Author: pavel
Date: 17:58:23 06/11/02
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On June 11, 2002 at 20:36:23, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: >On June 11, 2002 at 12:44:40, Tim Mann wrote: > >>Are other people here on CCC getting Chess Informant spam from ecob@sezampro.yu? >> They must have harvested my email address from CCC, because they sent today's >>spam to an address that I use nowhere else but in my CCC profile >>(chess@tim-mann.org). >> >>In the past, Chess Informant has sent spam to other email addresses of mine and >>has ignored requests to remove me from their list, so I'm pretty annoyed with >>these guys. I thought Chess Informant was a legitimate business, so it >>surprises me that they persist in spamming. > >I wouldn't know whether I had received it or not. I routinely trash ALL email >from people I do not recognize. I may lose a few good ones that way, but . . . > >Incidentally, I recently discovered that it helps to disconnect from the >internet BEFORE clicking on any new messages in my inbox. You would be >surprised at how many spam messages try to force my computer to send them return >mail. I refuse. No telling what information they are trying to get that way from >my computer. > >Am I paranoid? > >Bob D. no. sometimes I use proxies to browse the web. One day I wanted to scan my own computer to see if there is open port that I am unaware off, my firewall ended up banning my own ip for 30 minutes :) I think I am more paranoid. cheers, pavs
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