From: John Kim (kim_at_mak.com)
Date: Fri Nov 14 1997 - 13:59:36 EST
On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Paul Khoury wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:00:44 -0500, Cottrell, Eric wrote:
> >BTW I really only post to this list with this address and so
> >far no spam at all.
> >
> >73 Eric ecottrell_at_doble.com
> >
> I have almost never recived spam, unless the Poopsales stuff counts.
> And I setup filters on my mailer, PMMail 1.95a for OS/2, which sort mail
> from friends, this list, and other stuff directly to different folders, and notify
> me with a wave file.
>
> Maybe we could single out why one person gets spam, and others, like myself,
> get none, or close to that.
Most common source is posting on newsgroups. Also, if you have
a well-linked web page with your email address on it, sometimes
a harvesting bot can pull out your email address. I'm on
several mailing lists with different addresses and haven't
received spam on any of them. Sadly, I've pretty much given up
on Usenet news because I don't have the time to configure the
news poster to munge my email address. If I need a question
answered, I usually go to Dejanews and do an extensive search
now.
-- John H. Kim kim_at_mak.com
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