NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to stanley_qaz
Re: Cox email upgrades
said by stanley_qaz  :If sharing isn't the cause what do you folks think it might be? Virus. You give your email address to your favorite Aunt Sally. She is a click-happy maiden Aunt who has never seen a link in email which she didn't like. She gets infected with "Klez", or the like. Virus scans her HDD for anything resembling an RFC 822 compliant email address string, anywhere on that HDD. Address books, message stores; anything at all. She has your email in her message store, and the virus finds it and phones it home. Spammer adds it to his "Zillions" CD and sells it to other spammers. You are now on your way to receiving 20-30 offers per day for pills, porn, and a cut of the money some Nigerian potentate is trying to move offshore.
A particular virus, I believe it is "Swen", has an affinity for news articles posted to any group on, 'msnews.microsoft.com', and tries to mail itself to the Message-ID strings of the articles posted there.
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stanley_qaz
Premium
join:2003-03-17
Gilbert, AZ
 ·HughesNet Satellit..
 ·Cox HSI
| reply to robertfl
As I mentioned my cox addresses should be very vulnerable to dictionary attacks but so far (over a year) haven't been hit, possibly cox had done something they aren't telling us about to prevent them?
So far the only address leakage we have seen is traceable to others that have my addresses stored on their computers. We react fairly quickly once we see a leak by turning the old address into a spamtrap and creating a new one as a replacement.
My computers aren't very likely to send spam. We normally run nothing but Linux here, much less hassle than Windows from a security standpoint. Also only a few of them are granted access to the Internet through a hardware firewall and even then on only selected ports. Only one machine gets to talk to Cox on 25 and it is fairly well locked down (Novell App Armor) even for a Linux box. |
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robertfl
Premium
join:2005-10-10
Mary Esther, FL
 ·Cox VOIP
| reply to stanley_qaz
about 99 percent of them are dictionary attacks. until people learn how to use their windows correctly (and isp's stop offering such crappy protection) then the spam will be on the increase.
spam comes from computers just like yours that send this stuff.
-rob |
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stanley_qaz
Premium
join:2003-03-17
Gilbert, AZ
·HughesNet Satellit..
·Cox HSI
| reply to Fubar
Then why are you trying to send a Spam report???
Because I have multiple accounts on other servers outside Cox and some of them are widely distributed and heavily spammed.
I just need to remember to set my mail program to use one of the other servers to send spam reports and bypass the Cox outgoing filters.
I'm still curious as to why some accounts seem to attract so much spam that they aren't usable and others don't seem to be targeted by anybody. Making it stranger 3 of my Cox accounts would probably be quickly found by a dictionary attack since they are simply names.
If sharing isn't the cause what do you folks think it might be?
I didn't intend to upset anyone by my suggestion, sorry. |
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digiblur
Got Sipura?
Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana
| reply to stanley_qaz
said by stanley_qaz :Perhaps you should be more cautious who you share your e-mail address with. You didn't read my post. Even the ones I didn't share with anyone. And no, they weren't real words as the email address.
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Fubar
join:2001-02-20
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to stanley_qaz
said by stanley_qaz : none get any spam Perhaps you should be more cautious who you share your e-mail address with. Then why are you trying to send a Spam report???
And no need to preach about whom to share your email address with.... |
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stanley_qaz
Premium
join:2003-03-17
Gilbert, AZ | reply to digiblur
Strange digiblur, We have 4 active cox e-mail addresses and none get any spam and we have the cox filtering turned off.
Perhaps you should be more cautious who you share your e-mail address with. |
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digiblur
Got Sipura?
Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana
| reply to SoonerAl
Cox.net email address? Haven't used that thing in years as it was taken over by spambots over a year ago. Even the ones I never gave out to people or websites!
Use my own domain now with my own SSL POP and SMTP connections. Love it!
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SouthWest Louisiana PC Users Group »www.swlapcug.com |
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stanley_qaz
Premium
join:2003-03-17
Gilbert, AZ
·HughesNet Satellit..
