Come on guys and gals, you should know better.. if you respond to these people, they just keep coming back for more abuse.

Just post a troll alert, and I'll purge the thread..

: Just post a troll alert, and I'll purge the
: thread..

when you spot a troll, or a piece of spam, just respond to the message, and change the subject line to say: TROLL don't respond or SPAM please delete and leave the message field blank..

: when you spot a troll, or a piece of spam, just
: respond to the message, and change the
: subject line to say: TROLL don't respond or
: SPAM please delete and leave the message
: field blank..

Of course, if it's one of those idiots who posts a chain letter on how to get rich quick, I whip out my trusty anti-spam message which goes like this:

Are you interested in making $$$$ fast?

Here's an incredibly simple way to do it, and there is nothing to buy, no investment to make, no money to lose! Try it now!

Follow this simple procedure:
1) Hold down the shift key.
2) Hit the 4 key four times.

And then I submit the following link:

http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/smartbuy/basics/5307.asp

which directs them to a site on how to turn $1 a day into $67,815 (by saving that dollar a day!). Pretty simple, huh?

That's the way I do it. And I change the subject to indicate that the above message is spam.

Can't we just poke and prod 'em just a little bit before you come along and whack 'em with the delete button?

You're right of course, but sometimes they make it sooooo easy

: Can't we just poke and prod 'em just a little
: bit before you come along and whack 'em with
: the delete button?

if you feed the trolls, even for a little while, they start to get bigger and nastier... it's like dropping a gremlin in a swimming pool at night

: if you feed the trolls, even for a little
: while, they start to get bigger and
: nastier... it's like dropping a gremlin in a
: swimming pool at night

That's a very good analogy, Chucky... don't forget not to fee them after midnight, either!!!