quoted 9 lines I can't figure it out. I got more spam today because I posted to a>I can't figure it out. I got more spam today because I posted to a
>newsgroup, and I noticed that the spammers use unconventional words and
>spelling in the "Subject" and "From" fields, so that I can't create a filter
>against it. Do these people think to themselves that "Well, if I can just
>get past their spam filters, I'm sure they'll want to read my spam." It
>seems more like an attempt to annoy people than sell them something.
>
>Has anybody come up with a really effective means of avoiding spam when
>posting to newsgroups?
Well, I think the one of the better ways is NOT to use your real email
address in your Newsreader preferences, why dont you use:
shephrd@NOSPAMearthlink.net or shephrd@-NOSPAM-earthlink.net
Robots will scoop up the text literally and get a nice bounce and people
that need to write you should be able to figure out that "NOSPAM" isnt
part of your email address.. If they cant figure that out then maybe you
wouldnt wanna talk to them anyways, or you could state in your sig file
instructions that those spoof characters must be omitted.
ernie
Ernesto Ikerd, (817) 763-4795
Company Graphics, Dept 17, MZ-4202
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Fort Worth, Texas
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