NOSPAM address
vincent coventon
address. I am now receiving a fair bit of spam. I notice a lot of you insert
"nospam" or somesuch into your addresses. I should have done this but didn`t
know any better. I have tried to change my log-in address but can`t work out
how to. How can I alter my settings to insert a decoy word into my address
at this late stage?
TIA
Vince
Andrew Taylor
news:Xns90D761...@195.92.193.157...
>
> For OE....
> Tools/accounts/highlight the news server and choose properties. On the
> general tab there is the mail address that's displayed, the user name it
> displays etc, just change it there.
And don't use commonly used words like 'NOSPAM', or 'REMOVE', and these
words are removed automatically by the e-mail marketeers.
vincent coventon
things correctly, secondly to solicit opinions as to whether this disguise
will be effective-any opinions?
TIA
Vince
--
spam-trapped address: Remove tinky winky to reply by email.
Mike Mann
<covent...@winkyukonline.co.uk> wrote:
>Thanks for your help- this is a test mailing, firstly to see if I configured
>things correctly, secondly to solicit opinions as to whether this disguise
>will be effective-any opinions?
It''s fine, as long as you've registered the domain name
"winkyukonline.co.uk".
If not, anyone could register that domain name tomorrow and ask your
ISP to terminate your account on the grounds that you're using it
without permission.
Regards, Mike.
--
Solaris on Intel: http://www.kempston.org/solaris/
sbd
you want people to contact you. If you don't want anyone to email
you, then put in gibberish like mine. Although it's still easy enough
to work out my real email address from the headers.
sbd
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 15:25:43 +0100, "vincent coventon"
<covent...@winkyukonline.co.uk> wrote:
Andrew Taylor
news:8osektc1bnt1irdkr...@4ax.com...
> You have to make sure some one can work out your real email address if
> you want people to contact you. If you don't want anyone to email
> you, then put in gibberish like mine. Although it's still easy enough
> to work out my real email address from the headers.
>
Path: news.theplanet.net!newspost.theplanet.net!not-for-mail
From: sbd <ma...@nospam.com>
Newsgroups: freeserve.help.misc
Subject: Re: NOSPAM address
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 21:38:23 +0100
Lines: 16
Message-ID: <8osektc1bnt1irdkr...@4ax.com>
References: <9i6a4n$i51$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>
<9i769n$e4h$1...@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>
NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-725.salmon.dialup.pol.co.uk
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Trace: news8.svr.pol.co.uk 994537329 23143 217.134.246.213 (7 Jul 2001
20:22:09 GMT)
NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Jul 2001 20:22:09 GMT
X-Complaints-To: ab...@theplanet.net
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548
Xref: news.theplanet.net freeserve.help.misc:75954
--
Andrew Taylor
~
mike.{'o'}
> news:8osektc1bnt1irdkr...@4ax.com...
> > You have to make sure some one can work out your real email address if
> > you want people to contact you. If you don't want anyone to email
> > you, then put in gibberish like mine. Although it's still easy enough
> > to work out my real email address from the headers.
You may (or may not) be interested to know that your "gibberish" e-mail
address is actually a valid one!!
--
Mike {'o'}
Reply address IS valid but not my primary mailbox.
Tim ...
"vincent coventon" <cove...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message
news:9i6a4n$i51$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...
> I notice a lot of you insert
> "nospam" or somesuch into your addresses.
Do not do this ..... insert invalid characters if anything, as this way you
will not accidentally use a valid domain such as nospam.com which a lot of
people use.
Simply enter an address such as mymail@]-[otmail.com or email@}-{otmail.com
for example.
It contains invalid characters and won't stomp all over someone's domain.
Or get a throw-away account from Hotmail where you can filter spam into a
bulk mail box for automatic deletion.
Anyone else got any interesting invalid characters that would look good?
Mike Mann
>You have to make sure some one can work out your real email address if
>you want people to contact you. If you don't want anyone to email
>you, then put in gibberish like mine.
Why do do think that "ma...@nospam.com" is "gibberish"? It's a
perfectly valid email address owned by Anything.com Ltd in Grand
Cayman.
You do have permission to use their address, I hope? Or did you think
that an obvious domain name like like wouldn't have been registered?
Chiefy
> Thanks for your help- this is a test mailing, firstly to see if I configured
> things correctly, secondly to solicit opinions as to whether this disguise
> will be effective-any opinions?
Vincent, just stick .invalid at the end of a 'bogus' address.
I'll bet you a Linux CD (A real one, not RedHat) that someone has the
address you've placed in this posting.
--
Chiefy <ne...@awaywiththepixies.com> (This is mine btw :)
"...and don't ask me about the extraneous parenthesis. I bet some LISP
programmer felt alone and decided to make it a bit more homey."
- Linus Torvalds