return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoFTC’s click-to-cancel rule has been struck down by federal judges at the eleventh hourwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down13
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minus-squarey0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoI wonder if replying to a “do not reply” email 1000 times a second would have any ill effect in their servers.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoLikely not. Many times the address doesn’t even have a mailbox, so it immediately bounces. If you reply enough to actually have an effect, you’ll either be blacklisted, or reported as spam.
minus-squareJason2357@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoBest you can do is report spam. If enough do that, it’ll give their IT dep a headache.
I wonder if replying to a “do not reply” email 1000 times a second would have any ill effect in their servers.
Likely not. Many times the address doesn’t even have a mailbox, so it immediately bounces. If you reply enough to actually have an effect, you’ll either be blacklisted, or reported as spam.
Best you can do is report spam. If enough do that, it’ll give their IT dep a headache.