I checked the blocking mechanism again that I implemented on Sunday using Sam Spade with ‘EmailSiphon’ as the user agent. Sure enough, I got a 403 error 
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I’m debating whether to change the message to something less generic. Any ideas? My current favourite is:
Access denied. Go away.
Short and sweet, but it does the job.
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January 29, 2003 at 22:27
try http://www.sodoff.com
January 30, 2003 at 09:38
Hmmm, could do. You can see what I have so far by going to http://www.neilturner.me.uk/403.htm .
January 31, 2003 at 07:31
I think you need something a lot more abusive for the spammers – its too nice. How about a poison page full of duff email address’s? see http://www.spywareinfo.com/harvest_project/ for more details
January 31, 2003 at 07:38
I was thinking about that, actually. When I have time, I’ll investigate.