Klarinet Archive - Posting 000417.txt from 2002/10

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] I miss this place
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 12:18:16 -0400

Now that the Klarinet archives & the "latest Postings" have all the '='s
changed to '@-----. A couple of firms
harvested all the addresses off of the archives.

Many of the spam messages have 1) a "remove me from your list" address and
2) Itty bitty images that signal you opened your email if your reader
understands HTML. 1) sometimes works - but the more "nasty" of the
spammers record your email as a valid email address and then sell it for
even more money. 2) is really insidious - if you open the email, you're
caught. It works well, and there's really little you can do about it other
than turning all HTML off in your mail reader - and personally, I can't do
that on my incoming email for business reasons ;^(

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Neil Leupold wrote:

> I take it AOL and WebTv don't have spam filters. Using one on my Yahoo account (a free Yahoo
> feature), 95% of that junk goes straight to a "bulk" folder, with maybe one or two sneaking into
> my "in" box every now & then. Far from disruptive. I have yet to find something important
> shunted to the bulk folder by mistake. Hotmail has the same sort of thing.
>
> Neil

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