Paris Hilton spam
 

Presumably I'm not alone in being bombarded every 5 mins with this spam, enjoing me to visit www.special-selections.com. It's so constant and persistent, that ntl could surely block it? I know it's not a contract term but there is such a thing as customer care (although not identifiable at ntl so far).

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

Since 1st December I've had 196 emails about Paris Hilton, so you're not alone :grind:

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

Welcome to NTHW lesrose.

Agree with you 100% on this, in fact it is only action by the ISP's that will end this madness IMHO. Maybe if NTL and others started to blacklist the offending locations until they clean up their act things would improve.

Can't remember which ISP it is, but at least one is now offering this as a specific part of the service now but let's hope NTL follow their example.

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

I can't afford to stay in luxury hotels,which may explain why I haven't received any emails. :)

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Oh I can - when NTL foot the bill of course ;) :D

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Its a simple thing to block certain subjects (ie, Paris Hilton) etc...

But of course, ntl wont, they are thick ****s

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We are getting this one spam email so regular I wish NTL would do something to help...

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The trouble is that they will get complaints from people if they start blocking mails. I have sugested before that they run some form of AI software like spam asasin and simply flag the mail. The end user could then set up a rule to zap the crap - so to speak.

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

Just set up a rule to block words, or even better get a mail washer with the ability to bounce emails. Both have little effect to large spam corps but could stop individual crap. The MTA's now filter mails based on IP addresses and use rules like if IP x.x.x.x spams > x then 'block x.x.x.x'

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Given the on-going problem with NTL e-mail it is just shere lunacy for NTL not to be taking direct action themselves on this issue the savings in traffic alone would probably help them get a system that actually works as it should.

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Quite right they will get complaints - and I will be the first - I pay NTL to deliver my e-mail - I will decide if it's spam, not them. :D

According to these forums NTL have enough trouble delivering e-mail as it is - do you really want them to add another layer to the process and potentially delay and lose more mail :eek:

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Works both ways though pem and the failure to address the problem of spam server-side is part of the overall problem with E-mail I suspect.

Would be relatively simple for people to sign up for a non filitered service if they should wan't it but it is becoming clear some form of filter needs to be put in place for the benefit of the majority who I suspect would be happy for NTL to apply one.

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

Just recieved 60 emails in one NTL account and only 9 was for me the rest was spam.

And 39 spam emails in an account that is only for the NTL bill for internet.

I have my email address on my website and get less spam on htere than through NTL where one email addy hasn't been used on websites....

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

I get the paris hilton mail at my hotmail address.

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She is all the rage since they got that X Rated Movie of her.

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FYI - I get about 50 spams a week to my NTL address - compared to about 75 a week to my virgin.net address, 20 a week to my hotmail and 90 a week to my orange.net account.

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

Problem with that is that AI routines are traditionally very processor intensive, especially heuristics like those used in SA. It's fine for a home machine but lets face it, NTL's mail servers can't cope as it is without the extra burden of spam filtering.

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

They could always upgrade both hamsters and change the sunflower seed stock !!!! :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty: :naughty:
It would easily cope then.........Besides its already been upgraded from a Tomy speak and spell box !!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

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And who says sarcasm is the lowest form of wit

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I dont know m8 - but I bet he said it shortly after spending 45 minutes on hold to NTL !! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

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What is this stuff about the Paris Hilton about anyway? :confused: :o

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I will post my next one I am sure to have a few today they couldn't miss on hte last day of the year. :D

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New they wouldn't miss this is hot of the email with another arrived straight after it.

Happy reading

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Ah, so that's what they got up to in the Paris Hilton :naughty:

Clicking on the unsubscribe link takes you to something trying to sell you some stupid mail "protection" product...

http://www.qweasd.biz/adstats/gone.php

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

Still chuckle at the number of companies that find it appropriate to use spam to promote an anti-spam product lost by the irony of their own marketing strategy. LOL

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

planning on an early vacation then :naughty:

:wavey:

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I dont get any spam on ntl :cry: being an old customer I am just ignored :D

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Just so you don't feel left out:


http://www.ironworks.com/comedy/python/spam.htm

And also this one:

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: Thank you :rofl: :rofl: was watching Python last night,still makes me laugh

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I wonder why good old NTL do not do something along the lines of AOL (oops I better wash my mouth out for saying that word).
Recieved this from one of the groups I belong to.
No wonder the e-mail servers keep going down when you realise that (cough) AOL blocked over 500 billion spam e-mails last year.


Get Out of Debt! AOL Releases Top Spam List
Wed December 31, 2003 05:31 PM ET

By Ben Berkowitz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Viagra. Lowest mortgage rates. Hot XXX action. As seen on Oprah. Still reading? Seen this somewhere?

Those four phrases and six more topped the list of the most commonly-used subject lines for junk, or "spam" e-mail in 2003, Internet service provider AOL said on Wednesday.

Other top enticements, the Time Warner Inc. unit said, included "online pharmacy," "get bigger," "online degree," "lowest insurance rates," "work from home" and "get out of debt."

Unsolicited commercial e-mail is considered a scourge of the Internet and, as governments rush to regulate or ban the sending of spam, private companies and service providers have also stepped up efforts to create filtering software that blocks such messages.

During calendar 2003, AOL blocked nearly 500 billion spam messages from reaching user inboxes, an average of 40 fewer such messages per day per subscriber account. The company said it regularly blocks 75 percent to 80 percent of incoming mail as spam.

The manager of AOL's postmaster team, which oversees e-mail, said new laws and regulations had made spam more complex by knocking "amateurs" out of the business.

"I don't know that they're really getting smarter, but I think we're really sorting out the wheat from the chaff," Charles Stiles told Reuters.

Fighting spam is also a more difficult problem than it used to be, Stiles said, as professional spammers take to using tricks like spelling words slightly wrong, replacing letters with numbers and adding spaces in the middle of words in order to fool filters.

"I think the biggest challenge is getting to the die-hard spammers," Stiles said. "They will break the law, they will abuse other peoples computers, they will steal network space."
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Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

Hi m8

Why cant they set the mail server up to reverse dns check the emails - I do this on my server and it kills 20-30 a week. If the address is duff it is unlikely to be anything other than spam........

( I am an enchanter - some call me ------- TIM ) :-)

Re: Paris Hilton spam
 

Heh, I think Paris Hilton is her name, not where it took place ;)