[Dixielandjazz] More on hacking, spoofing, spam, etc.

[Henry C. Mason]

Good points Dick and let me add one.   Gmail accounts are ideal for mail
lists.   Their SPAM trap is unequaled and junk mail resulting from the list
address just goes into the trap.   I very rarely get any junk mail through
the gmail account and therefore my list mail goes to the gmail account..
No I don't own any google stock but it is an excellent solution to this
problem.

Henry

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Dick Baker <djml at dickbaker.org> wrote:

> Here's another factor to keep in mind:  Spammers are constantly on the
> prowl for valid email addresses to add to their list.  And spammers use
> bots to comb through web pages looking for character strings that follow
> the pattern of somebody at someplace.com/edu/org**, etc.
>
> Fortunately for the sake of our convenience--and for the convenience of
> spammers--all our messages on DJML are posted at our archive web site, and
> they definitely make use of it.  The first email address I used on DJML
> started collecting lots of spam after a few years, so I changed it to the
> one I have now, djml at dickbaker.org.  But that too is starting to get a
> fair amount of spam--and since the ONLY place I use that address is here,
> any spam that comes to that address is clearly from that archive.
>
> Since I manage my own domain, I have the luxury of killing the compromised
> address and starting to use a new one.  So if you see me showing up as
> djml2 at dickbaker.org next week, you'll know why.
>
> But you can exercise this strategy even if you don't have your own domain.
>  Most ISPs give you 10 or more mailboxes with a standard account, so you
> could create a special email address for use in a special place, like here.
>  When that address gets on a lot of spam lists, you can easily just change
> that one address with one organization and not have to send email to
> everybody you know telling them you've changed your email address.
>
>
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>  djml at dickbaker.org
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