Does anyone get any spam emails in this news group?

The thing is, it isn't from a specific sender, they are automatic generated
emails from made up accounts that don't exist. They are spoofing the smtp
details so that they can't be traced which is also a pain in the backside!
hehe

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Peter wrote:

Any feedback would be appreciated

I used to get lots of spam on my Comcast account. I attribute much of that
to the
fact that I had an "email me" HTML button on my web site, since most of it
started
when I put that site up.

If someone using your computer actually visited a porn site, that can also
cause
this, 'cause they can pull your email address from your preferences.
Usually you
would get mail from multiple senders if this happens, since they sell your
name. My
stepson may be partially responsible for some of the stuff I used to get
on the
Comcast account. He actually trashed my wife's laptop when he picked up a
"trojan
horse" on one of those sites, and that was embarrasing enough that I think
he doesn't
visit sites like that anymore.

One thing to check is the "To" line in the spam. If it's actually your
email address,
they've picked it up in some fashion like that. If, on the other hand,
it's *not*
your address, they're using a mailing list, which they probably bought
somewhere or
obtained through a virus on someone else's machine.

If you want to continue using that address, the only solution I know is to
use
filters to block it. If you don't mind changing names, perhaps you can set
up a new
user name with your ISP.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.

Peter wrote:

The thing is, it isn't from a specific sender, they are automatic generated
emails from made up accounts that don't exist. They are spoofing the smtp
details so that they can't be traced which is also a pain in the backside!

That's normal for spammers. I've used Netscape to set up filters on my account that
filter out any mail which does not have "grpphoto" on the "To" line. That eliminates
most of it right there, since these guys tend to use mailing lists. I also have a few
filters that block anything with certain words in the title. You can also filter out
messages based on the presence or absence of words in any other part of a piece of
mail. I have them all moved to the trash folder automatically. There I can scan the
sender list (a few legitimate parties also use mailing lists, and I want to read
their stuff). I can then delete the entire mess by emptying the trash.

Verizon also allows me to do this at the server level, but I don't like that as well.

Basically, what you need to find is a key word or phrase that will allow you to
identify a given message as trash. Then you can set up a filter to block it.

George Patterson
If you don't tell lies, you never have to remember what you said.