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Spam Archive opening FTP service December 4
Saint Aardvark writes "The FTP archives for spamarchive.org will be opening on December 4, according to this Wired article. But there already appear to be some archives available." I tried saving my spam for awhile just for giggles, but seeing that file grow to 100+ megs made me so angry I had to delete it. Currently getting ~200 spam every day, and now often they attach images so they are 100k+. Yay Internet!
Really, all you need to do is manage your address properly from the beginning, don't do obvious spam-lure tactics with it, use sneakemail/other aliasing and you're set.
Seriously ... in the last year, maybe 3 total spams have come to my main address. (They're all the same spam too. Something about skin care. Weird.)
Who gets most spam?
People with public e-mail addresses do. Try writing a few usenet articles and have your e-mail address on a web site and wait for the spam to emerge.
Thank God for SpamAssassin
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who actually gets loads of spam every day? I get about 3 per day (3 too many!). You always hear about these poor suckers getting 200 or so a day, but how many of us actrually have to put up with that much stuff?
According to my filter logs I'm currently getting between 100 and 150 spam messages a day, I'm currently using RBL and SpamAssassin to filter my inbox so I usually only see 2 or 3 a week out of this total. Its still annoying though,
Just because you don't get any spam, doesn't mean everybody else isn't geting any...
If I got that much, I'd just switch email accounts, cos I just wouldn't put up with it.
Some people just don't have that option, you can't change your work email address, I know I certainly can't change mine...
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I typically get 20-30 per day. Often more than the useful email I get.
I am a firm beliver that if people really want to contact me I should not make it hard for them. I have had a few people who I did not know contact me that really should have contacted me. It doesn't happen often.
I'm also looking for a job, posting my resume with contact information uped the number of spams I get. At least the porn is outnumbered by other types of messages now, but that isn't saying much.
(Raises hand)
I do. Let's check. This morning I have:
30 spams that are not directly addressed to me,
130 spams that are directly addressed to my Verio email address,
5 spams addressed directly to my personal address.
Hmmm so I think I know what the problem is.
Verio sold my email address to every spam-merchant in the world.
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It's not the net's fault. Blame (or shoot) the spammer's.
:)
Well, some people ask for it by using their personal email account for signing up on sites, posting on usenet etc. Use an email account for these purposes, and the personal email account for friends and family. I don't receive any spam on my personal email account.
Well, some people ask for it by using their personal email account for signing up on sites, posting on usenet etc.
Yeah, like those rape victims that were asking for it by wearing short skirts.
Nobody 'asked for it'. Don't you even resent the fact that spammers have made it impossible to post on Usenet with a legitimate e-mail address? Doesn't it piss you off that you have to be paranoid if some less-computer-savvy friend tells some web site to mail an article to you or sends you an online greeting card? Don't you get annoyed that every e-mail address that you post, no matter for what reason, get spammed?
Blame the criminals, not the victims.