Spam Re: IBM HDDs for sale

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Fri Feb 8 20:22:16 2002

On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Dan Kolb wrote:

> How many spams are actually sent from Hotmail or Yahoo? (As opposed to having
> forged From: fields)?

  A lot from Hotmail, not so many from Yahoo. The problem with both is
that it's trivial to get an account. Doesn't matter a lot if they TOS
you 6 hours later.
  In my experience, Yahoo seems to respond more decisively to
complaints. They also DON'T give out their own information. I have a
Yahoo account I always use for registering for things like free
RealPlayer, VMware betas & trials, etc. I don't use that address for any
other traffic. It gets zero spam, except what Real & VMware send me.

        Doc
Received on Fri Feb 08 2002 - 20:22:16 GMT