Ping Eric Jarvis

Eric Jarvis wrote:
 >
 > reply to works as well, but goes into a spammed addy that I
 > generally only check once a day
 >

I do the same thing, but for some reason, I don't get much spam at it...
Not that I'm complaining! I think that the address confuses the spam
bots.

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Justin Koivisto wrote:
 > Eric Jarvis wrote:
  > >
  > > reply to works as well, but goes into a spammed addy that I
  > > generally only check once a day
  > >
 >
 > I do the same thing, but for some reason, I don't get much spam at it...
 > Not that I'm complaining! I think that the address confuses the spam
 > bots.
 >

I don't get an awful lot to be honest...20 odd a day at present...I've got
dumped addresses that were almost entirely spam...I just move on to a new
one when required

nospam at was great until some abstrad signed it up for some spam
lists...I haven't actually used spam at...so that may be next

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Eric Jarvis wrote:

 > Justin Koivisto wrote:
 >
  >>Eric Jarvis wrote:
  >>
   >>>reply to works as well, but goes into a spammed addy that I
   >>>generally only check once a day
   >>>
  >>
  >>I do the same thing, but for some reason, I don't get much spam at it...
  >>Not that I'm complaining! I think that the address confuses the spam
  >>bots.
 >
 > I don't get an awful lot to be honest...20 odd a day at present...

That's approximately 20 times more than what I am getting after about 2
years. However, there was a period where that same address had about
100/day. Then one day, it just stopped.

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Sitting in an ivory tower, Justin Koivisto wrote:

 > I do the same thing, but for some reason, I don't get much spam at it...
 > Not that I'm complaining! I think that the address confuses the spam bots.
 >

I have a hunch (just a hunch) that a lot of spammers do a find replace on
their spamming list to remove "spam"! I've noticed that a lot of people
add the word "spam" to their address with instructions to "remove the spam
to contact me"... of course when your remove the spam from
spam.RemoveThis@example.com you end up with @example.com, which ain't gonna get you
very far ;o)

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"Dylan Parry" <usenet.DeleteThis@dylanparry.com> wrote in message
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 > Sitting in an ivory tower, Justin Koivisto wrote:
 >
  > > I do the same thing, but for some reason, I don't get much spam at it...
  > > Not that I'm complaining! I think that the address confuses the spam
bots.
  > >
 >
 > I have a hunch (just a hunch) that a lot of spammers do a find replace on
 > their spamming list to remove "spam"! I've noticed that a lot of people
 > add the word "spam" to their address with instructions to "remove the spam
 > to contact me"... of course when your remove the spam from
 > spam.DeleteThis@example.com you end up with @example.com, which ain't gonna get you
 > very far ;o)


What works REALLY well for me is to use an autoresponder for my usenet posts
and on my website. The autoresponder tells people that its an
autoresponder...and, if they really want to reach me, to contact me at
(haha...wouldn't you like to know, Mr Spam Bot!). That way, spammers don't
seem to catch on...and real people can still get ahold of me, without having
to do the annoying cut/paste/rearrange dance.

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Justin Koivisto wrote:
 > Eric Jarvis wrote:
 >
  >> Justin Koivisto wrote:
  >>
   >>> Eric Jarvis wrote:
   >>>
   >>>> reply to works as well, but goes into a spammed addy that I
   >>>> generally only check once a day
   >>>>
   >>>
   >>> I do the same thing, but for some reason, I don't get much spam at
   >>> it... Not that I'm complaining! I think that the address confuses
   >>> the spam bots.
  >>
  >> I don't get an awful lot to be honest...20 odd a day at present...
 >
 > That's approximately 20 times more than what I am getting after about
 > 2 years. However, there was a period where that same address had about
 > 100/day. Then one day, it just stopped.

you killed the alias? that would do it.

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Sitting in an ivory tower, Tina - AffordableHOST.com wrote:

 > What works REALLY well for me is to use an autoresponder for my usenet
 > posts and on my website. The autoresponder tells people that its an
 > autoresponder...and, if they really want to reach me, to contact me at
 > (haha...wouldn't you like to know, Mr Spam Bot!). That way, spammers
 > don't seem to catch on...and real people can still get ahold of me,
 > without having to do the annoying cut/paste/rearrange dance.

Ah, great minds think alike. I set up my email address as an autoresponder
that sends back the address for a form on my website, that way no one ever
gets my real email address unless I reply to an email!

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William Tasso wrote:

 > Justin Koivisto wrote:
 >
  >>Eric Jarvis wrote:
  >>
   >>>Justin Koivisto wrote:
   >>>
   >>>>Eric Jarvis wrote:
   >>>>
   >>>>>reply to works as well, but goes into a spammed addy that I
   >>>>>generally only check once a day
   >>>>
   >>>>I do the same thing, but for some reason, I don't get much spam at
   >>>>it... Not that I'm complaining! I think that the address confuses
   >>>>the spam bots.
   >>>
   >>>I don't get an awful lot to be honest...20 odd a day at present...
  >>
  >>That's approximately 20 times more than what I am getting after about
  >>2 years. However, there was a period where that same address had about
  >>100/day. Then one day, it just stopped.
 >
 > you killed the alias? that would do it.

No, it has always been operational, that's the odd part.

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