Ntl e-mail gone crazy!!!

susie r · 01-01-2005, 13:20

Anyone else getting unusually large amounts of spam today?? On average I get 20-50 "junk" mails a day, but today, so far had 475!!!! 469 of them being spam..............luckily I use Spampal & its set to delete them off the server, so its not a problem, but never had such a lot in one day before.

Graham M · 01-01-2005, 14:09

Nope, standard ammounts of spam tbh.

paulyoung666 · 01-01-2005, 15:01

no spam at all

01-01-2005, 15:55

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Originally Posted by susie r

Anyone else getting unusually large amounts of spam today?? On average I get 20-50 "junk" mails a day, but today, so far had 475!!!! 469 of them being spam..............luckily I use Spampal & its set to delete them off the server, so its not a problem, but never had such a lot in one day before.

Has NTL got it's Anti spam stuff up and running yet?? I'm still getting boat loads.

susie r · 01-01-2005, 16:58

Just checked my mail again...now had 875 mails today so far!!!!!

Matth · 01-01-2005, 17:40

Are they bounces? - you may be the "lucky" one on the spammers list that gets picked as today's forged "source" of the junkmail.

susie r · 01-01-2005, 19:45

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Originally Posted by Matth

Are they bounces? - you may be the "lucky" one on the spammers list that gets picked as today's forged "source" of the junkmail.

Bounces??? havn't a clue, but now up to 1142 and rising!

andygrif · 02-01-2005, 01:19

I've had a lot more than usual, but nothing like the quantities you're talking about....where I might get about 10 spams a day I'm getting about 30-40 a day over the last few days.

Basisboy · 02-01-2005, 12:15

I'm getting heaps .... This shows NTL in a bad light - a poor ISP ! Come on if Microsoft can get it's act together then why can't NTL?
Perhaps I should use my hotmail more?

Graham M · 02-01-2005, 12:21

At least they provide mail facilities, dont knock em

paulyoung666 · 02-01-2005, 13:37

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Originally Posted by Basisboy

I'm getting heaps .... This shows NTL in a bad light - a poor ISP ! Come on if Microsoft can get it's act together then why can't NTL?
Perhaps I should use my hotmail more?

no one is forcing you to use ntl

, how about doing something about it yourself instead of bitching about ntl

02-01-2005, 13:39

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Originally Posted by Basisboy

I'm getting heaps .... This shows NTL in a bad light - a poor ISP ! Come on if Microsoft can get it's act together then why can't NTL?
Perhaps I should use my hotmail more?

Microsoft get it's act together

. It will be a cold day in hell when that happens.

Emails today

None spam 45
spam 5

Those where on my ntl account. Now i am not saying user's don't get spam. But over the last 2 months my spam has reduced considerably.

However i allways get spam from microsoft on my hotmail account. Even when i asked them to stop it

.

02-01-2005, 13:44

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

no one is forcing you to use ntl

, how about doing something about it yourself instead of bitching about ntl

Stuart W · 02-01-2005, 13:45

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

no one is forcing you to use ntl

, how about doing something about it yourself instead of bitching about ntl

Lets just see that attitude in other scenarios....

MASIVE queues at the dentist - No one is forcing you to get toothache.
CRAP finances for NHS hospitals - No one is forcing you to get ill.
AWFULL public transport - No one is forcing you to get on the train / bus.

What I'm trying to get at here is, you are indeed correct, no-one is forcing anyone in these scenarios. However, you are missing one important factor.
WE ARE PAYING FOR THESE SERVICES.

If ntl SELL me e-mail as part of their service, in the same way other ISP's do, I would expect it to work within acceptable paramiters.
Personaly, I'd find THOUSANDS of junk e-mails a day totaly unacceptable and fully expect ntl to do something about it.
Not because it's my individual account, but because this mail has to go through the ntl system and adds bandwidth to an already heavily loaded system.

It would be more beneficial to ntl than the individual customer if this problem was resolved.

02-01-2005, 13:49

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Originally Posted by Stuart W

Lets just see that attitude in other scenarios....

MASIVE queues at the dentist - No one is forcing you to get toothache.
CRAP finances for NHS hospitals - No one is forcing you to get ill.
AWFULL public transport - No one is forcing you to get on the train / bus.

What I'm trying to get at here is, you are indeed correct, no-one is forcing anyone in these scenarios. However, you are missing one important factor.
WE ARE PAYING FOR THESE SERVICES.

If ntl SELL me e-mail as part of their service, in the same way other ISP's do, I would expect it to work within acceptable paramiters.
Personaly, I'd find THOUSANDS of junk e-mails a day totaly unacceptable and fully expect ntl to do something about it.
Not because it's my individual account, but because this mail has to go through the ntl system and adds bandwidth to an already heavily loaded system.

It would be more beneficial to ntl than the individual customer if this problem was resolved.

Are you saying you get THOUSANDS EVERY DAY ON YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT

I am sure you will find that NTL are doing something about it. I certainly have seen a very big reduction in spam over the last 2 months. I am sure they have started to introduce spam filtering.