02-02-2017, 12:41 AM
Spammers probably paid someone money for those e-mail addresses they're spamming, so they want to get their money's worth. Besides, it probably doesn't cost them very much at all to continue spamming accounts even if they don't respond. So short answer is probably "when hell freezes over."
When I was still running Snow Leopard I loved the ability to bounce the spam e-mail, and it did seem to help to get my address off some lists. Unfortunately that's not an option (that I know of) in later versions of OS X Mail, unless one sets up and runs their own mail server. I tried that once a long time ago, but it became almost a full time job trying to keep up with the rules to shutdown spammers one by one.
I recall seeing a proposal, from Microsoft I think, that was a model for an e-mail approach that included some sort of "postage fee" (non-monetary) based on use and valid e-mails I think. When I read it I thought it had real promise as a step in the right direction towards a solution. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have gone anyplace and as far as I know there aren't any other solutions that have people talking (yet).
When I was still running Snow Leopard I loved the ability to bounce the spam e-mail, and it did seem to help to get my address off some lists. Unfortunately that's not an option (that I know of) in later versions of OS X Mail, unless one sets up and runs their own mail server. I tried that once a long time ago, but it became almost a full time job trying to keep up with the rules to shutdown spammers one by one.
I recall seeing a proposal, from Microsoft I think, that was a model for an e-mail approach that included some sort of "postage fee" (non-monetary) based on use and valid e-mails I think. When I read it I thought it had real promise as a step in the right direction towards a solution. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have gone anyplace and as far as I know there aren't any other solutions that have people talking (yet).