On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:17:17 -0400, "Jeffrey Fogg" <j> wrote: >Hi all, > >I get a lot of what looks like misdirected personal e-mail. Stuff like, > >"Jessica, > >It was so good to see you at the party last night. > I forgot to tell you that we will be in Cincinnati on the 15th instead of the 17th >-- don't forget! >We wouldn't want to miss seeing the new baby! " etc. > >So is this some kind of spammer's trick? If so, why would they? > My husband's name is Jeff Fogg and our e-mail address is. >The spam or misdirected mail always contains a name starting with a "J", although >they have never gotten it right yet. > I responded to the first two or three of these, then I caught on and started just >deleting. > >Dying of curiousity, > >--Patti Fogg More than often it is some one is trying to gather validated email responses just ignore and delete (its not to you so do not reply) The email's are designed to trigger a response *************************************************** Do not publish your email address (bots look for them and add them to CD's which are then sold) If you need to give or have a "public" email suggest you sign up with www.bigfoot.com for their free spam filtered email. This will have your mail *relayed* (forwarded) to a secret email account. Ideally with a complex login ID like 12_buckle_my_shoe_34@h*t.m*il.c*m Hotmail is fine, you may wish to activate the BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) filter though. This is what most spammers use to send mail *MAKING* sure that you. In hotmail's setup (go to)"Option's" (then) "Personal" ensure the "check box" in "Directories", is disabled (unchecked). Its near the bottom of page just above the "OK" button (It seems this may be checked by default?) Bigfoot have excellent spam screening and will simply forward filtered email to any designated email account (at present its free) It will not be 100% effective but very good and worth a try I have had no legit mail lost with zero spam so far, although I do not forward it to hotmail (Hot mail allows you to add further filters) Also in SpamCop newsgroups please work out how to turn off *HTML* only post to newsgroups in *Plain Text * - Cheers Petzl [Nothing official, just another SpamCop user] These messages are only the opinion of the poster,are no substitute for your own research _______________________________________________ SpamCop-Help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://news.spamcop.net/mailman/listinfo/spamcop-help
