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Recent deluge of Spam (not Sky related)
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- 18-10-06, 04:59 PM #1
Recent deluge of Spam (not Sky related)
Has anybody else experienced a massive increase in spam in the last few days?
Today was relatively quiet - ony 74!
However from Friday to Monday I received WELL over 1000. I stopped counting, but I would guess about 2500.
Typically:-
Viagra
Cialis
Dodgy shares
Weight loss
and many with complete gibberish with a web link.
None get to my computer as I use Mailwasher. They are deleted on the mail server before downloading. However half of them need manual deleting rather than being caught by my filters & auto deleted.
My bespoke email addresses are a couple of years old, so have done the rounds. All my mail is forwarded to my Sky ones. My Sky ones are not openly used at all.LWNEDG
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Advertisement- 18-10-06, 06:37 PM #2
I have my own domain so I can set up as many e-mail addresses as I like, the mail from these gets forwarded to my main address or can't be sent to another address altogether.
I am not planning on using my Sky address except to give to close friends and family.
- 18-10-06, 06:47 PM #3
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only spam i get on my sky email addy is from sky them selfs.
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- 18-10-06, 08:13 PM #4
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There is the same problems as this reported at Plusnet in their forums and also Freedom 2 Surf in the support forums.
Obviously someone has found a way through all the filtering etc.
I easily get at least 50-100 a day and my email address aint public :-(~ Never, ever, argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience ~