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NTL_Sux · 29-10-2006, 09:53

I set up one e-mail address to use when I need to leave an address on a website (registration etc).
Regardless of what it's for, I only use that address.
Needless to say it attracts HUGE amounts of spam because it's lying around the internet and, as secure as I make my system, webmasters don't necessarilly do the same for their websites.

The advantage of doing this is that my 3rd party spam filter (who'd really rely on ntl for anything, much less their spam filter?) finds it much easier to detect non-spam than spam. So I can set the whole address up as spam and filter out the non-spam. Sort of reverse engineering and a bit long-winded I know, but I find it's very effective.
Sometimes the odd msg gets through but much less than the other way round (the way spammers design their messages to target you).

29-10-2006, 09:53	#22
NTL_Sux Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Surrey Age: 66 Services: Cancelled ntl t.v. Moved my ntl phone line back to BT. Just the useless ntl broadband left to sort Posts: 52	Re: New SPAM I set up one e-mail address to use when I need to leave an address on a website (registration etc). Regardless of what it's for, I only use that address. Needless to say it attracts HUGE amounts of spam because it's lying around the internet and, as secure as I make my system, webmasters don't necessarilly do the same for their websites. The advantage of doing this is that my 3rd party spam filter (who'd really rely on ntl for anything, much less their spam filter?) finds it much easier to detect non-spam than spam. So I can set the whole address up as spam and filter out the non-spam. Sort of reverse engineering and a bit long-winded I know, but I find it's very effective. Sometimes the odd msg gets through but much less than the other way round (the way spammers design their messages to target you).