Keith,
Monday, December 9, 2002 you wrote:
KP> We're trying to figure out why my boss -- a vice president --
KP> receives much more spam than I do. I get about two spam a day,
KP> while he gets 50.
2 out of 4 might be bad but 50 out of 1,000 might not be. I handle
500+ messages per day and I still get a couple of spam messages
per day - even with constant tweaking of my own settings.
But the more mail you receive the more spam you are likely to
receive.
KP> His email address is not on any of our public
KP> sites. He does not submit his address at Web sites.
I've heard that story before. Usually someone, somewhere has
submitted an e-mail address. If he receives e-mail from outside
the company then his e-mail address is on the Internet.
KP> Is it possible someone acquired and sold his address as a hot item
KP> since he's a top executive?
Well, they had to get it first.
KP> I'm sold on Declude because I see how much spam is trapped, but
KP> he's not as impressed since so much is getting past Declude and
KP> into his account.
Well, set him up a special rule set and make it very tight.
Here are a few possibilities about e-mail address harvesting to
consider:
Is he listed in whois? ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
If you have a nobody alias does it go to his address?
Does he have a number of aliases?
Or is he part of any group aliases or program aliases?
Does he belong to any forums or mailing lists?
"real names" (like "joebob") in e-mail addresses are more likely
to receive spam than "handle" names (like "uckyducky" or
"flibber2").
I have clients who receive virtually no spam and then I have clients
that receive a hundred messages per day and most of it is spam.
HTH -
Terry
Terry Fritts
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