That explains it. I got rid of my hotmail account years ago when I got more spam than real mail. When they put the 2M cap, I felt even better. Here's a link to a scrambler for email addresses. http://www.jracademy.com/~jtucek/email/download.html technomage-hawke@cox.net wrote: >lets see, >2 e-mail boxen in cox.net (both of which don't see much traffic save for this >list and 2 other e-mail lists) and 2 boxen at hotmail (thats wher the 300 >e-mails a day are coming from). > >I use hotmail as my public interface (it keeps the spam out of my cox.net >accounts). However, given that recently, I have seen the "undelivered >messages" scam and the "MS Update" scam hit everywhere (hotmail and cox.net) >for the last 5 days, I spend too much time here trying to make sure that I >can get my mail. > >I have over 200 megs of infected e-mails itting in their own box atm (that box >expires messages every 24 hours) and it never seems to end. I got 37 e-mails >of this type within the last 40 minutes alone! > >I figure within 2 weeks, my current filter sets will be irrelivant (and I will >have to create new ones) > >as for hotmail, I use a linux program (called hotwayd) to access hotmail via >kmail (nice utility). it hasn't been fast enough though. I got bitch letters >from the MSN/Hotmail stff 3 times this week for over full mail storage. > >I have done one thing though, I sent anyone I do business with a nice little >form letter advising them not to sell my e-mails to third parties unless they >acquired my express permission (jn writing). this has helped a bit, but >still.. > >lastly, I am using spamcop to help in minimizing the worm problem (in the >notes section, I place this: "please notify the ISP that the user at the ip >address listed for this notice is infected with . Please >correct the problem".). it works, even though spamcop wasn't designed to do >this. I did right the admins at spamcop about this, so far, I haven't heard >back from anyone there. > >I'll let you guys know how it goes. > >Proudhawk/Mage > > >On Monday 22 September 2003 08:55 am, Don Calfa wrote: > > >>How do you get 300 e-mails a day that is spam? I seriously never get >>spam except for 4 a day with my bigfoot address and any adversitements >>are from businesses that I purchae goods from. My other e-mail >>addresses get zip, none, nada. I make sure that my e-mail address is >>never listed anywhere that will be posted somewhere and if I put it on a >>website, it's javascript encrypted so it can't be crawled. >> >>technomage-hawke@cox.net wrote: >> >> >>>spamcop isn't exactly a black hole. >>> >>>However, I see upwards of 300 e-mails a day now and most of it is >>>unsolicited, unwated and sometimes very offensive UCE! >>> >>>the only things I filter right now go to their own folders (like publisher >>>clearing house, eversave and all the surveys I take with NFO and this >>>list). everything else not of a personal nature I consider to be unwanted >>>spam and its dealt with accordingly. >>> >>>sure, blackholes do need a bit more intelligence, but I would rather not >>>have to sit here for 3 HOURS daily trying to figure out whats what with a >>>speech synthasizer (or a very strong magnifier and my nearly non-existant >>>eyesight!). >>> >>>Proudhawk/Mage >>> >>>On Monday 22 September 2003 07:49 am, Victor Odhner wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I've been bitten so badly by the whole blackhole folly -- >>>>having legitimate incoming mail bounced in the middle of >>>>a job search -- that I'm no longer "fighting" spam at all. >>>>I'm just using the Mozilla junk filter to isolate it. >>>>Blackholes are a *bad* idea whose time has come and gone. >>>> >>>>technomage wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>I recently signed up with spamcop. seems to be working ok as brand new >>>>>(fresh!) spam was discovered today. hopefully, this will start working >>>>>soon. >>>>> >>>>>. . . >>>>> >>>>>perhaos more of us should sign up. it'll definitely prove helpful. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>>> >>>--------------------------------------------------- >>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>--------------------------------------------------- >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > >--------------------------------------------------- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >