OT: Spam

Taera · #1 March 2nd, 2003, 03:07 AM

no spam e-mail reccomendation: www.graffiti.net
a friend of mine told me and i didnt believe. i've been there for a year now, not a SINGLE spam.

atrocities: i doubt its an actual e-mail address, i think it is a script that looks for e-mail address and makes the adress it "sends" it from similar to yours. i got a couple of these on Hotmal too. that was a while ago

when i began getting 100-200 spam A DAY i left Hotmail.

Gryphin · #2 March 7th, 2003, 02:19 AM

Antivirus Vendors Sink Their Teeth Into Spam

They may know how to protect your PC, but can they stop the onslaught of spam?

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...030503X,00.asp
Caution: Pop ups

dogscoff · #3 March 7th, 2003, 02:53 AM

I've just managed to get rid of a very annoying and invasive form of spam that uses the network messaging functions of winxp to popup Messages on my desktop.

Thanks Microsoft for leaving that door into my PC wide open in the first place...

Gryphin · #4 March 21st, 2003, 02:29 AM

"Why Are You Getting So Much Spam?

Find out where spammers get your address and how you can hide it."
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...031903X,00.asp
A Study on Spam and a few suggestions on how to avoid or reduce it.
Caution: Pop Ups.

[ March 20, 2003, 12:29: Message edited by: Gryphin ]

Gryphin · #5 April 17th, 2003, 01:11 AM

AOL TAKES SPAMMERS TO COURT
Defendants sent about 1 billion spam Messages, report says.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/...041503X,00.asp

There may be pop ups.

mottlee · #6 April 17th, 2003, 01:43 AM

I get the ones with an address CLOSE to my address and some not even in the neighborhood

I hate POP-UPs

General Woundwort · #7 April 16th, 2003, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Taera:
[QB]no spam e-mail reccomendation: www.graffiti.net
a friend of mine told me and i didnt believe. i've been there for a year now, not a SINGLE spam.[QB]

Be warned - it's usually just a matter of time. I had an Erols account for awhile. After I began to get drowned in spam I switched to Juno. I didn't have any spam for almost 3 years. Now I'm starting to get 3-5 spams a day, with a slow increase in the number. Switching providers is a short-term solution at best, I've found.