OT: Google Spam
I recently visited friends in Germany and was introduced to a friend of theirs who is a computer consultant and self-styled expert. During the conversation, I remarked that Google is a pretty good search engine, to which the computer expert replied, Not so good. Too much spam.. Puzzled, I asked him what he meant by too much spam. He told me that if you use Google, it causes you to receive more spam. This is the first time that I have ever heard that, but I am far from being an expert. So, have I learned something new about Google or, is this guy an expert in name only? Also, on related note, I correspond regularly via e-mail with people in Germany Switzerland and frequently use umlauts (the two dots above some of the vowels). Lately, I have noticed that almost every piece of spam that I receive has umlauts over every vowel in the subject heading. How is this happening? Disclaimer: I know this isn't about G-Books, although I'm using a Pismo, but I don't know where else to ask these questions. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OT: Google Spam
This guy is 'expert' in name only, and badly reciting something he heard. Google *IS* linked to spam in one way: Spammers use Google to crawl for e-mail addresses. So if you do a search for your e-mail address on Google and it shows up, then spammers have a means of getting your e-mail address to send spam. Apple has protected their lists to prevent Google from crawling it and making the e-mail addresses visible to spammers. So, use Google all you want, just make sure your web pages don't have your e-mail directly in the page as text (use links), and be aware of the archiving policies of mailing lists you are on (like this one). The extra character information showing up in spams is probably an unrelated bug. On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 07:49 AM, Les Riess wrote: I recently visited friends in Germany and was introduced to a friend of theirs who is a computer consultant and self-styled expert. During the conversation, I remarked that Google is a pretty good search engine, to which the computer expert replied, Not so good. Too much spam.. Puzzled, I asked him what he meant by too much spam. He told me that if you use Google, it causes you to receive more spam. This is the first time that I have ever heard that, but I am far from being an expert. So, have I learned something new about Google or, is this guy an expert in name only? Also, on related note, I correspond regularly via e-mail with people in Germany Switzerland and frequently use umlauts (the two dots above some of the vowels). Lately, I have noticed that almost every piece of spam that I receive has umlauts over every vowel in the subject heading. How is this happening? Disclaimer: I know this isn't about G-Books, although I'm using a Pismo, but I don't know where else to ask these questions. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OT: Google Spam
Les Riess wrote: I recently visited friends in Germany and was introduced to a friend of theirs who is a computer consultant and self-styled expert. During the conversation, I remarked that Google is a pretty good search engine, to which the computer expert replied, Not so good. Too much spam.. Puzzled, I asked him what he meant by too much spam. He told me that if you use Google, it causes you to receive more spam. This is the first time that I have ever heard that, but I am far from being an expert. So, have I learned something new about Google or, is this guy an expert in name only? Well, he's a legend in his own mind, and that mind is on a different planet. No. I've got google set as my default search engine and use it probably between 20 and 75 times daily. I've used Google preferentially since I found out about it a few years back. Since yesterday I've gotten 12 messages filtered into my spam folder, none appeared in my inbox, so all of them got caught. That's a pretty low number for if using Google increased your spam. What I want is the neural interface to Google so it can replace my 'mind like a steel trap...a rusty, bent and broken steel trap' memory. ;-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: OT: Google Spam
At 9:49 AM -0500 10/1/03, Les Riess wrote: I recently visited friends in Germany and was introduced to a friend of theirs who is a computer consultant and self-styled expert. During the conversation, I remarked that Google is a pretty good search engine, to which the computer expert replied, Not so good. Too much spam.. Puzzled, I asked him what he meant by too much spam. He told me that if you use Google, it causes you to receive more spam. This is the first time that I have ever heard that, but I am far from being an expert. So, have I learned something new about Google or, is this guy an expert in name only? It sounds like a load. I don't even know if a web site could get your e-mail address. I do know that the bulk of the spam I get is addressed to an e-mail address that I only use on Usenet. I'm sure that most people who use Google a lot get a lot of spam. But only because they use the Internet more in general. Disclaimer: I know this isn't about G-Books, although I'm using a Pismo, but I don't know where else to ask these questions. It is normal for people to ask general software questions in whichever list applies to their computer. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
