RE: [MLUG] Re: members Digest, Vol 3, Issue 6

["Matthew Ross" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> As fas as I am concerned, whether your address is exposed 
> makes practically no 
> difference. I've had mailboxes that were never used receive 
> lots of spam soon 
> after they were created. I've had mailboxes that I openly 
> used every day (and 
> still do) that don't receive a lot of spam at all. Why is that?

Its a matter of the network your email server is on. Does it allow a deluge of emails from one source, or does it restrict senders to individual targetting. The tighter spam filters local to the server also help, such as blocking out known addresses, emails with "enlarge your" in the title, etc. The email I use at home has both, the email I use at work seems to have the local filters, but not the global filters.

> I would first blame all those "friends" that like to forward 
> stuff to everyone 
> in their address book without using BCC fields. If I pulled 
> up all those 
> e-mails that I've received over the years, I could easily 
> come up with a 
> thousand or two of e-mail addresses of people I've never met. 
> There's an 
> opportunity for a quick buck! :)

I like how you put "friends" in quotes, I usually put those "friends" on my filter list, both email and social. Some have redeeming qualities, most don't.

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