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Fred Williams wrote:
Oh, and don't forget to "munge" your new address for newsgroups. "Munge" means to add something or alter something to disguise your email address; for instance I add "FFFf" to mine, (see below), It would be better to add that "munge" after the @ so that any spam bounces BEFORE it gets to your ISP. As it stands now, it will arrive at " before it is bounced there. If you a "munge", " then the spam will not clutter up the ISP...it'll be bounced during the DNS lookup. Paul |
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"Bill Duncan" wrote in message et... Your are not alone.It used to be these types of problems only affected MS operating systems because of all of the holes in their software hense the viruses that affect MS vs. Mac.But this spam problem is cross platform and is overloading mail servers everywhere.On the Mac boards they are deluged with the same complaints and lack of answers.Bill. That's certainly true - however this one is entirely due to MS users. Either They click on any file that they receive (this is a bit like finding someone has put a donut in your letter box (mailbox for former colonials) and thinking its a good idea to have it for breakfast). or They have preview panel open on Outlook Express - which is like the above, but without even thinking about it. When run, it searches for p2p and NG files and strip mines them for email addresses. Hence, the number of affected people in this and every other newsgroup! |
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"Bill Duncan" wrote in message et... Your are not alone.It used to be these types of problems only affected MS operating systems because of all of the holes in their software hense the viruses that affect MS vs. Mac.But this spam problem is cross platform and is overloading mail servers everywhere.On the Mac boards they are deluged with the same complaints and lack of answers.Bill. That's certainly true - however this one is entirely due to MS users. Either They click on any file that they receive (this is a bit like finding someone has put a donut in your letter box (mailbox for former colonials) and thinking its a good idea to have it for breakfast). or They have preview panel open on Outlook Express - which is like the above, but without even thinking about it. When run, it searches for p2p and NG files and strip mines them for email addresses. Hence, the number of affected people in this and every other newsgroup! |
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(G=EMC^2 Glazier) wrote in news:12206-3F6EFB9B-
: It keeps filling up with junk mail. Its the same mail over and over,and this mail has no true address. Keeps my mail box from getting any more mail. When I delete it it fills up again in 15 minutes. What to do? Will it go away in time? Bert It probably won't go away. You'll probably want to start using some filters to control it. With the latest rash of Email viruses with different phony names, I've found that the one thing in common is that they all have attachments. I've programmed Outlook Express to bounce Email with attachments to the deleted folder. Then all I have to do is empty that folder. Real messages are all alone in my inbox. Of course, this works for me because people I know don't send me things with attachments. If your friends do, tell them to send a message without attachments ahead of time so you can turn off the filter. -- Steve Gray |
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:15:04 +0100, "OG"
wrote: "Bill Duncan" wrote in message news:220920031240429811%buddydyourshorts@charter. net... Your are not alone.It used to be these types of problems only affected MS operating systems because of all of the holes in their software hense the viruses that affect MS vs. Mac.But this spam problem is cross platform and is overloading mail servers everywhere.On the Mac boards they are deluged with the same complaints and lack of answers.Bill. That's certainly true - however this one is entirely due to MS users. Either They click on any file that they receive (this is a bit like finding someone has put a donut in your letter box (mailbox for former colonials) and thinking its a good idea to have it for breakfast). or They have preview panel open on Outlook Express - which is like the above, but without even thinking about it. When run, it searches for p2p and NG files and strip mines them for email addresses. Hence, the number of affected people in this and every other newsgroup! Don't forget HTML. According to the MS site the thing needs HTML running so it can run when displayed. If you use a text reader and both outlook and OE can be set to text only, Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member) www.rogerhalstead.com N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2) |
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:15:04 +0100, "OG"
wrote: "Bill Duncan" wrote in message news:220920031240429811%buddydyourshorts@charter. net... Your are not alone.It used to be these types of problems only affected MS operating systems because of all of the holes in their software hense the viruses that affect MS vs. Mac.But this spam problem is cross platform and is overloading mail servers everywhere.On the Mac boards they are deluged with the same complaints and lack of answers.Bill. That's certainly true - however this one is entirely due to MS users. Either They click on any file that they receive (this is a bit like finding someone has put a donut in your letter box (mailbox for former colonials) and thinking its a good idea to have it for breakfast). or They have preview panel open on Outlook Express - which is like the above, but without even thinking about it. When run, it searches for p2p and NG files and strip mines them for email addresses. Hence, the number of affected people in this and every other newsgroup! Don't forget HTML. According to the MS site the thing needs HTML running so it can run when displayed. If you use a text reader and both outlook and OE can be set to text only, Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member) www.rogerhalstead.com N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2) |
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G=EMC^2 Glazier ) wrote...
It keeps filling up with junk mail. Its the same mail over and over,and this mail has no true address. Keeps my mail box from getting any more mail. When I delete it it fills up again in 15 minutes. What to do? Will it go away in time? Bert WebTV gets virus'?? |
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G=EMC^2 Glazier ) wrote...
It keeps filling up with junk mail. Its the same mail over and over,and this mail has no true address. Keeps my mail box from getting any more mail. When I delete it it fills up again in 15 minutes. What to do? Will it go away in time? Bert WebTV gets virus'?? |
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