[tcb] Re: (no subject)
- From: Sammie Smith <slsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:14:50 -0600
Thanks for the help guys. Just talked to our system admin guy. Other than
a spam filter, basically no hope. Complex e-mail address is out. We're
stuck with what we are given by the administration. Have heard good and
bad about the spam filters. Our University has chosen not to use a system
wide spam filter. My system admin guy suggested switching e-mail to
Thunderbird which has a sort of self-learning spam filter. Best advice
that he could come up with.
Sammie
At 12:56 PM 2/2/2005, you wrote:
>Bad news,
>
>It just takes one spammer to harvest your address, the address is then
>shared out to other spammers around the globe. There's no stopping the
>propagation at this point.
>
>The only way to limit your spam, is to ask your sys admin to integrate
>an anti-spam engine such as spam assassin with your mail server. This
>will stop the spam at your mail server before it reaches your account.
>
>You may notice sometimes that you get "garbage" mails that do not
>include any spam - just nonsensical content. This is a spammer testing
>your address to see whether it is valid. If the message to you doesn't
>bounce, they know they have a valid address.
>
>Next time, pick a more complex mail address so that your mail address
>is not easily guessed - slsmith is a fairly common abbreviation.
>
>Conrad
>
>On Feb 2, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Sammie Smith wrote:
>
> > I know we have some knowledgeable computer geeks on this list. Does
> > anyone
> > have any idea how to get off the list, or get them to cease the
> > Nigerian
> > scam letters. I get sometimes 10-15 per day; to the point of making it
> > difficult to find my honest e-mails.
> > Sammie Smith
> >
> >
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