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


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