responding to comment spam

My website has several forms which are periodically spammed. When a submission gets flagged as spam, and is internally rerouted to where spam should go, what is the appropriate response: * show an error or * show the regular message indicating that the message has been sent like normal The problem with the first option is that in theory the spammer now knows that his email is being flagged, and he might change tactics such that the heuristics don't catch it The problem with the second option is that if it is in fact a legitimate user they won't know that there is a problem
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