For a lot of emails it is easier than typing the addys into the page and selecting the "mailto:" to make the hyperlink. It takes the hassle out if hitting back.

First set up a text file (NotePad or other) containing the email addresses of the spammer. Copy paste the suffix (the part after the '@' sign) of the addy from the spammer's email to the text file BEFORE you send it to the 'Blocked Senders' list. (Use 'Properties>Details') If you don't, you can't copy/paste from the 'Blocked Senders' list! Collect about 20 email addys, or more, before using the prog. I just keep a copy of NotePad on the task bar for convenience.

I ALWAYS go off-line to read my mail. Otherwise, the sender can get info while you are connected.

The html page must have a hyperlink into it otherwise the 'spider' won't find it.

As this is a DOS prog you are restricted to the DOS filenames. Only eight characters and just numbers and letters.

This prog makes fake email addys from two random number generators combined with the spammer's email provider. When the 'spider' picks it up from your web page, it has to check that it is a genuine email addy by sending an email and getting the 'not valid' reply. If we can get a million people to have a thousand fake addys on their sites, and change them monthly, it would cause a big headache for the spammers.

The program can generate eight thousand billion (8,000,000,000,000) different fake addresses!

You should have a text file (named eg mailin) for input like :-

You will find the html file in your root directory c:\ as eg - FILENAME.HTM

As I am very much a novice, I would appreciate any advice from the wise!