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11-06-2003 | 05:39 AM
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just got another one:-
The following external mail message has been blocked by ********* Spam filter.
Subject : Men, Why no add some size?
Sender : 062subrzgr@cs.com
If you believe this message is work related and has been incorrectly classified, then please mail **this** message requesting that it be released to one of the following email addresses :
The following external mail message has been blocked by ********* Spam filter.
Subject : Men, Why no add some size?
Sender : 062subrzgr@cs.com
If you believe this message is work related and has been incorrectly classified, then please mail **this** message requesting that it be released to one of the following email addresses :
11-06-2003 | 05:39 AM
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From: City Of London / Knebworth
Originally posted by zero_to60
I must get at least 3 spam mails a day regards penis size?????????
I must get at least 3 spam mails a day regards penis size?????????
Recently I have been getting between 80 and 100 spam emails a day
The latest version of MailWasher Pro (V3.3 out yesterday) now does auto deletion from the server
So I am now down to about 15 a day.
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11-06-2003 | 05:48 AM
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From: South Ozzie!!
I used to get this when I was in my last job. Now I get hardly anything other than stuff I ask for e.g. Autoexpress. I rarely ever use my email address when posting to web pages, I don't post to newsgroups with any form of my email. I always check the box that says don't pass my details on etc. and I have had the same mail address for the past 5 years...
11-06-2003 | 06:29 AM
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I set up about 5 different hotmail addresses which I use for spam catching. If I need to register for something on the web I always use a hotmail address and when the spamming gets out of hand, I close down that one and move on.
Never put your 'usual' email address into any site which asks for it to 'register' for something unless you know for sure they do not sell addresses on. If they don't say they never will, they probably do.
Try not to use email addresses which are easy to guess, ie. Neil955@emal.co.uk is easy for a spammer's software to guess because it has a common name and some numbers, screw_u_spammer@email.co.uk doesn't since it's got no mames in.
Don't use any common email providers for your main email - yahoo, hotmail and aol are constantly targetted by spammers, try to find a small ISP who won't be on the spammers lists - I use Portland who are a no-frills ISP but are small and rarely targetted.
Spammers send out emails to possible addresses, they will send out millions of mails, most of which will be undeliverable, they are identified by the returning 'unable to deliver' message from the email server. They are deleted. Some are delivered but never read, the account may not be active, they are not much use to the spammer, why send out mail which is never read. Then there are the 'live' addresses, there are woth money to the spammer since they can sell the address as belonging to someone who looks at spam email, the way they determine which email addresses are 'live' are getting more and more sneaky, some of them are:-
-The 'unsubscribe' button or link - says to the spammer 'I have not only received your spam, but I've read it'
-The 'Someone fancies you / old friiend' approach - you are led to a website under the pretence of someone you know trying to get in touch or tell you they fancy you, the URL for that site has a code in which tells the spammer 'not only is this one reading the spam, they are also gullible enough to follow links to websites'
-The 1x1 picture scam - the email contains a 1 pixel .gif or .jpg which the email server has to go and fetch from a web server somewhere, the URL for the picture contains enough detail to identify your email to the spammer, much sneakier this as all it takes is for you to open the email to confirm a live address, the header to these emails usually contains something like "Hey, look what I found" or "Your account details", anything to make you open the mail.
Spammers are the scourge of the online world, devious and unscrupulous, but with a bit of knowledge, you can stop them bothering you.
Never put your 'usual' email address into any site which asks for it to 'register' for something unless you know for sure they do not sell addresses on. If they don't say they never will, they probably do.
Try not to use email addresses which are easy to guess, ie. Neil955@emal.co.uk is easy for a spammer's software to guess because it has a common name and some numbers, screw_u_spammer@email.co.uk doesn't since it's got no mames in.
Don't use any common email providers for your main email - yahoo, hotmail and aol are constantly targetted by spammers, try to find a small ISP who won't be on the spammers lists - I use Portland who are a no-frills ISP but are small and rarely targetted.
Spammers send out emails to possible addresses, they will send out millions of mails, most of which will be undeliverable, they are identified by the returning 'unable to deliver' message from the email server. They are deleted. Some are delivered but never read, the account may not be active, they are not much use to the spammer, why send out mail which is never read. Then there are the 'live' addresses, there are woth money to the spammer since they can sell the address as belonging to someone who looks at spam email, the way they determine which email addresses are 'live' are getting more and more sneaky, some of them are:-
-The 'unsubscribe' button or link - says to the spammer 'I have not only received your spam, but I've read it'
-The 'Someone fancies you / old friiend' approach - you are led to a website under the pretence of someone you know trying to get in touch or tell you they fancy you, the URL for that site has a code in which tells the spammer 'not only is this one reading the spam, they are also gullible enough to follow links to websites'
-The 1x1 picture scam - the email contains a 1 pixel .gif or .jpg which the email server has to go and fetch from a web server somewhere, the URL for the picture contains enough detail to identify your email to the spammer, much sneakier this as all it takes is for you to open the email to confirm a live address, the header to these emails usually contains something like "Hey, look what I found" or "Your account details", anything to make you open the mail.
Spammers are the scourge of the online world, devious and unscrupulous, but with a bit of knowledge, you can stop them bothering you.