on 7/15/03 4:58 PM, Will Schou at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Howie, I'm very happy to report that no I'm not getting this spam. I > see you have a shaw.ca address which I believe is broadband. A few > years ago I was getting so much spam it was unbelievable. It turned out > someone who was using the same broadband company as I was > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] which became @home.com, ATTBI.com ,now and perhaps > the least ;-) Comcast.net) had written or gotten a software program > that somehow harvested all excite @home.com email address's and auto > sent the spam out by the Millions! It took a while but they caught the > guy. I'm guessing it's some variation of that sort of thing. I am happy > to say AT&T really got it together and ended spam for the most part on > their networks! So far Comcast is ok in that area. Best of luck in > solving this issue. Will S
That's a good point Will, a whole lot of Shaw users could be affected. Man, you should see the web-mail addresses I use for Internet forums, mail-order, Usenet, and such. I log into those via a browser to check them, and have to delete 30 to 40 spam emails a week on each of two web-mail accounts. The most bizarre crap you ever saw. What a plague! -Howie -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
