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Old September 22nd 03, 08:33 PM
Gypsy Baron
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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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Old September 23rd 03, 12:15 AM
OG
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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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Old September 23rd 03, 12:15 AM
OG
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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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Old September 23rd 03, 08:58 PM
Roger Halstead
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 00:15:04 +0100, "OG"
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"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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Old September 23rd 03, 08:58 PM
Roger Halstead
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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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Old September 24th 03, 12:12 AM
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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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Old September 24th 03, 12:12 AM
C.Swartz
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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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