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Re: Spamming list members

2002-09-13 14:34:42
On Sep 13 2002, Alan Clifford shared a puddle of experience:
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Chris Green wrote:

CG> How is it that I don't get spam on my usenet addres but others do?  Is
CG> it just the types of groups one posts to that make the difference?
CG>

Certain groups seem to attract more harvesting than others.  Personally,
I pity the misguided sods who harvest on nanae.  (There must be some.)

I have toyed with posting as "abuse(_at_)niceperson(_dot_)org" and seeing who
spams that address.

And then there are the people who spam spamassassin-talk.  I really
wonder sometimes.

Maybe it is being spam filtered by someone else.  Or do you receive email
to your own server?  If so, I am amazed you don't get the statutary 10
Korean spams everyday.

I don't get much Korean spam; the majority used to be Taiwanese, but
now it all seems to be Chinese.  However, my perception might be
skewed since a lot of the English-language spam I get has passed through
open proxies in China or references an email account at btamail.net.cn.

Personally I filter spam quite aggressively but save everything in
order to report it.  The more I report spam, the less I get.

Laurabelle
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