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Offline Steady

Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #14 from previous page: April 04, 2003, 07:40:03 PM »
I have the op0tion unchecked and I get about 10 a day. It has been slowly increasing over the past couple of months. Only 4 months ago I might receive one spam every 3 months or so, so something is definitely changing. It is definitely at the point of annoying for me. Whether this has anything to do with amiga.org, I don't know, but I don't use this account for any 'dodgy' net registrations.
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #15 on: April 04, 2003, 08:58:13 PM »
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Wayne wrote:
In your account, do you have "allow others to view my e-mail address" checked?
Wayne

Yes, mine is checked.  Though I do not recall receiving any forwarded spam from Amiga.org.
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #16 on: April 04, 2003, 09:11:21 PM »
The only spam I get is from the following...

1.   Ebuyer.com
2.   Dabs.com
3.   Computer Shopper
4.   Micromart
5.   Friends-Reunited  (notification that someone joined "my year"which is not very often now.)
6.   Ancestry.com


I have NEVER received ANY spam from A.Org.. even when my "Show email" option was ticked.
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #17 on: April 04, 2003, 09:19:57 PM »
Oh, ARG, so thats why I've been getting more spam than usualy, I'm thinking of switching accounts (I was already getting spam) to my Yahoo account, how do I do that? OH, and yeah, I have it switched ON.
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2003, 11:43:23 PM »
I have it unchecked and have never received any spam from my @amiga.org 'account'.

Perhaps it has more to do with the spam recipients' e-mail provider (i.e. Hotmail, Yahoo, ATT, Earthlink, etc.)?  Have you noticed any such pattern?
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2003, 11:48:37 PM »
Usual "Penis enlargement" and "RE: Your viagra order" spam is sent to the hotmail addy daily, i like using hotmail accounts though when signing up to forums and other stuff which i would never use the email addy the isp provided.
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2003, 11:52:45 PM »
I have allowed ppl to see my email addy through the prefs, and received a considerable amount of extra spam if that helps the investigation. Since as I said before I use the Homer address only for Amiga.org I know it has all come from here :-(
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #21 on: April 05, 2003, 12:16:04 AM »
Hello Wayne,

the option in my profile was never checked. And the spam (aprox. 1 per day) via ensu@amiga.org is the result of a (month ago closed) account at songtext.net. It has nothing to do with the forwarding.

I hope that your forwarding service will survive :-)

ciao...
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #22 on: April 05, 2003, 04:19:52 AM »
I've got the "show email address" checked, and I've never received spam through vincent@amiga.org.

Mind you, I've got 2 yahoo and 1 hotmail accounts, and I've only ever collectively received 1 spam.  That was a couple of weeks ago and addressed to my hotmail, it definately didn't come through here.
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #23 on: May 06, 2003, 10:08:14 PM »
I haven't received any spam of late. :-P  :-D

HAPPY SPAMLESS ME ! ! !
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Re: @amiga.org spam investigation
« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2003, 10:38:39 AM »
Here's some good(ish) news for ppl in Europe...

Government to crack down on spam (bbc)

One day spam'll be illegal. Oh joy :-)
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