 original message from carlo URL mailto carlo URL sent NUMBER september NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER to spamassassin talk URL subject satalk getting yourself removed from spam lists i get the feeling that the spammers never remove emails from their lists correct on the other hand that doesn t make sense wouldn t they get worried about their millions of spams being wasted don t they want some prove that they indeed reach people somehow no they only have to prove that they send several million emails to potential clients to get their money i don t think they even care much about bounces they re con artists why should they care about proving they actually reached people so it seems to me that they do clean up their lists but only when a spam fails to deliver or can t they detect that most of the time the bounce goes to some poor soul who has nothing to do with the spammer what do spammers do with email addresses in their database that are undeliverable for a few years do they still continue to spam them yes tony this URL email is sponsored by thinkgeek welcome to geek heaven URL _______________________________________________ spamassassin talk mailing list spamassassin talk URL URL 