An idea for stopping sex junk mail that gets thru filters

[Patrick Sutton]

Is it possible to send an auto- response to a junk email that makes it appear that my email address is invalid? A lot of the junk mail I get has misspelled words like p*nis en&largement etc and seem to come from various email id's and addressess, so I am having a tough time filtering them. I know from a past experience that if an email address doesn't work for even 2 weeks almost all of my junk email has stopped arriving at that address once it becomes active or valid again.

Thanks -

Patrick

[Eric]

Is it possible to send an auto- response to a junk email that makes it appear that my email address is invalid?

It's possible, but I don't think it would do any good.
Most return email addresses from those junk senders are spoofed, so instead you'll spam someone with your bounce.

Spam comes and goes, because one day you're submerged with it and the next you don't get any.

See also auto bouncing?
andWhat is Wrong With Bouncing Spam.

FWIW Best to just delete those spam messages.

[Patrick Sutton]

Ah ha - I figured there had to be a reason it wasn't being done!

Thanks again, Eric - once again you have been a great help!

Patrick

[robin]

Hi Patrick, I agree with Eric on this one; spammers never send out messages under their own name.