RFD: SPAM

From: Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Date: Fri Jan 4 11:42:16 2002

Doc,

What type of spam are you talking about? I have gotten a few bits that was
sent through this mailing list and I get very few spam messages addressed
directly to me.

If I post a message to a newsgroup (like comp.sys.cbm) I will get an increase
of spam for a few weeks.

Bryan


>
> Y'all,
> I've had this email account for a while, and never been particularly
> reticent about using or giving out the address. I've seen an
> unbelievable increase in incoming spam since I joined this list. Yes,
> I'm familiar with procmail filtering, and am about to start that, but
> I'm curious as to why this list in particular attracts so much garbage.
> I've seen a couple of other references to this, so I don't think I'm out
> on a limb here.
>
> What's going on, and is there a reasonable deterrent?
>
> Doc
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 11:42:16 GMT