My email

[Eddie Bernard]

I'm going to be spam trapping my email address for a few weeks. I didn't
think I'd have to do this, but I recently read a report about a rather large
spambot coming online to search through newsgroups. This has worried me, so
for the next few weeks or so I'm using....

eddie@I_luurrrve_spam.ttworld.the-whale.com

To email, get rid of the sarcasm ))

Eddie
-- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
-- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
Email address spam trapped - to email, remove that damn sarcasm

[Chris Becke]

"Eddie Bernard" wrote:

I'm going to be spam trapping my email address for a few weeks. I didn't
think I'd have to do this, but I recently read a report about a rather
large
spambot coming online to search through newsgroups.

I welcome it to try. The address I use posting to newsgroups is on a server
protected by MAPS Realtime Blackhole List.

http://mail-abuse.org/

If you subscribe to the MAPS RBL service then you simply never recieve any
mail from any ISP that hosts spammers. 6 monts later of daily postings to
newsgroups in the comp.os.* and microsoft.public.* and I have yet to recieve
a single spam via this account.

Other email accounts I've had longer that arn't protected are not so lucky


Chris
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[Paul Wright]

I just got another hotmail addy, though I always spam trap my "real" addys,
just common sense really. I didn't with this un cos I do not care. However I
have got no spam at it yet so if you send anyhting there I should notice it!

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Paul Wright
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E-Mail: paul_a_wri...@hotmail.com
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Eddie Bernard <eddie@I_luurrrve_spam.ttworld.the-whale.com> wrote in message
news:877i7q$r74$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
: I'm going to be spam trapping my email address for a few weeks. I didn't
: think I'd have to do this, but I recently read a report about a rather
large
: spambot coming online to search through newsgroups. This has worried me,
so
: for the next few weeks or so I'm using....
:
: eddie@I_luurrrve_spam.ttworld.the-whale.com
:
: To email, get rid of the sarcasm ))
:
: Eddie
: -- Personal Site: http://www.ebernard.greatxscape.net
: -- TTWorld: http://www.ttworld.cjb.net
: Email address spam trapped - to email, remove that damn sarcasm
:
:

[Paul Wright]

Thats rubbish, you get spammers from all ISP's how do real messages get to
you?

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Paul Wright
ICQ UIN: 38986089
E-Mail: paul_a_wri...@hotmail.com
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Chris Becke <chr...@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:38975877$0$35285@helios.is.co.za...
: "Eddie Bernard" wrote:
: > I'm going to be spam trapping my email address for a few weeks. I didn't
: > think I'd have to do this, but I recently read a report about a rather
: large
: > spambot coming online to search through newsgroups.
:
: I welcome it to try. The address I use posting to newsgroups is on a
server
: protected by MAPS Realtime Blackhole List.
:
: http://mail-abuse.org/
:
: If you subscribe to the MAPS RBL service then you simply never recieve any
: mail from any ISP that hosts spammers. 6 monts later of daily postings to
: newsgroups in the comp.os.* and microsoft.public.* and I have yet to
recieve
: a single spam via this account.
:
: Other email accounts I've had longer that arn't protected are not so lucky
:
:
: Chris
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: My Win32 Page: http://www.mvps.org/user32
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[Chris Becke]

"Paul Wright" wrote:

Thats rubbish,

Now thats a realpolite opening line.

you get spammers from all ISP's

No - you don't.
Most ISPs have an acceptable use policy. Using their email servers to
distribute bulk mail is usually forbidden.

Most ISP that is.

how do real messages get to you?

This is the crux of the matter. If an ISP does NOT have a acceptable use
policy that disallows bulk mail, and if an ISP continues to allow
bulkmailers to use their mail servers then their mail servers get added to
the MAPS RBL.

This means you do not get mail from anyone on that ISP.

This means that when people who subscribe to the ISP try send you mail it
gets bounced back.

This does result in many pissed off innocent users.

This is unfortunate.

It also gives the ISP in question a major incentive to (a) review their
acceptable use policy, and (b) terminate services to the bulk mailer, as,
until this is done, they cannot provide their legitimate customers with an
email service.

If you still have questions, follow the link http://mail-abuse.org/
this time before deciding to call my post rubbish.

Chris
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[Bill Hayles]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 22:58:30 +0200, "Chris Becke" <chr...@mvps.org>
wrote:

"Paul Wright" wrote:
Thats rubbish,

Now thats a realpolite opening line.

you get spammers from all ISP's

No - you don't.
Most ISPs have an acceptable use policy. Using their email servers to
distribute bulk mail is usually forbidden.

By coincidence, I fell foul of that only yesterday by accident. I'm
playing with Linux (again) and I was trying to send a test email from
one machine on the LAN through the modem on the server. The sort of
thing I've been doing for ages under Windoze, but, being a masochist,
had to try the hard way.

Some how, the message hit smtp.ctv.es as being from bill...@henry.cray,
henry.cray being the machine's name on the network. The CTV server
immediately sent it back as being unacceptable. As long as you're
connected by a CTV node (they check your IP address), you can send mail
from anybody through their smtp server - provided the domain you're
sending from exists. In other words, I can (and do) send mail through
there from bill...@newsguy.com, another of my addresses, but there's no
domain henry.cray.

I've received a "please explain" email!


From Benitachell, Alicante, Spain
Bill Hayles
bill...@ctv.es

[Paul Wright]

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Paul Wright
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Chris Becke <chr...@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:38989d2e$0$35283@helios.is.co.za...
: "Paul Wright" wrote:
: > Thats rubbish,
:
: Now thats a realpolite opening line.

Thank you

: > you get spammers from all ISP's
:
: No - you don't.
: Most ISPs have an acceptable use policy. Using their email servers to
: distribute bulk mail is usually forbidden.
:
: Most ISP that is.

yes, but if it blocks after one spam, even if the spammer is blocked thats
that ISP out of the window...

: > how do real messages get to you?
:
: This is the crux of the matter. If an ISP does NOT have a acceptable use
: policy that disallows bulk mail, and if an ISP continues to allow
: bulkmailers to use their mail servers then their mail servers get added to
: the MAPS RBL

"If you subscribe to the MAPS RBL service then you simply never recieve any
mail from any ISP that hosts spammers"

So that means it blocks all spam, so it doesn't have to continue spamming as
it will get blocked after one i presume?

: This means you do not get mail from anyone on that ISP.
:
: This means that when people who subscribe to the ISP try send you mail it
: gets bounced back.
:
: This does result in many pissed off innocent users.
:
: This is unfortunate.
:
: It also gives the ISP in question a major incentive to (a) review their
: acceptable use policy, and (b) terminate services to the bulk mailer, as,
: until this is done, they cannot provide their legitimate customers with an
: email service.

I must say, I have never heard of this service, Have ISP's?

: If you still have questions, follow the link http://mail-abuse.org/
: this time before deciding to call my post rubbish.
:
: Chris
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