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>>>>> Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net>:

> The only 100% effective mechanism for stopping spam is to get it
> listed under the junk fax laws. 

I'm in Norway.  We don't have the US junk fax laws, I think.

And how would I sue, or file a complaint against, a spammer situated
in the Fiji Islands?

> Short of that, some spam will always get through.

Which is why I'll continue with my drop-through technique.