[ATM] re spam

[Joe]

Charles Mitchard wrote:

>Anyone who is getting 100+ spam emails in their account must have a 
>pretty poor ISP.
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Exactly

>My ISP filters most of the spam at source before it even gets to my mail 
>box.
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yes

>I have been using the same address for the last 5 years and receive 
>approx 4 spams a week. Sometimes weeks go by without a single spam then 
>6/8 arrive.
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I get about the same,,  but have had the same address for over 10 years

>Usually the Nigerian scams.
>I average 50 incoming emails a day.
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I'm closer to 200,  but ALL of them are valid.  (I know thats a lot  but 
I'm a very busy dude)

>I am on a reasonably large number of lists for various topics.
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I am the member of 108 "Yahoo" groups,, and at least a dozen of the mail 
man type,,  like qsl.net etc.

>I have a reasonably large number of people I regularly email to.
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same here at least 20 or so replies each day.

>I have had email and internet connectivity since Windows 3.1 and 
>bulletin boards.
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Ditto

>I have java, html, activeX enabled and am connected 24/7 on a 512 ADSL.
>My modem has a hardware firewall and I use Nortons Internet security and 
>am reasonably happy with it.
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scary as this seems  ditto again  except even higher speed DSL

>I used to use Eudora (free) as my email client but have swapped to 
>Thunderbird.(still free) 
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Netscape mail more or less thunderbird is,,  and  have used a 
"Mozzilla"  themed browser and e mail from day one.. and probably for 6 
to 8 years never even had a anti viral program of any type.  99.99999% 
of viruses are made for outlook viral express  and internet exploder..  
won't ever touch either one of those EVER!!!

>with its own spam filters (that I do not use)
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same here, no need to.

>It is a little easier to set up and does have some extra plugins I find 
>useful.
>I use the internet (research) a lot both at home and work. Even my 
>Govenment email address gets spammed now and again
>I've just googled my email address and recieved 111 hits predominately 
>from the ATM archives. 
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 I did mine and i got 4  all valid

>Are they the main culprit? Somehow I dont believe 
>they are else I would be getting far more than I am at present. 
>(Although I expect this will be a red rag to a bull now.)
>For those who have a major problem then maybe MailWasher would be a way 
>out of the jam.
>I do not use it my self but have heard good words from the IT people at 
>work.
>Yes it is a problem but to be honest its no worse than traffic jams, 
>long Q's at the checkout, gov't bureaucracy or any other annoying foible 
>of modern life.
>Lets get back to scopes now.
>Kind regards
>Charles
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