[arachne] Re: arachne Digest V2 #59

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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:20:44 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:

> Same here. Since I changed to a new ISP about 7 months ago, I have been
> free of spam.

> But I don't know whether it is the success of their filtering or whether
> my new email address just hasn't made it yet onto their lists.


A new address will always be spam free because it is not yet on 
the spam lists. How long it stays off the spam lists depends on
the user's online behavior. 

The address of mine that gets so much spam now was almost spam
free for several years. Sure, I got some, but nothing serious. Then,
I made the mistake of following a link in a spam message out of
curiosity. After that the tiny trickle rapidly grew to a rushing
torrent.

If I was not using Postini to filter out the spam and viruses the
address would now be unusable. Changing the address would eliminate
almost 100% of the spam for a time. New addresses are always clean.

But it requires work to change addresses. And some people will
lose track of you when you change. And I'm lazy now. But changing
addresses periodically would be a good strategy if you can deal
with being harder to find.






Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
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