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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm
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Location: Centre of the sun
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 email spam
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"Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson
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Arathorn
Minor Diety
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:23 am
Posts: 3956
Location: Amsterdam
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Complain to your ISP for a good spam-filter. I never have any spam with my provider.
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Melchett: As private parts to the gods are we: they play with us for their sport!
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Inquisitor
Super Moderator
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:48 pm
Posts: 892
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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I'd suggest spam assassin - since we use that - but I think it only applies when it's your own server/blah/etc thing. Ie, we have our own server and whatnot, with our own domain name [ppfort].... so I don't think it would work for you...
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Pig
Duke
Joined: Mon Mar 31, 2003 8:59 am
Posts: 1358
Location: right behind you
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IMHO, the best route is to prevent it. There are 2 ways you get hit by spam.
1. Through a harvested list. Anytime your email appears online (forums are a prime example, and so are subscription services and sites where you have to register) it can be harvested by a spider. Once you are on a list, the list is sold and re-sold and re-re-sold...
2. Spam scripts. Ever get an email where there were 15 other names on the list, all of which were VERY close to your own? They use a script to churn through millions of variations for each domain. Since these are just guessing at names, there is nothing you can do about them.
#2 you cannot avoid, but #1 is easy. Keep a private email for your friends and family. Don't use it online, ever. Get a free acount from hotmail, or whatever, to use for registering for things.
Unfortunately, spam is getting more and more crafty. For instance, if they don't get a bounce back saying your email is invalid then it gets marked as a valid email, and is sent more and more spam. Slashdot has had some really intersting articles on this. One neat one was about a method called "grey listing". If you read the comments on it, you can see how easy it is to cripple counter-efforts. Anything you can think up, someone else can find a way around.
I know that no one here would ever use cracked software, but anyone that does has no place complaining about spam. The same human nature and craftiness that brings you pirated software is the same that brings you daily messages about penis enlargement and viagra.
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Pig
Duke
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Location: right behind you
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm
Posts: 7721
Location: Centre of the sun
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"Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson
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Peltz
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Location: Estonia
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When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!"
Be well or Get Help!!
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Mole
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Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 5:09 pm
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Location: Walsall, West Mids, UK
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Games to complete:
GTA IV [100%] (For Multiplayer next!)
Fallout 3 [50%]
Rock Band [35%]
http://www.cafepress.com/SmeepProducts
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm
Posts: 16662
Location: On a slope
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Peltz
Stranger
Joined: Sat Apr 12, 2003 1:14 pm
Posts: 6362
Location: Estonia
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When someone asks how rich you are, quote Rinox " I don't even have a rusty nail to scratch my butt with...!"
Be well or Get Help!!
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm
Posts: 7721
Location: Centre of the sun
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"Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson
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Mole
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 5:09 pm
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Location: Walsall, West Mids, UK
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lol,
Yes Mr Peltz, I'll put him on right away!
Yez.. This I Bin Laden... here's the proof
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Games to complete:
GTA IV [100%] (For Multiplayer next!)
Fallout 3 [50%]
Rock Band [35%]
http://www.cafepress.com/SmeepProducts
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derf
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 2:17 pm
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Location: Centre of the sun
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"Well a very, very hevate, ah, heavy duh burtation tonight. We had a very derrist derrison, bite, let's go ahead and terrist teysond those fullabit who have the pit." - Serene Branson
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Satis
Felix Rex
Joined: Fri Mar 28, 2003 6:01 pm
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Location: On a slope
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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Mole
Minor Diety
Joined: Fri Apr 11, 2003 5:09 pm
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Location: Walsall, West Mids, UK
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I offen think simular things about stuff you buy from the shop over here... i mean you get some right rip off stuff, but people still bloody buy it. If they all at once said no, they refuse to pay these ridiculous prices, they'd have to lower it.
but then that leads my mind to - Jacking up the taxes, and raising the cost of necesities (spl?) such as water bills.
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Games to complete:
GTA IV [100%] (For Multiplayer next!)
Fallout 3 [50%]
Rock Band [35%]
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