Thread:Ironwestie/@comment-24896668-20140504220432

-- Moved this to your wall, thought it'd be more appropriate than in the original spam thread on the Fun and Games board... not so used to the whole wiki editing yet, please bear while I learn --

They're worthless spammers alright. The same stuff is smeared all over the web.

I was a usenet spam canceller for years until over a decade ago. Also got many email spammers kicked from their providers and spamvertized websites yanked. It didn't help decrease the flood of spam by one single byte ;)  I also maintained a couple of websites and forums over the years.

From those experiences I can tell you it's an absolute waste of time and energy to warn or respond to spammers directly. They won't even revisit or read your message. In the very exceptional case I got an answer to my (automated) response to their spams, the spammers turned out to be compulsive lieers who just didn't care which resources they abused or which websites they turned into useless cesspits.

Though I understand you want to do things correctly, I'd advise you to just kick/block them with a single word (spam or spammer) and not waste *any* of your time and energy. Spammers don't deserve any of it, and I've seen you have plenty of work on your hands already.

Imho, spending time and energy *after* someone asks why they've been blocked that way would be soon enough. Nobody will ask why anyways.

HTH 