WOT No Spam?
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Some b**tard has been spamming with one of my domain names for the past 2 weeks so get 300 "undelivered" emails everyday, but only 50 or so today ;)
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I had 2 this morning, inviting me to watch a webcam, dodgy!
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300? count yourself lucky. A few years back I was on the wrong end of a spam mail run using my domain name as a return mail address. I got clobbered with getting on for 30000 bounces in 6 weeks. No fun on dial up - they were coming in faster than I could deal with them.
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I would consider taking a bath (even though six weeks is still too frequent)
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It all depends on who your ISP is. They may be removing spam automatically or they may be putting it in another directory for you to choose what is and what isn't spam but this is on line on web mail you are not aware of that fact as you do not use web mail, you may have installed some antispam software and not be aware of it. you may just not be getting any now as your lack of activity on the internet suggests to the spammers that you have crossed over to the other side!!! You may still be getting it but not seeing it because you have crossed over to the other side
If it worries you greatly you could of course try spamming the spammers to let them know you miss the spam. Try posting your email address here and I am sure something will happen even if it is only a cheap rate on c*alis and vi*gra or a replica watch O-Ha
If it worries you greatly you could of course try spamming the spammers to let them know you miss the spam. Try posting your email address here and I am sure something will happen even if it is only a cheap rate on c*alis and vi*gra or a replica watch O-Ha
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Send me your email address & you can have all the rubbish that comes into our work system - its easy enough to change the filter rules to send it to someone else 
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I don't have an ISP Email address now and since I dumped the old BTinternet and lineone addresses, I get only a few a day, I used to get them in the 100s. 
I did switch off the spam filter at BTInternet though, as it was blocking some mail which I did want to receive.
I did switch off the spam filter at BTInternet though, as it was blocking some mail which I did want to receive.
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Just two today!
Will have to speak to Pipex [my ISP] and Tesco [my main Email Addresses] and see if they have put some anti spam ware into operation.
Incidentally - I did get a 'bounce message' from Yahoo earlier in the week when I tried to sign in to one of the groups I belong to there - I hadn't been getting my Email Updates of messages posted.
It has be re-instated now, but I wonder if there was some sort of anti spam operation on my Tesco Addresses last week-end.
It just seem so odd - I am just a bit concerned in case I have lost any genuine mail
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W. Hole
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Will have to speak to Pipex [my ISP] and Tesco [my main Email Addresses] and see if they have put some anti spam ware into operation.
Incidentally - I did get a 'bounce message' from Yahoo earlier in the week when I tried to sign in to one of the groups I belong to there - I hadn't been getting my Email Updates of messages posted.
It has be re-instated now, but I wonder if there was some sort of anti spam operation on my Tesco Addresses last week-end.
It just seem so odd - I am just a bit concerned in case I have lost any genuine mail
Regards to all
W. Hole
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A l a s y o u w i l l p r o b a b l y n e v e r k n o w :-thumbupw hole said:
Fear not if it was important they will contact you again
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You could change the rules of your email, requesting that mail is left on the server ?
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Hello All
Found the answer!
Logged on to Tesco's Net Site yesterday, and found that they have introduced a Spam Filter with graded settings.
Looks like the default is to 'block all'.
Shame they didn't tell me about this.
It IS very effective and I'm fairly sure I will re-set to 'block all' after an initial period of using the option to have suspect items fowarded with '[SPAM]' added to the Subject.
Seasons greetings
W. H.:-snowman
Found the answer!
Logged on to Tesco's Net Site yesterday, and found that they have introduced a Spam Filter with graded settings.
Looks like the default is to 'block all'.
Shame they didn't tell me about this.
It IS very effective and I'm fairly sure I will re-set to 'block all' after an initial period of using the option to have suspect items fowarded with '[SPAM]' added to the Subject.
Seasons greetings
W. H.:-snowman