While we're on the subject of spam, i'm always trying to figure out what the
garbage that gets sent with the email means, i am correct in saying that the
following email originated from
0-1pool107-240.nas9.miami1.fl.us.da.qwest.net
also what is ekkmaster.edwardkeller?
Received: from [210.126.1.1] by stage.alexandermark.com (NTMail
>>>6.03.0009/NT6115.00.d4844f5f) with ESMTP id clglaaaa for
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:54:31 +0000
Received: from 65.139.107.240 (0-1pool107-240.nas9.miami1.fl.us.da.qwest.net
[65.139.107.240]) by ekkmaster.edwardkeller with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange
Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13)
id Z9FGJMPM; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 19:51:46 +0900
Ps if there is anything in there i shouldn't be posting to a list please let
me know
Cheers
Kola
> -----Original Message-----
> From: UXB Internet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 31 December 2001 17:49
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Using CF to control Spam
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
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