05-21-2003, 12:58 AM
I get similar messages. In my Yahoo! mailbox.
And I have Ad-Aware. And others. And I use them around once a week. And I run a software firewall. And I'm the only one who uses this computer. And it's password-protected to get into. :P
So, while that's a possibility for perhaps *another* case, this problem is all too common, and is pure spam. I haven't found a way to stop it other than by filters.
My question is: How do these things FIND these e-mail addresses to send the spam to if they're never advertised? I.e. my web-host e-mail address(es), or my ISP address. Are they selling my address somewhere?
The very first day I had my ISP e-mail address, I was already getting spam. :P Methinks we've reached a new age: one where computers just put together random letters / numbers in the vain hope of finding an e-mail address. Given today's technology, it could work quite well. :P
And I have Ad-Aware. And others. And I use them around once a week. And I run a software firewall. And I'm the only one who uses this computer. And it's password-protected to get into. :P
So, while that's a possibility for perhaps *another* case, this problem is all too common, and is pure spam. I haven't found a way to stop it other than by filters.
My question is: How do these things FIND these e-mail addresses to send the spam to if they're never advertised? I.e. my web-host e-mail address(es), or my ISP address. Are they selling my address somewhere?
The very first day I had my ISP e-mail address, I was already getting spam. :P Methinks we've reached a new age: one where computers just put together random letters / numbers in the vain hope of finding an e-mail address. Given today's technology, it could work quite well. :P
Roland *The Gunslinger*