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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2008My spam folder (OT)
Like a lot of other folks who post to newsgroups I use a separate web-based email address just for that. It attracts lots of spam (up to 80 messages per day) so I have to clear it out every couple of days. Often I just go to it and delete all the messages en-masse. Sometimes I have missed messages from genuine rpca-ers replying privately (sorry if I have) so now and again I quickly scan the headers. and subjects. So I was doing this and I noticed the subject line was "Re: re: Smudge has poopy pants" plus another I replied to in the same thread. It was from (claims to be) a moderator on something like a sexual smacking group saying I had tried to post these 2 messages to their group and it was rejected because I hadn't used the word "smacking" in the subject line. My computer is squeaky clean. My virus program runs every day and I run all the anti-everything else-you-can-think-of jobbies every couple of days. It's weird and I don't like it. Tweed > It's weird and I don't like it. People steal legitimate email addresses to spam with all the time. I sometimes get rejection notices for my work email address (which I only use for work, nothing personal at all) after someone tried to send spam with it. It's part of the way the internet works. Cheers. Victor  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> It's weird and I don't like it. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > with it. > It's part of the way the internet works. Yeah, I just got one of those "rejections" of addresses I never heard of (and certainly never sent messages to). Since I have Earthlink's Spamcatcher set to reject anyone not in my address book, it all ends up in my "Suspect E-mail" file, which stays in Earthlink, and never gets downloaded to my computer unless it's something I decide I want. >> It's weird and I don't like it. > >People steal legitimate email addresses to spam with all the time. I >sometimes get rejection notices for my work email address (which I only >use for work, nothing personal at all) after someone tried to send spam >with it. Too true. I've received spam from myself ;-) SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit, Spot, Princess and Furby with loving memories of Rocky (RB) >>> It's weird and I don't like it. >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Too true. I've received spam from myself ;-) I thought most people did, one of the filters I have in mailwasher is my own address as the return address. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Steve Touchstone <stouchst@junksirinet.net> wrote: > Victor Martinez <me@nospam.com> wrote: >> People steal legitimate email addresses to spam with all the time. I >> sometimes get rejection notices for my work email address (which I only >> use for work, nothing personal at all) after someone tried to send spam >> with it. > Too true. I've received spam from myself ;-) I think I remember you posting about this once before. That must have been surreal... Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. On Dec 30, 9:22 am, "Christina Websell" <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: > Like a lot of other folks who post to newsgroups I use a separate web-based > email address just for that. It attracts lots of spam (up to 80 messages [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Tweed These are not hoomins stealing email addys...run by hoomins, yes, but to my extremely limited knowledge they are automated contrivances called "bots" - short for "robots" I suppose. They are directed to scan (probably far faster than hoomins could scan) the Net to "harvest" email addys, which are then sold by the gazillions to for-profit entities, who then spam you..That's why you've usually have never heard of the sender of your spam - exception: the Nigerian dude who wants to give you part of his bankroll; we all know him by now. The above is why I have remained Hopitus (beloved Manx to Bridge 10/89) all these years. Hopitus has even been offered credit cards, LOL. > On Dec 30, 9:22 am, "Christina Websell" > <spamf...@tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > know > him by now. I was surprised that I got an offer from an *English* gentleman - and in perfect English English too. At least the Nigerians make the letter interesting to read with their fractured English. > The above is why I have remained Hopitus (beloved Manx to Bridge > 10/89) > all these years. Hopitus has even been offered credit cards, LOL. And thats why I have a spamblocker in my posting address. It doesn't elimate spam, but it slows it down. I also use that address to sign up for web services that I want to use but am sure sell their subscription lists. I get about 20 spam a day, I *always* eyball it to see if there's anything genuine, and if there's something interesting but don't otherwise recognise, I open in notepad rather than in an e-mail prgram just in case there's a nasty lurking (even though I have virus protestion). Spam is just a fact of internet life, as far as I can see. You do what youcan to minimise it, but if youwant ot use the internet, you get spam. Yowie > I was surprised that I got an offer from an *English* gentleman - and in > perfect English English too. At least the Nigerians make the letter > interesting to read with their fractured English. Dave sulked when I got one from Nigeria- he's never had one! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > And thats why I have a spamblocker in my posting address. It doesn't > elimate spam, but it slows it down. I also use that address to sign up [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > e-mail prgram just in case there's a nasty lurking (even though I have > virus protestion). Good policies. One additional step I do is to use a spam trap address in my "From" and my real address in the "Reply-to". Newsgroup spambots can read the From line just be asking the server for headers, but to get the Reply-to line, they have to download all the messages, which is more expensive (in terms of time spent). If your mail server uses sendmail (many do), you can also use a "plussed" address tagged with where you're using it, so you can tell where a spammer got your address. http://css.its.psu.edu/news/emailplus.html If you don't know if you can use a plussed address, just send yourself a test email with one. Like myrealemail+thisisatest@example.com. >> And thats why I have a spamblocker in my posting address. It doesn't >> elimate spam, but it slows it down. I also use that address to sign [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > yourself a test email with one. Like > myrealemail+thisisatest@example.com. I do the same, so far no spam has been sent to my reply-to address and surprisingly little gets sent to my from address. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> And thats why I have a spamblocker in my posting address. It doesn't >> elimate spam, but it slows it down. I also use that address to sign up [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > If you don't know if you can use a plussed address, just send yourself a > test email with one. Like myrealemail+thisisatest@example.com. Doesn't work for Yahoo or either of my ISPs, but is does work for my gmail. Which is the one that currently *doens't* get spam at all. Hmmmm... Yowie > Doesn't work for Yahoo or either of my ISPs, but is does work for my > gmail. > > Which is the one that currently *doens't* get spam at all. Hmmmm... I bought cheap webhosting for $5/month, and I suspect they use sendmail just because of the OS they run on. (I don't know because I run my own mail server.) If you need a cheap website, ask the hosting provider if they use sendmail for client email, and you're good to go. Plus, you get your own custom domain name. Alas, yowie is taken for .com, .net, and .org, but it's available in .name, so you could have yowie+rpca@yowie.name. (I just used whois at nsi.com. I was surprised that the price of .name registrations was so cheap at a "brand name" site like nsi.) > So I was doing this and I noticed the subject line was "Re: re: > Smudge has poopy pants" plus another I replied to in the same [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > else-you-can-think-of jobbies every couple of days. It's weird and > I don't like it. I got that, too. It's just another use to which email harvesting can be put. It would be nice if email harvesting could be prosecuted like other forms of identity theft. At least it was somewhat entertaining ... Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca I have gotten these too saying I posted to some group I didn't and Wouldn't. If I get another, and I am sure I will, am going to find out where to send these type of things. I know there is someone out there watching, someone somewhere is watching everything. >> So I was doing this and I noticed the subject line was "Re: re: >> Smudge has poopy pants" plus another I replied to in the same [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > At least it was somewhat entertaining ... > It was from (claims to be) a moderator on something like a sexual smacking > group saying I had tried to post these 2 messages to their group and it was > rejected because I hadn't used the word "smacking" in the subject line. LOL!!! Good one. They're hoping you'll reply, to explain that you never sent them anything and you don't belong to any "smacking" group. In that way, you verify that your address is valid, and their work is done. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. |
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