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Author: Pete Ruckelshaus - CFList
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163559
I do several things. None of them are foolproof, but they work quite
well together; I see perhaps 5 pieces of spam per week.
First, I have 3 email addresses (more or less). I have a personal email
address, which I only give to close friends and relatives. Second, I
have a Yahoo mail account, which I use for other people. Finally, I
have a Hotmail account that I give to people that I know are going to
spam me.
Next, my primary email address has "_nospam" in it; i.e.,
bob_nospam@wherever.com Address harvesters (some of them, at least)
will delete the "_nospam" part, which gets sent to a holding account, "bob"
Next, I use spam-filtering and antivirus software. For spam-filtering,
I swear by CloudMark SpamNet, it does a great job. It's Windows/Outlook
specific, though I think they came out with a version for OE. For
antivirus, I use Norton AntiVirus with nightly virus definition update
checks and real-time scanning in conjunction with full scans every night.
Finally, my ISP has antispam and antivirus controls, and I set them to
send suspected spam to a holding account which I check about once a week.
It really is a pity that we have to go through these hoops just to avoid
the "P--is too small?" emails.
Pete
Monique Boea wrote:
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Author: Monique Boea
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163550
the address is mboea@aawit.net
At 02:25 PM 5/18/2004, Thane Sherrington wrote:
>I just tried that - monique.boea@spunlogic.com comes up with no hits on
>Google. Nor does Neil.Robertson-Ravo@csd.reedexpo.com. I don't think
>she's getting spam that way.
I take it back - Neil.Robertson-Ravo@csd.reedexpo.com comes up with a lot
of hits. So maybe some spam is coming through that way.
T
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Author: Thane Sherrington
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163548
At 02:25 PM 5/18/2004, Thane Sherrington wrote:
>I just tried that - monique.boea@spunlogic.com comes up with no hits on
>Google. Nor does Neil.Robertson-Ravo@csd.reedexpo.com. I don't think
>she's getting spam that way.
I take it back - Neil.Robertson-Ravo@csd.reedexpo.com comes up with a lot
of hits. So maybe some spam is coming through that way.
T
Author: Thane Sherrington
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163547
At 02:08 PM 5/18/2004, Monique Boea wrote:
>One of the reasons you are being spammed is the way the list broadcasts
>emails FULLY on the web....try searching for someones in Google and you will
>see that you get loads of houseoffusion results with full emails to be hived
>off ready for spamming...
I just tried that - monique.boea@spunlogic.com comes up with no hits on
Google. Nor does Neil.Robertson-Ravo@csd.reedexpo.com. I don't think
she's getting spam that way.
T
Author: Monique Boea
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163546
No I don't mean on this email address...I mean another one...
Nothing to do with this email list
[mailto:Neil.Robertson-Ravo@csd.reedexpo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:56 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Spam and Viruses
One of the reasons you are being spammed is the way the list broadcasts
emails FULLY on the web....try searching for someones in Google and you will
see that you get loads of houseoffusion results with full emails to be hived
off ready for spamming...
No real way to stop them bar hunting down the retards who spend time setting
them up etc.....you could get a spam catching engine to sit in front of
your mail server (if on exchange etc) which will reduce it
dramatically....as I used to get around 200-300 per day, now you wil be
lucky if I get 10 a week...
_____
Sent: 18 May 2004 16:53
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Spam and Viruses
This is off the subject of CF but maybe someone has a solution.
I get TONS of spam and viruses in my mailbox on a daily basis...so much that
I am thinking of changing my email address.
Is there ANY way to stop this? Do people target specific email addresses to
send viruses to?
(Don't worry, it not this email address)
_____
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Author: d.a.collie
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163535
>> I get TONS of spam and viruses in my mailbox on a daily basis...so
much that
>> I am thinking of changing my email address.
If you're using Outlook, SpamBeyes is working well for me after training
it up
http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
--
dc
Author: Doug White
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163532
If you control you own mail server - we can provide an anti-spam and anti-virus
gateway which will forward clean mail to your server. The only configuration
required is a simple one line addition to your MX records.
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This is off the subject of CF but maybe someone has a solution.
I get TONS of spam and viruses in my mailbox on a daily basis...so much that
I am thinking of changing my email address.
Is there ANY way to stop this? Do people target specific email addresses to
send viruses to?
(Don't worry, it not this email address)
Author: Thane Sherrington
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163527
At 12:52 PM 5/18/2004, Monique Boea wrote:
>I get TONS of spam and viruses in my mailbox on a daily basis...so much that
>I am thinking of changing my email address.
I'm using SpamPal (www.spampal.com) and it works great. I'm down to one or
two pieces of spam per day in my Inbox, and maybe one false positive every
two or three days (this is due to the Bayesian filter plugin still learning
my email.)
T
Author: Matt Robertson
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163525
Doesn't sound as if you have control of a mail server, so you have to go
client-side.
http://keir.net/k9.html
You can look at Cloudmark's SpamNet. Costs $4 monthly.
HtH,
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Matt Robertson matt@mysecretbase.com
MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com
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Author: Stephen Moretti
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163524
Monique Boea wrote:
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Doesn't stop spam/viruses, but certainly helps with the built in junk
controls. http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird
And of course you should always have antivirus software installed on
your computer that catches viruses attached to emails etc.
Telling your friends that they need to install antivirus software always
helps too...
Stephen
Author: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163522
One of the reasons you are being spammed is the way the list broadcasts
emails FULLY on the web....try searching for someones in Google and you will
see that you get loads of houseoffusion results with full emails to be hived
off ready for spamming...
No real way to stop them bar hunting down the retards who spend time setting
them up etc.....you could get a spam catching engine to sit in front of
your mail server (if on exchange etc) which will reduce it
dramatically....as I used to get around 200-300 per day, now you wil be
lucky if I get 10 a week...
_____
Sent: 18 May 2004 16:53
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Spam and Viruses
This is off the subject of CF but maybe someone has a solution.
I get TONS of spam and viruses in my mailbox on a daily basis...so much that
I am thinking of changing my email address.
Is there ANY way to stop this? Do people target specific email addresses to
send viruses to?
(Don't worry, it not this email address)
_____
Author: Monique Boea
Short Link: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/thread.cfm/threadid:32578#163517
This is off the subject of CF but maybe someone has a solution.
I get TONS of spam and viruses in my mailbox on a daily basis...so much that
I am thinking of changing my email address.
Is there ANY way to stop this? Do people target specific email addresses to
send viruses to?
(Don't worry, it not this email address)
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