04-10-2004, 16:39
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#106
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
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Originally Posted by Nidge
No stranger gets access to your mailbox.
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So how do they access your mail on the mail server then ?
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04-10-2004, 19:15
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#107
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
These days, they cannot get the delivery failures, since they spew their junk from an open proxy, with a fake address.
What CONFIRMS you as receiving, is the fact that most of them include an image hotlink, which may be tagged to identify your address.
I firewall my mail client against HTTP - there may be a better way, and it makes newsletters messy, but it means nobody can get any tracking feedback on my email!
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05-10-2004, 00:02
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#108
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cf.mega poster
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
Bad idea to bounce as they know that e-mail address in active.
27 spam since yesterday. It was 12 at 2319 yesterday.
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05-10-2004, 00:17
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#109
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
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Originally Posted by Nidge
I use this http://www.spam-stop.co.uk/ try it free for 30 days then £5 per month after that. All spam is deleted at the server so nothing gets through to you. |
For a lot less than that per month you could get a domain name and some pro webhosting (e.g. I-websolutions - shameless plug) complete with spam protection on your email boxes.
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05-10-2004, 00:53
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#110
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
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Originally Posted by Matth
These days, they cannot get the delivery failures, since they spew their junk from an open proxy, with a fake address.
What CONFIRMS you as receiving, is the fact that most of them include an image hotlink, which may be tagged to identify your address.
I firewall my mail client against HTTP - there may be a better way, and it makes newsletters messy, but it means nobody can get any tracking feedback on my email!
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Yes and Mozilla Thunderbird blocks remote images by default.
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05-10-2004, 08:35
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#111
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cf.mega poster
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
I now use my own domain and I have not had any spam on that account so far (touches wood).
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05-10-2004, 15:55
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#112
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
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Originally Posted by Paul M
So how do they access your mail on the mail server then ?
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Read what it says on their site. 
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05-10-2004, 18:43
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#113
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cf.mega poster
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
42 spam since Sunday.
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21-10-2004, 22:34
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#114
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Re: NTL spam
I have had sooo much spam through two NTL e-mail I have started to use webmail to check them. Will this stop the spam ? does NTL have any filters when using webmail ?
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21-10-2004, 22:44
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#115
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Re: NTL spam
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Originally Posted by vwman
I have had sooo much spam through two NTL e-mail I have started to use webmail to check them. Will this stop the spam ? does NTL have any filters when using webmail ?
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good question - no idea of an answer, - but if you forward the problem accounts to hotmail, or gmail, etc they do have very good filters 
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21-10-2004, 23:19
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#116
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Re: NTL spam
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Originally Posted by vwman
I have had sooo much spam through two NTL e-mail I have started to use webmail to check them. Will this stop the spam ? does NTL have any filters when using webmail ?
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Your webmail account is exactly the same service in terms of what goes in and out of it as any email that you send from or to your computer. There are no extra filters. The only noticeable difference with ntlwebmail, is if you send via the web, your message will have an ntl "advert" tag line added as a footer.
The best way to reduce spam is to use an email addy that is difficult for spam programs to guess. Spammers know the ntlworld.com bit, so they then just have software send messages to all the usual derivatives of firstnames, surnames and so on. Get a few random characters and numbers in there and it's harder to guess. Avoid publishing your email addy on websites (spammers scan for those), and be careful who you reply to so your email addy isn't being sent to harvesting sites.
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22-10-2004, 10:46
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#117
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: NTL spam
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Originally Posted by vwman
I have had sooo much spam through two NTL e-mail I have started to use webmail to check them. Will this stop the spam ? does NTL have any filters when using webmail ?
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No it won't stop the spam, and no there are no extra filters. Also be aware that when you delete messages they go into your Trash folder and stay there - they're never automatically deleted, and unless you do this yourself you're mailbox will fill up. 
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29-10-2004, 22:36
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#118
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Re: NTL spam
hiya people
I get 50 plus a day Spam emails through my NTLWORLD email account, i get all my NTLWORLD email Forwarded to my ANTI-SPAM account at BIGFOOT.COM but the trouble is then, i dont get any emails at all from my NTLWORLD email address, even the ones i send to myself via my Domain Name Email Account, the ones from my Web Hosting company dont get through either, this is most annoying. both of these domain names are on my BIGFOT White List.
hhhmmm, perhaps this ISNT a NTLWORLD problem at all
tim
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30-10-2004, 01:05
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#119
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: POOLE, Dorset, UK
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
I have an NTL email address which is NEVER used directly - I have other email addresses which forward to that address.
However I have started getting spam directly to that address.
This implies 1 of 2 things. Either -
1. The NTL user database has been hacked, or
2. Some F****R inside the company has sold a list
Whichever, the death penalty gets my vote.
Whoops, sorry ... guess it should have been in this thread
Well, what do you know? 30 seconds later it is 
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30-10-2004, 01:12
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#120
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Teesside
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Re: Spam spam spam spam spam spam
Well I was well sick, i've now got N.I.S installed and the spam blocker thingy works well, recommend it 
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