nklb
Premium
join:2000-11-17
Ann Arbor, MI
clubs: | Cool test
I should run something similar from my site. I get more probes from bots than from real people. |
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sonofjay
Mission Accomplished - Bush May 1, 2003
Premium,MVM
join:2001-05-14
North Attleboro, MA
| I don't like Spam!
I wish there was some kind of enforcement to stop these a**holes. Sadly the only way it will ever happen is if they are forced to do it through legislation.
Nice experiment by the way!
[text was edited by author 2002-02-17 01:32:37] |
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nklb
Premium
join:2000-11-17
Ann Arbor, MI
clubs:
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Re: Cool test
2001-12-15 01:21:45 Animals Like You Have Never Seen....... 12870
2001-12-15 14:06:42 Animals Like You Have Never Seen..... 31502
2001-11-25 11:16:25 5648 Would you like 822to lose weight while you sleep? 670617
2001-12-03 09:35:19 7368 Would you like to lose weight while you sleep? 3992134
Interesting, are they keeping tabs on the number of emails they send out? |
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azwoodman
join:2001-02-04
Gilbert, AZ
clubs:
 ·Sprint Broadband D..
|  burn spamers burn
being on the net for over 6 years I never got spam......until now.
looks like earthlink sold everyones email names/addresses. I get 2-5 junk mails a day now and they are cc'ed to everyone with an "az***"@earthlink.net mail address. I'm sure everyone using earthlink is getting the same sh&%. I would complain but they sold me for money and I don't think they would care.
Too bad we can't sue. If you get faxed spam you can.
woody |
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W5JGV
join:2001-02-03
Natchitoches, LA
 ·WildBlue
|  You had it easy!
You mean that's ALL the spam you got?!?!?? I wish I were so lucky! By actual count, since February 9, to date, I have logged 362 spam emails. That's an average of 45.6 per day! No doubt there are others who are doing even worse than I. In that total I have not counted any messages which came from any business with whom I ever had any sort of legitimate contact at all. And I haven't even counted the trash that gets bounced from my web server for non-existent users or those who have not been users for 5 years or more. Sheesh! What a stinking mess. Sadly, I feel that either legislation or execution will be required to eliminate this horrible waste of resources. |
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Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
Premium,VIP
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
clubs:
| Too bad they did forge this guy's domain. :-)
Spammer's are scum and should be tarred and feathered in public.
This is an older Spam story, but a lot of you might find it an interesting read.
Behind Enemy Lines
A Spammer's Luck Runs Out When
She Forges The Wrong Domain
»belps.freewebsites.com/index.html
Regards,
Doctor Olds
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CitizenX9
join:2002-01-09
Longview, TX
| Don't forget..
Legislation is being worked on to that requires people to use their REAL e-mail addresses. This may put services like hotmail out of service but oh well. If it rids the net of spammers, so be it. I have 8 e-mail accounts with my cable service and only use 2 for signing up for shit and 1 for REAL e-mail to friends ect and make sure NOBODY else gets it. |
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justin
Australian
join:1999-05-28
Brooklyn, NY | reply to W5JGV
Re: You had it easy!
oh no.. its just the spam that *one* of the randomly generated bait emails got - multiply this by 10 for the spam that all of them received .. |
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kcazzie
One Of Jerry's Kids
Premium
join:2000-08-13
Morton Grove, IL
 ·AT&T Midwest
|  Spam....
I have had the same web E addy for almost 6 years and it's got to the point that I miss important E's,,,I can't tell how many I may get...But way Too much...Actually, my problem...But nothing I can do...Actually, if I could have started again, I would never give out my e addy,,,If you want to un install they they know you have a real E addy...:(...Can't WIN
[text was edited by author 2002-02-17 03:09:20] |
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mntlcase$
Premium
join:2000-07-06
Greensboro, NC | reply to Doctor Olds
Re: Too bad they did forge this guy's domain. :-)
Incredibly AWESOME read Dr Olds! |
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WildGod
God Is Dead
Premium
join:2002-01-30
NYC
| reply to CitizenX9
Re: Don't forget..
