Sorry bout this question but I don't know the proper NG for this. How
the hell do so many people get my e-mail address and then send me tons
of junk mail. And how can I stop this from happening?
Thanks.
--
Let's pray there's intelligent life somewhere up there in space,
Cause there aint' none here!
Kel
Calgary, Alberta CANADA
: Sorry bout this question but I don't know the proper NG for this. How
: the hell do so many people get my e-mail address and then send me tons
: of junk mail. And how can I stop this from happening?
...well, 50+ more span companies have JUST got your address for their
devient purposes...
...and now mine as well :(
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_-\<,_ Cosmo Potapoff
>...well, 50+ more span companies have JUST got your address for their
>devient purposes...
>...and now mine as well :(
Seriously, DO NOT IGNORE spam e-mail. EVERYTIME you get one, send a
copy of the entire e-mail to the postmaster at the originating site.
(If the originating site appears to be owned and operated by the
***head who sent you the mail, send a copy of the mail to the
postmaster at the next upstream site...)
When the postmasters get enough complaints (and the sys-admins get
tired of rebooted servers that have been mail-bombed), the user's
account usually gets revoked.
---Jim Sokoloff
99 times out of 100 it is not the postmaster's fault that a user is
abusing his system. Be considerate, he's human like the rest of us and
can just as easily act on the headers as a copy of the whole email.
Also, if the postmaster is that 1 out of 100, you've just found yourself
on spam lists forever - they now know that the address they are sending
to is a real one for an active account.... ;-((
Cheers,
Richard
