I just checked the last 288 spams I've received, and I see no bailey_damion in them. So he's just picking on you it looks like. I don't know where spammers get the names they use, but I doubt it's from MapInfo-L archives at Directions Magazine.
It's possible the spammer has subscribed and is nicking addresses from the postings, but since that involves actual work, I doubt they would go to such trouble. There is a possibility they can be harvested from MapInfo Corp's public web-based archives, but you have to register with MapInfo to get access there, and again I think that will prove to be too much bother for them. My guess is that bailey_damion found you elsewhere. The only way to stop spam is to build and use better filters. I've got my own Linux server, so I can block any address I want, but for everyone with just mail client software, there are several choices for filtering software out there; some of it free. I'm building my own just for grins trying the Bayesian approach described by Paul Graham (see A Plan for Spam http://www.paulgraham.com/antispam.html) I believe there will be no effective laws passed to stop spam, and only the most egregious examples can be filtered out by Internet backbone level filters. Even among end users, there's differences over what's spam to them. So in the end, you'll need to defend your own castle with custom trained filters. I suggest that people check around and get one while they're free. Spam isn't going away soon. - Bill Thoen On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Simmonds, Ashley (PTB) wrote: > sorry to bother you's with petty crap, but a couple weeks ago i asked the > group whether they had been recieving virus-loaded spam recently. it turned > out that several people have been since xmas or so, overall the number of > crap emails i get now has been reduced, but i am getting 1 or 2 per day from > the same source now. > > does anyone else here keep getting stupid screensavers (which have been > destroyed by my scanner before i even get the mail) full of virii from this > guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ? > > i'm just wondering so that i can pin down where my details are being sourced > from. > > ash > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 5190 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 5203