While this may be crazy but if it came down to it I think services like hotmail should charge a $10 annual fee. this way people would have to put up credit card and a name. If someone started spamming that user could be blocked by his name. The $10 could go to helping prevent foreign spam. Id def pay $10 a year for that.
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TZi
k1L0
join:2001-07-05
Miami Beach, FL
| reply to CitizenX9
Why wouldn't hotmail count as a "REAL" e-mail address?
Furthermore, while some legislation from congress might help tone this issue down a little, what can be done about spam originating from a foreign companies and foreign servers? My guess is that those annoying porn companies and related spamming institutions would just close up shop here and incorporate in some European country outside U.S. jurisdiction.
From what I know, one can operate a foreign corporation from the U.S. as long as one has legal representation in the host country. Since corporations protect individuals from personal liability, one could just operate a Russian spamming company from the U.S. Since the owner is not personally liable and the corporation is not in U.S. jurisdiction, how would they be stopped?
Looks like we'll have to wait for the UN to adopt SPAM legislation. BAH!
[text was edited by author 2002-02-17 03:17:28] |
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WildGod
God Is Dead
Premium
join:2002-01-30
NYC
| there should be a way to block email from foreign countries.
i mean if its coming through foreign servers it shouldnt be that hard to block. i mean just have an option to block all foreign mail except for certain addresses you could choose.
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felix4067
join:2000-10-11
Comstock Park, MI
| reply to azwoodman
Re: burn spamers burn
I don't think earthlink sold us...at least I don't get any more spam in my earthlink account than any other one. You must have just gotten on a list somehow. Here in Michigan they're about to pass (or did pass, I've been busy lately and haven't kept track) a law so we CAN sue for spam. It goes through the state Attorney General's office.
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juicelee
Premium
join:2000-12-04
Hacienda Heights, CA
clubs:  | reply to Doctor Olds
Re: Too bad they did forge this guy's domain. :-)
Is that site for real?
If so, those private pics are a laugh riot  |
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Doctor Olds
I Need A Remedy For What's Ailing Me.
Premium,VIP
join:2001-04-19
1970 442 W30
clubs:
| The site has been up for a long time and there have been several attempts to take it down and take it's mirrors down, too. It appears to be 100% legit. I found it years ago when I used to follow the net abuse newsgroups on Usenet.
Regards,
Doctor Olds
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SYNACK
Just Firewall It
Premium,Mod
join:2001-03-05
Venice, CA
 ·Comcast Formerly ..
Host:
Networking
Virtual Private Ne..
Netgear
ZyXEL
| reply to WildGod
Re: Don't forget..
A significant part of the population HAS friends overseas, so you cannot block based on Country.
Also remember that the e-mail actually originates in the US, it just takes a detour through an open relay.
There are services that keep track of known open relays, e.g. Maps and allow your mail server to reject all connections from open relays, dial-up IPs, etc. anything that circumvents legitimate SMTP servers. This needs to be done at the ISP.
My ISP just transitioned to attbi, and a new feature that is enabled by default(!) is a service by Brightmail. It basically utilizes a network of strategically placed fake e-mail accounts, that, when hit, will generate appropriate filters that are immediately deployed to the mail-walls at all subscribing ISPs.
During the last week, It trapped about 15 genuine spams (they are placed in a special online folder for inspection, but get automatically deleted after some time). It only missed 2 SPAM e-mails. This is actually not bad!
Still, all my SPAM gets reported to spamcop.
[text was edited by author 2002-02-17 05:39:20] |
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Starfish
Per Ardua Ad Astra
ExMod 2002-04
join:2000-12-28
Netherlands
clubs:
| Maybe interesting for you..
Is something I made a little while ago; it's my attempt at Spam-Proof Email Linking:
»Share code
Hope this can help some of you who have websites with a e-mailaddy on it
Mind you, I'm not saying it's perfect
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timt8
join:2001-05-20
Racine, WI | reply to Doctor Olds
Re: Too bad they did forge this guy's domain. :-)
i really enjoyed that "behind enemy lines":).
to bad they can't take those kind of people and sentence them to life in front of a firing squad |
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quientus
So Red Shoes
Premium
join:2000-08-11
San Jose, CA | 2002-01-09 14:16:05 Boost Your Windows Reliability
lol!!!!!!!
i want that. |
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