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anthonyVO
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 Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 7:24 am Post subject: please stop! |
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How exactly do spammers get your email address? You could set yourself up with a new user (especially if you have your own domain) and in a couple of weeks start getting spam!!! It seems like it's becoming more and more of the pr0n variety.
This morning, I mistakenly deleted an email from HarryandDavid (love their fruits and snacks) because the subject said "Ripe and ready: Juicy..." - when I realized my mistake I noticed the entire subject was "Ripe and ready: Juicy Oregold Peaches, fresh from our orchards" - damn you spammers!!!
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audio'connell
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Who knows....Harry and David may include a complimentary bottle of viagra with every on-line purchase so you may have been right to be wary...tho I could be wrong 
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bobsouer
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: please stop! |
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Anthony,
I regularly read the WindowsSecrets newsletter, published twice a month and filled with good information on all things Windows. But, regardless of whether you're running Windows, Mac, or Linux there's also solid information available about a number of subjects, including dealing with spam.
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/060216/
That issue includes a good bit of information on the subject. But a subscription is a good investment (it's available free and paid, with the paid version longer and more details) for anyone doing their own computer (especially Windows) support.
| anthonyVO wrote: | | How exactly do spammers get your email address? |
The short answer to your question: they harvest email address from the web, usenet and anywhere else on the Internet they can find them.
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anthonyVO
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that link Bob. I'm not ready for YET another subscription though
Peter - I think I'll leave that one alone before db closes this thread.
-Anthony |
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bobsouer
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| anthonyVO wrote: | Thanks for that link Bob. I'm not ready for YET another subscription though
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Anthony,
You're quite welcome. Their site has a search engine tuned to several relevant computer/Windows specific sites, including their own archives, so you might find useful information there even without another subscription.
And I can say that using some of the suggestions I gleaned from that newsletter, and from my ISP's support forum, I've been able to eliminate 99.9% of the spam I was dealing with a year ago. (Specifically, from 100 a day then, down to a few a week now.)
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anthonyVO
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| bobsouer wrote: |
And I can say that using some of the suggestions I gleaned from that newsletter, and from my ISP's support forum, I've been able to eliminate 99.9% of the spam I was dealing with a year ago. (Specifically, from 100 a day then, down to a few a week now.) |
i'll definitely check it out |
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