v12xjs
Well-Known Member
I'm getting really sick and tired of junk mail. Even setting up filters to block it doesn't work because the spammers use misspellings and other tactics to get around my filters so I can't stop them.
I have written to several senders but it turns out that they are just innocent people who's pc's are being used as bots to flood my inbox and I can't block every individual. My mail rules also mean I have actually blocked some mail that I wanted. I was resigned to just living with it until I saw something on one of the news channels the other day.
The report demonstrated how such bots work and in particular it was aimed at drawing attention to a criminal activity which involved blackmailing sites for cash by threatening to bring the site down by flooding it with traffic if payment wasn't made. The reporter went on to set up around 60 bots which targeted a specific site and each bot made several requests to the site every second. The target site was flooded with requests to such an extent that it gave a page unavailable message within minutes and that gave me an idea.
If I was to visit one of the sites that flood my mailbox and just kept clicking on the links on there, and 60 other people did the same thing then it would have exactly the same effect. I do not think there is anything remotely illegal in doing this as I have recieved a spam specifically asking me to visit the site, so I'm only doing what the mail is asking me to do. I do not wish to stop anybody from earning a living but I do want them to stop spamming me and I believe that a coordinated approach to such sites could actually bring this about. It would be such a pleasure to open my mailbox and not see multiple mails talking about penis enlargement, ejaculation enhancement and other blatantly offensive subject matter.
Let me state that I would never jeopardise such a fine site as RIU by using it to organise such a campaign but I would be most interested in hearing if this appeals to anybody else and any suggestions on a method of organising and promoting such an approach without leaving a worthwile site exposed to retribution from angry spammers. Reasoned objections also welcome.
Anybody?
I have written to several senders but it turns out that they are just innocent people who's pc's are being used as bots to flood my inbox and I can't block every individual. My mail rules also mean I have actually blocked some mail that I wanted. I was resigned to just living with it until I saw something on one of the news channels the other day.
The report demonstrated how such bots work and in particular it was aimed at drawing attention to a criminal activity which involved blackmailing sites for cash by threatening to bring the site down by flooding it with traffic if payment wasn't made. The reporter went on to set up around 60 bots which targeted a specific site and each bot made several requests to the site every second. The target site was flooded with requests to such an extent that it gave a page unavailable message within minutes and that gave me an idea.
If I was to visit one of the sites that flood my mailbox and just kept clicking on the links on there, and 60 other people did the same thing then it would have exactly the same effect. I do not think there is anything remotely illegal in doing this as I have recieved a spam specifically asking me to visit the site, so I'm only doing what the mail is asking me to do. I do not wish to stop anybody from earning a living but I do want them to stop spamming me and I believe that a coordinated approach to such sites could actually bring this about. It would be such a pleasure to open my mailbox and not see multiple mails talking about penis enlargement, ejaculation enhancement and other blatantly offensive subject matter.
Let me state that I would never jeopardise such a fine site as RIU by using it to organise such a campaign but I would be most interested in hearing if this appeals to anybody else and any suggestions on a method of organising and promoting such an approach without leaving a worthwile site exposed to retribution from angry spammers. Reasoned objections also welcome.
Anybody?