I do pretty much the same thing, but haven't worked up a correlation between
the list and extra spam. I did see a slight flurry of spam when the list was
last moved, and when it previously was reworked. Nevertheless, my level of
spam on this address is pretty reasonable. On my other address, which is "out
there" on the usenet, I get approximately 100 pieces of spam a day.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Turnbull" <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: RFD: SPAM
> On Jan 4, 17:43, Doc wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Tothwolf wrote:
> >
> > > Well, about the only thing I've found that seems to deter spammers is
> > > being aggressive with them. Phone calls and faxes to companies they do
> > > business with and work for seem to work wonders.
> >
> > Well, it looks like the relationship between subscribing to this list
> > and the wave of spam was simply coincidental. I do use agressive means
> > to discourage repeat performances, but I'll admit the latest wave of
> > character-based asian crap has me stumped.
>
> I don't know for sure that it's the list, but I only use this email address
> for private mail and this list. I never use it in other obvious places
> that would attract spam, such as Usenet, yet I seem to get a little flurry
> of extra spam every so often, corresponding to shortly after I post
> something here. I'm convinced there's some relationship. Quite how to
> reconcile that with the fact that other people who post here never seem to
> have a problem, I don't know. I've learned to live with it.
>
> --
> Pete Peter Turnbull
> Network Manager
> University of York
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 20:49:13 GMT