You too..... It seems the spammers are guessing at yours and my new email addresses. One of my cox addresses (which is similar to my at old @ home address) is getting spam. A virgin hotmail address I recently created that is formulamatic (i.e. fname_lname ) and now is getting those university diploma scam spams (I've got 2 real diplomas why would I want fake ones). An easy countermeasure to this fight is to create an email address that is somewhat random in formulation and keep it off the lists.
Spam only belongs in a sandwich... -----Original Message----- From: Larry Braud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:41 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; BRLUG Linux Subject: [brluglist] Spam I've started getting Spam and here is what Cox says about it: Question: How do I stop SPAM? Answer: If the sender is COX HSI user, please send this mail directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paste (do not attach) the email with full email headers into the body of your message. To turn on or view the full email headers in COX's supported email clients: Outlook Express: File > Properties, click the details button, and this will show the complete email headers for an Outlook Express message. Netscape Messenger: View > Headers > All will turn on full headers in Netscape. Paste these into a fresh message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Although we cannot intervene directly with an email from outside of COX, we can read the headers to determine which internet domain it actually came from (in many cases, these emails use false return addresses) and we can then provide you with the proper contact information (via ARIN and INTERNIC) for the sender's domain. If you or a friend know how to read email headers you can determine the origin of the mail directly by reading the received from line above the message ID line in the headers, but most users choose to have us check this information for them. ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
