[tri-med] Re: problems with spam

I'm interested in your response Fawna, as I too get a lot of spam. 
Nearly all of them are addressed to someone else!!!!!!!. I have asked 
my ISP how come I am getting spam, not even addressed to me 
(sometimes it is a variation of our surname, but not exactly). I 
expressed my concern about security. They sent me this long rambling 
explanation about the person sending puts you in the "undisclosed 
recipient" category. BUT that still doesn't explain to me how come 
tpg (my server) sends me stuff not addressed to me??????

At 07:54 AM 29/08/2007, you wrote:
> >Is anyone getting lots of spam as I am getting loads
> >at the moment and I am not sure how.
>
>Katy,
>
>Yes, but it's not the "normal" variety, and I know how
>I'm getting it.  But unfortunately there's also nothing
>I can do about it short of totally shutting down my
>livingwithtrisomy.org homepage launch website.  Some
>ingenious spam contact provider has targeted my site's
>submission page.  So what I'm getting now, and have been
>for about the last six months, is dozens of spam e-mails
>per day submitting website links to me, mostly for on-line
>pharmacy & porn sites.  But since they show up under my
>site's info@ e-mail addy, I can't block them without
>blocking the legitimate submissions as well.  Plus I have
>to at least open up the e-mail to see if it is spam.
>
>I'm getting pretty good though at recognizing the non
>legitimate titles (like Pharmacy, Grom, baran, & Pendosi
>pidori my most prolific submissions). Oh and alternately for
>about a month I was also inundated with non deliverable
>mail notices, because they were also using my server's name
>to create alias e-mail addy's to put on other spam they were
>sending out.  But since I'm the only REAL user on the server
>all the notices were coming back to me. Thank goodness at
>least THAT's stopped now.  But take note, that return e-mail
>addy server on the spam you're receiving is probably a pirated
>server alias.
>
>Fawna, Research coordinator TRIS Project, mom
>to Thom & Rhonda, Lara, & Philina 24yrs (PT6p
>& Moya Moya Syndrome), Escondido, CA USA
>http://home.mindspring.com/~fawna33/
>
>                   Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
>                        www.trisomyonline.org
>                   Families Helping Families On-line
>
>
>
>
>--
>No virus found in this incoming message.
>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.9/975 - Release Date: 
>26/08/2007 9:34 PM

Jocelyn, Wife to Frank, Mother to Ian, Gillian & Susan. Maker of 
quilts, singer of songs,
Nanna to Carly 20, Mathew 18, Ashleigh 17, Alex 15, and Tess 10 years 
old with T18.
also step Nanna to Carrie age 19. & Great Grandmother to Eli, Jonas & Escha.
Living in NSW, Australia 

                  Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows
                       www.trisomyonline.org
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