From: "Tim Sinks" <tsinks at isd.net> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] [OT] Stopping a spammer from using my domain > This is a problem coming probably from overseas. The originator has gotten > mine, also. > The people are using a program which uses a lot of fake intermixed with > actual addresses for covering up the sender and obfuscating the actual > sender. They ask to have you click on a site line in the text or they have > an attachment. The fake ones are made up in a word/sentence generator, which > gives them an off-the-wall feel to them. I have been receiving these since > about the end of March. I believe they came from an ad or survey I took > about then or it came from the capture of someone's mail info that had my > address in it. The spam programs haven't stopped this one. > Also, be aware the message using your ISP, with an attachment, asking for > info or to open the attachment is being sent out again. This was making the > rounds last year. > If you train your baysian filters [in you spam filtering program like SpamAssassin], you will be able to filter even these emails. Tom Veldhouse _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list