·Cox HSI
| reply to SoonerAl
I just got something new, a reject on a spam report I was trying to send. This makes spam reporting a bit more difficult but may help cut down on the outgoing spam from Cox servers. Sure wish they'd add authentication to the SMTP server to cut it further. |
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ZaRRaZa
join:2005-12-04
Norway
1 edit | reply to SoonerAl
well ... look how much money is invested in windows vista... it still gets blue screens... lol |
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robertfl
Premium
join:2005-10-10
Mary Esther, FL | reply to ZaRRaZa
They are on "on" no settings to configure (not that I know of)
No filter are perfect, I know but you would think an industry with a resource of millions could invest in better software,
/me puts gun to head
-Rob |
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ZaRRaZa
join:2005-12-04
Norway
4 edits | reply to SoonerAl
well im using the bat! client.... and it has handy option that erases emailz from the server, so i just keep them on my client. I dont need 2 GB of email storage, cox should put more extra space for personal webpages.
But thanks for 20 MB attachments... its lil bit better than crappy 10 MB.
And yeah spam filterz r not perfect. Sometimes im gettin at least 3-5 spam letters a day... but mostly only few a week. But every few months its gets crazy and i receive tons of spam... but its aight... its easy to delete dat stuff...
cox increase up speeedzzz.... pleaze  |
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Fubar
join:2001-02-20
Phoenix, AZ | reply to Fubar
And with Esata, Multi Room Viewing and Tivo TO GO and Tivo To Come Back now on it is more than worth every penny! |
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Fubar
join:2001-02-20
Phoenix, AZ | reply to SoonerAl
Don't knock Tivo til you try it....
The Boxes are no longer $500.00
Either $280.00 or $399.00
And service isn't $19.99 either...
AS cheap as $12.99 if you prepay a year in advance.... |
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ajwees41
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE | reply to dvd536
Omaha is not charged the gateway fee if you subscribe to any level of digital service.
Omaha's HD boxes are $1 more then the regular box
What would you do with the box if it broke, or they came out with a newer model? |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| reply to ajwees41
said by ajwees41 :said by dvd536 :gateway fee: $5.00 box premium: $8.00 ------------------ total: $13.00 the HD is hardly free. the hd fees are just stuffed into other BS fees! Gateway fee is for the digital channels not HD. The box costs cox money to buy for customers to rent if you you don't like it go buy a tivo S3 or tivoHD What about some other thread where i read some areas aren't paying the gateway fee and still some others aren't paying the premium on the HD box over the standard digital box.
I would love to buy my own box but i would NEVER pay $500 for a box then a $19.95/month fee to make it work. fsck tivo!
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Where are these boxes we were supposed to be able to buy after the seperable security date came?
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ajwees41
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE
·Cox HSI
| reply to robertfl
said by robertfl :how about fixing your spam filters? I'm sick of getting these stupid ads in my inbox. (for those of you who don't get spam, be great full) -Rob what are your spam filters set on? |
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Plasticman
Will Work For Bandwidth
Premium
join:2002-09-06
Harrisville, RI
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·Cox HSI
| reply to needforspeed59
said by needforspeed59 :said by robertfl :how about fixing your spam filters? I'm sick of getting these stupid ads in my inbox. (for those of you who don't get spam, be great full) -Rob Jeez, Rob. You forgot to bitch about OD and SA modems! There are no perfect spam filters. Good luck with that! Back on topic. I noticed that my little webmail box indicator now says "you are using x% of 2 GB." Thanks for the increase! At least he's not whining (/me hands Rob some cheese for that whine) about getting russian spam
And speed is correct. There is no perfect filter. As they make one filter, the spammers find a work around for it. And so on.
Plasticmam
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Jigsaw
Stardust We Are
Premium
join:2000-10-21
Cleveland, OH | reply to SoonerAl
Ohhh No i remember what happened the last time the Updated E-Mail  . |
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ajwees41
Premium
join:2002-05-10
Omaha, NE
·Cox HSI
| reply to dvd536
said by dvd536 :gateway fee: $5.00 box premium: $8.00 ------------------ total: $13.00 the HD is hardly free. the hd fees are just stuffed into other BS fees! Gateway fee is for the digital channels not HD. The box costs cox money to buy for customers to rent if you you don't like it go buy a tivo S3 or tivoHD |
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