails I have on my PowerBook, deleting all the old spam and such that I (never | no longer) need(ed).

I was just getting to the end of this list when I came across an e-mail entitled “Re: your web site needs something like this…” from katief@mail2katie.com on 30th October 2004, which I had replied to.

When I wrote the reply I was midway through writing my DAS4 assessed exercise and therefore tired and very pissed off. Here is a copy of the reply I sent:

This is not spam!

The thing is, I’m sitting trying to write a distributed program which is perhaps beyond your comprehension (Ed: it certainly was beyond mine). I am pissed off as it is and getting shitty emails which are RE things which I haven’t mailed out is making my rage even more!

Bernadine Williamson (“katief” ???), you can suck my balls!

Please remove me from your mailing list as I no longer wish to be subject to your inane babbling, if you send me anymore spam I will be tempted to visit your house and shit on the driveway… have a nice day :)

I can’t remember writing it, but think it has all the qualities of a good e-mai. I realise that it probably didn’t reach anyone, but it probably made me feel better.
- Chris

  • http://www.ultra-data.com Mark Cornelissen

    I feel the potential for a program here… maybe a piece software can be developed to send such replies to the spammer (maybe randomly generating a different kind of e-mail each time.)
    If only the e-mail address of the real spammer could be traceable… :P

  • http://www.chris-miller.org/blog/ Chris

    Perhaps an Automator workflow?

    Just have to watch you don’t send abusive e-mails to people that mail has accidentally flagged as spammers!

  • http://www.ultra-data.com Mark Cornelissen

    Hehehe… yes, that would be possible. Still, it is hardly ever possible to find the e-mail address of the real spammer.