4 Jan
2002
4 Jan
'02
3:17 a.m.
Y'all,
I've had this email account for a while, and never been particularly
reticent about using or giving out the address. I've seen an
unbelievable increase in incoming spam since I joined this list. Yes,
I'm familiar with procmail filtering, and am about to start that, but
I'm curious as to why this list in particular attracts so much garbage.
I've seen a couple of other references to this, so I don't think I'm out
on a limb here.
What's going on, and is there a reasonable deterrent?
Doc
4 Jan
4 Jan
3:42 a.m.
Doc,
What type of spam are you talking about? I have gotten a few bits that was
sent through this mailing list and I get very few spam messages addressed
directly to me.
If I post a message to a newsgroup (like comp.sys.cbm) I will get an increase
of spam for a few weeks.
Bryan
Y'all,
I've had this email account for a while, and never been particularly
reticent about using or giving out the address. I've seen an
unbelievable increase in incoming spam since I joined this list. Yes,
I'm familiar with procmail filtering, and am about to start that, but
I'm curious as to why this list in particular attracts so much garbage.
I've seen a couple of other references to this, so I don't think I'm out
on a limb here.
What's going on, and is there a reasonable deterrent?
Doc
6:07 a.m.
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
Y'all,
I've had this email account for a while, and never been particularly
reticent about using or giving out the address. I've seen an
unbelievable increase in incoming spam since I joined this list. Yes,
I'm familiar with procmail filtering, and am about to start that, but
I'm curious as to why this list in particular attracts so much garbage.
I've seen a couple of other references to this, so I don't think I'm out
on a limb here.
What's going on, and is there a reasonable deterrent?
I've said this repeatedly. I use this account EXCLUSIVELY for receiving
list traffic and it has NEVER received any spam outside of the occasional
bullcrap that gets posted to the list directly.
And no, I don't have any filtering turned on.
If you're receiving an increase in spam, it's because your e-mail address
is making its rounds from some other posting you have done.
In spite of the fact that the archives are publicly available, the e-mail
addresses of this list have somehow been miraculously spared.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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9:02 a.m.
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Doc Shipley wrote:
Y'all,
I've had this email account for a while, and never been particularly
reticent about using or giving out the address. I've seen an
unbelievable increase in incoming spam since I joined this list. Yes,
I'm familiar with procmail filtering, and am about to start that, but
I'm curious as to why this list in particular attracts so much garbage.
I've seen a couple of other references to this, so I don't think I'm out
on a limb here.
I've only gotten 2 spams *total* last year, and they came right after I
started posting here. After tracking down the spammer and making a few
phone calls, I don't think I'll ever see spam from him again. I don't
think he harvested the addresses here, but I'll never know for sure.
What's going on, and is there a reasonable
deterrent?
Well, about the only thing I've found that seems to deter spammers is
being aggressive with them. Phone calls and faxes to companies they do
business with and work for seem to work wonders.
-Toth
9:43 a.m.
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
Well, about the only thing I've found that seems
to deter spammers is
being aggressive with them. Phone calls and faxes to companies they do
business with and work for seem to work wonders.
Well, it looks like the relationship between subscribing to this list
and the wave of spam was simply coincidental. I do use agressive means
to discourage repeat performances, but I'll admit the latest wave of
character-based asian crap has me stumped.
Doc
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