Oh lord, never let a bureaucrat anywhere near the real world. In the UK the Office of the Information Commissioner (you know, the guy who’s supposed to be the expert), has been telling the recipients of spam to reply and opt out.

As any sane person knows this is probably the most stupid thing you can do. All it does is tell the spammer that there is a real live person at the other end, and invites a flood of yet more junk.