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E-Mail SPAM
by Sy V » Thu 23.03.2006, 20:48
Can any of the forum members put their hand on heart and claim to have been receiving an increase in sexual and pharmecutical spam to their e-mail address within the last 48 hrs or so?
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by muley » Thu 23.03.2006, 20:55
No, I've had no more than normal. I still haven't received an offer for penis reduction (which is what I really need).
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by Sy V » Thu 23.03.2006, 20:59
Yes, thank you Jim!
Here we are trying to combat a plague of spammers and we get...
Here we are trying to combat a plague of spammers and we get...
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by TStevens » Thu 23.03.2006, 21:12
Ermm yeah thanks Jim...
The spam Sy is talking about is ones offering you all kinds of medicines, and generally the stuff that you cant get over the counter. And quite probably coming from Russian IP addresses.
The 'pornographic' emails are very explicit in wording, and often offer 'russian babes'
Jokes aside guys, replies to this mesage do need to remain serious, LEC has been getting a lot of attention from spammers as of late, and your responses to this affect changes we may be making to the forum software and site configuration to protect our members.
The spam Sy is talking about is ones offering you all kinds of medicines, and generally the stuff that you cant get over the counter. And quite probably coming from Russian IP addresses.
The 'pornographic' emails are very explicit in wording, and often offer 'russian babes'
Jokes aside guys, replies to this mesage do need to remain serious, LEC has been getting a lot of attention from spammers as of late, and your responses to this affect changes we may be making to the forum software and site configuration to protect our members.
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by GeoffSmith » Thu 23.03.2006, 23:40
None at all. My Outlook rules move most of them straight out of my inbox into a seperate folder (as occasionally legitimate e-mails fall foul of the rules). I've checked and had nothing for three weeks.
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by theelanman » Fri 24.03.2006, 11:07
none for me either....
the aol spam filter is pretty good but is does let through the 'do you want a £1000000 loan secured on your house in 30 seconds with a 79.9% apr' kind of spam.......
cheers
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ps its not just LEC theyve been targeting other forums using this kind of set up....
the aol spam filter is pretty good but is does let through the 'do you want a £1000000 loan secured on your house in 30 seconds with a 79.9% apr' kind of spam.......
cheers
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ps its not just LEC theyve been targeting other forums using this kind of set up....
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by TStevens » Fri 24.03.2006, 11:49
AOL are talking about 'deals' with corporate advertising companies, meaning that they can pay AOL per email, and AOL deliver it to your inbox around all spam filters etc! This goes the same for a few other providors too.
As a customer I would not be happy at all. This is why I have my own domain name, and my own mail server which I control completley in regards to what does and doesnt get to my inbox.
The problem with Spam on LEC is that site is designed to be as open as possible for Lotus Elan owners and enthusiasts, with the advent of spam some of those open doors are having to be slightly closed. We just want to be sure that those spamming the forum are not in turn spamming our members too.
As a customer I would not be happy at all. This is why I have my own domain name, and my own mail server which I control completley in regards to what does and doesnt get to my inbox.
The problem with Spam on LEC is that site is designed to be as open as possible for Lotus Elan owners and enthusiasts, with the advent of spam some of those open doors are having to be slightly closed. We just want to be sure that those spamming the forum are not in turn spamming our members too.
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by John_W » Sat 25.03.2006, 14:21
Liz wrote:It looks like you're peshul Sy
Maybe Sy is just more sensitive than most.
I receive about one or two items of medical or financial offers per day which get deleted. Nothing too offensive, just don't particularly want the kids to access them. No increase in frequency recently.
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