OT - possibly avoiding this BS in the future

Can anyone tell me where I have to go to disguise my email addy in this
newsgroup from the spam bots in the future in case this is where they got
it? I use OE & IE
Thanks - Gale :~)

Gale Pearce wrote:

Can anyone tell me where I have to go to disguise my email addy in this
newsgroup from the spam bots in the future in case this is where they got
it? I use OE & IE
Thanks - Gale :~)


its not bots, its that your in someones address
book that gets infected. almost all viruses target
IE and OE programs, I use Netscape for this reason!

making an entry in your address book like .000 will
make it the 1st entry and the viruses usually stop there.

like this
name .000
email


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sending of this contaminant free message We do concede
that a signicant number of electrons may have been
inconvenienced

Thanks Ken - A 'puter whiz as well as a ponder whiz too, eh :~00000000000
Thanks again
Gale :~)
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"KenCo" wrote in message
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Gale Pearce wrote:

Can anyone tell me where I have to go to disguise my email addy in
this
newsgroup from the spam bots in the future in case this is where they
got
it? I use OE & IE
Thanks - Gale :~)


its not bots, its that your in someones address
book that gets infected. almost all viruses target
IE and OE programs, I use Netscape for this reason!

making an entry in your address book like .000 will
make it the 1st entry and the viruses usually stop there.

like this
name .000
email


--
http://www.kencofish.com Ken Arnold,
401-781-9642 cell 401-225-0556
Importer/Exporter of Goldfish,Koi,rare Predators
Shipping to legal states/countries only!
Permalon liners, Oase & Supreme Pondmaster pumps


Please Note: No trees or animals were harmed in the
sending of this contaminant free message We do concede
that a signicant number of electrons may have been
inconvenienced

I found it finally (2 hrs later) will try it here - any opinions on whether
this is enough?
God, I wish they would get serious with the "got no life" idiots who create
this @#$^% - If they don't do something to send them a message the internet
will soon become useless


Gale :~)
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"Gale Pearce" wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me where I have to go to disguise my email addy in this
newsgroup from the spam bots in the future in case this is where they got
it? I use OE & IE
Thanks - Gale :~)

Gale Pearce wrote:

I found it finally (2 hrs later) will try it here - any opinions on whether
this is enough?
God, I wish they would get serious with the "got no life" idiots who create
this @#$^% - If they don't do something to send them a message the internet
will soon become useless

Who is this "they" to whom you refer? :-)

Gale :~)
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Well you server will still get hit, though you won't see them. And the
mail server will then reply with an unknown user message, clogging up
things even more.

Either spoof the host name or, if something needs a valid host name
before it'll accept your posting, use or something similar.

--
Matt Helliwell
www.helliwell.me.uk
matt at helliwell dot me dot uk

Actually a very good point - when I say "they" I am refering to law
enforcement (thinking in a North American context, which we know is
useless), I see you are in the U.K. - but there has got to be a way to
bring these as******* under control or shut them down - the problem is how
much do the other 99.9 % of us have to suffer and pay to do it?

Gale :~)
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"Matt Helliwell" wrote in message
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Gale Pearce wrote:

I found it finally (2 hrs later) will try it here - any opinions on
whether
this is enough?
God, I wish they would get serious with the "got no life" idiots who
create
this @#$^% - If they don't do something to send them a message the
internet
will soon become useless

Who is this "they" to whom you refer? :-)

Gale :~)
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Well you server will still get hit, though you won't see them. And the
mail server will then reply with an unknown user message, clogging up
things even more.

Either spoof the host name or, if something needs a valid host name
before it'll accept your posting, use or something similar.

--
Matt Helliwell
www.helliwell.me.uk
matt at helliwell dot me dot uk

"Gale Pearce" wrote:

Can anyone tell me where I have to go to disguise my email addy in this
newsgroup from the spam bots in the future in case this is where they got
it? I use OE & IE

Alas, the Microsoft products are the problem. I use Eudora and Agent
and Mozilla, so no problems other than my trash filling up.

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:09:25 -0500, John Hines
wrote:

"Gale Pearce" wrote:

Can anyone tell me where I have to go to disguise my email addy in this
newsgroup from the spam bots in the future in case this is where they got
it? I use OE & IE

Alas, the Microsoft products are the problem. I use Eudora and Agent
and Mozilla, so no problems other than my trash filling up.

Ditto though I use Opera instead of Mozilla.

Dave

John,

MS products are not the problems, it is the Jerkwad-low-lifes who find it
easier to destroy that to create. Eudora, Agent and Mozilla, and, to some
extent Netscape, are used by so few that it isn't worth their "precious"
time to try and bother these platforms.

I think after these last couple of stints viruses that a lot of people are
ready to enact the death penalty for this kind of tampering. Well, the
death penalty might be a little extreme, but that should be put in a 6X6
cell with nothing but a mattress and a very high window in the cell as the
only outside stimulus for at least 15 years, and screw rehabilitation, no
matter what their age.

I have been pretty diligent about viruses and emails and such to the point I
have never had a need for antivirus software, but was hit this last Thursday
by a message that looked exactly like the messages that I usually get from
Microsoft about updates and warnings. For over 6 years I have never
succumbed to a virus until last Thursday. Hopefully, it is cleaned up. My
biggest problem was finding antivirus software that will work with
Windows95.

Golly what a mess. Sorry to all, if my problem was part of the whole
problem.

Tom L.L.
"John Hines" wrote in message
...
"Gale Pearce" wrote:

Can anyone tell me where I have to go to disguise my email addy in this
newsgroup from the spam bots in the future in case this is where they got
it? I use OE & IE

Alas, the Microsoft products are the problem. I use Eudora and Agent
and Mozilla, so no problems other than my trash filling up.

Tom La Bron wrote:

Golly what a mess. Sorry to all, if my problem was part of the whole
problem.

Tom L.L.


its nobodys fault as the msg. did look real!
what everyone should do is write their reps.
and get legislation enacted w/ stiff mandatory
sentences for virus writers.

as it stands the laws only are used to cover
banks and financial types if there hit but
im sure they got hit this round!


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http://www.kencofish.com Ken Arnold,
401-781-9642 cell 401-225-0556
Importer/Exporter of Goldfish,Koi,rare Predators
Shipping to legal states/countries only!
Permalon liners, Oase & Supreme Pondmaster pumps


Please Note: No trees or animals were harmed in the
sending of this contaminant free message We do concede
that a signicant number of electrons may have been
inconvenienced