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nedsram · 23-11-2005, 21:09

OK I'm going to break my silence Patrick.

I undertstand your concerns about publishing email addresses, although I think that you are over-reacting. However I won't publish any in future.

The number of spam emails I am receiving is now starting to increase. Note that only my primary email address is receiving them. Today, as well as yet another offer of pirated software, I have received:

o confirmation of my "registration";
o information on how to enlarge a certain member;
o an email from the "FBI" that I have visited 30 illegal web sites, and must complete and return the attached form.

This is depressingly reminiscent of what happened at tesco.net a few years ago. At least I can turn the spam filter on, so that I don't get any of this junk (and lose a few genuine emails as well). However if anybody from NTL is reading this, I suggest that you monitor the levels of spam email received, as my prediction is that it will rise continuously (as people sell off this illegally obtained list of email addresses to other spammers). I would also suggest that NTL might like to investigate how a list of primary email addresses got into spammers' hands in the first place.

OK Patrick, I know you think I am wrong on this one as well, but sadly I have been here before, and all the evidence points to the conclusion I have drawn. I also recall somebody else suggesting that a copy might have been sold by an unscrupulous employee.

What I may have to end up doing is create a new seconday email address for myself, and using that instead of the primary one. I could then set up a mail rule for everything received on my primary address to be deleted at the server. However let's hope it doesn't come to that.

23-11-2005, 21:09	#15
nedsram Inactive Join Date: May 2005 Location: Near Stockport Services: L broadband, XL TV plus Sky Sports and Movies, phone Posts: 42	Re: NTL: email addresses obtained by spammers? OK I'm going to break my silence Patrick. I undertstand your concerns about publishing email addresses, although I think that you are over-reacting. However I won't publish any in future. The number of spam emails I am receiving is now starting to increase. Note that only my primary email address is receiving them. Today, as well as yet another offer of pirated software, I have received: o confirmation of my "registration"; o information on how to enlarge a certain member; o an email from the "FBI" that I have visited 30 illegal web sites, and must complete and return the attached form. This is depressingly reminiscent of what happened at tesco.net a few years ago. At least I can turn the spam filter on, so that I don't get any of this junk (and lose a few genuine emails as well). However if anybody from NTL is reading this, I suggest that you monitor the levels of spam email received, as my prediction is that it will rise continuously (as people sell off this illegally obtained list of email addresses to other spammers). I would also suggest that NTL might like to investigate how a list of primary email addresses got into spammers' hands in the first place. OK Patrick, I know you think I am wrong on this one as well, but sadly I have been here before, and all the evidence points to the conclusion I have drawn. I also recall somebody else suggesting that a copy might have been sold by an unscrupulous employee. What I may have to end up doing is create a new seconday email address for myself, and using that instead of the primary one. I could then set up a mail rule for everything received on my primary address to be deleted at the server. However let's hope it doesn't come to that.