Yup, spammers are becoming more clever at guessing email addresses. It is very easy to create a script that generates a list of target email addresses, not to mention that there are scripts that harvest email addresses from newsgroups, webpages, mailing lists, etc.
IMHO, the biggest problem is accountability. Spammers regularly search for and use open relay email servers. These are servers that do not require a login in order to send email. If all email servers were properly configured, then spammers would be forced to use servers that they have accounts on, therefore those servers could be blocked. I think solution set for spam is finite, and that the problem can be fixed. A newer set of protocols for email would help to fix the problem. John Hebert --- "Banker, Craig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You too..... > > It seems the spammers are guessing at yours and my > new email addresses. One > of my cox addresses (which is similar to my at old @ > home address) is > getting spam. A virgin hotmail address I recently > created that is > formulamatic (i.e. fname_lname ) and now is getting > those university diploma > scam spams (I've got 2 real diplomas why would I > want fake ones). An easy > countermeasure to this fight is to create an email > address that is somewhat > random in formulation and keep it off the lists. > > > Spam only belongs in a sandwich... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Braud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 9:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; BRLUG Linux > Subject: [brluglist] Spam > > > I've started getting Spam and here is what Cox says > about it: > Question: > How do I stop SPAM? > > Answer: > > > > > > If the sender is COX HSI user, please > send this mail directly to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Paste (do not attach) the email with > full email headers into the > body of your message. To turn on or view the full > email headers in COX's > supported email clients: > > Outlook Express: File > Properties, > click the details button, > and this will show the complete email headers for an > Outlook Express > message. > > Netscape Messenger: View > Headers > All > will turn on full > headers in Netscape. > > Paste these into a fresh message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Although we > cannot intervene directly with an email from outside > of COX, we can read the > headers to determine which internet domain it > actually came from (in many > cases, these emails use false return addresses) and > we can then provide you > with the proper contact information (via ARIN and > INTERNIC) for the sender's > domain. > > If you or a friend know how to read > email headers you can > determine the origin of the mail directly by reading > the received from line > above the message ID line in the headers, but most > users choose to have us > check this information for them. > > > > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
