Tom, You must be the lucky one <smile>. I have an email address listed on a web site that is never used for anything except to sit on an obscure page of that web site. It has been harvested; because it collects over 40 to 50 spam messages a day. (I now know how to get rich quick, working at home while looking at porn) <smile>. I keep the address for the sole purpose to collect and block the IP addresses of the senders on my "real" mail server.
The other email address that gets unwanted email is the one listed in the domain registrations Whois database. It's a wonderful place for spammers to get addresses. I use to laugh when I saw it, but now I believe the statement "SPAMMERS MUST DIE!" Best regards, Dennis Powers UXB Internet (203)879-2844 http://www.uxbinfo.com/ -----Original Message----- From: tom muck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 12:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Using CF to control Spam Most spam comes from things that you sign up for on the Web, whether you realize that you are signing up for spam or not. I've had this email address for two years now and still only get one or two spams per day -- on a bad day. Certainly managable by spending the 1 or 2 seconds to hit the delete key. My email address is plastered all over my Web site, plus I post several hundred times per month in various newsgroups to the point where a search on Google lists my email address 3900 times. If spammers are harvesting email addresses from mailing lists and newsgroups, they are skipping mine. ;-) If you are careful about what you are signing up for, you can virtually eliminate spam. When you register at a Web site or register a product make sure you aren't leaving the default checkbox for "allow us to notify you of exciting offers from our co-conspirators/spammers" unchecked -- most sites have this spam button set ON by default. tom "W Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 007b01c191fe$faee5a90$0300a8c0@jazz">news:007b01c191fe$faee5a90$0300a8c0@jazz... > My inbox has become increasingly infested with spam - up to 30 a day now - > so I've been writing a small app in CF to help control it. Basically, the > robot logs into my current spam-infested inbox and checks each email against > a "trusted addresses" table in my db - if the email is from a trusted > source, it's sent to another "clean" POP. If it's potentially spam, a > message is sent to the sender and the email is quarantined in the db - if > that sender is a real person, they'll click on a link which will validate > their email address, add it to my "trusted addressbook" and deliver their > email to my clean POP. > > It works well, but it's annoying having to have another POP - can anyone > think of a better way of doing it? > > Will ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
