Everyone you receive, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] , maybe it will do some good if they get hundreds of them. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Banker, Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 10:10 AM Subject: RE: [brluglist] Spam
> 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. > ================================================ > ================================================ 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. ================================================
