[Histonet] Re: Illegal spam

[Darren James]

Spammers also use programmes which basically create algorithms of common
email address configurations ie @hotmail.com, @gmail.com etc and send these
out without knowing if they have a correct or valid address.
Despite the temptation to reply with an insulting response (as I have done
in a fit of frustration), never reply to these emails. It only confirms to
the spammer that they have found a viable email address. 


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Amos Brooks
Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2008 1:34 p.m.
To: shive003 <@t> umn.edu; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Re: Illegal spam

Hi,
     I also have a University email that has very tight security. I do not
use that for the Histonet as I subscribe from home. My University email
account is also deluged with spam. I do not think the Histonet really has
anything to do with spam messages. The best advise I can offer is to filter
messages based on the subject line rather than the sender. Filtering
messages with "Viagara", "V1agara", "Cialis" and "Cia1is" will be much more
helpful.

Amos

Message: 17
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:18:08 -0500
From: "Jan Shivers" <shive003 <@t> umn.edu>
Subject: Fw: [Histonet] Re: Illegal spam
To: "histonet" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
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Ever since I subscribed to the Histonet, I've been receiving a lot of spam
every day (mostly from people in Africa/Europe, either telling me I've won
the lottery or asking me for my bank account number so that they can smuggle
money out of their country).

I can understand receiving this spam if this was a private home email
account, with medium security levels, but I work at a University that has a
very tight security system on their incoming email, so the only thing I can
figure out is that this mail is getting through via a Histonet member's
addressbook.

I must have to delete 10-15 of these spams a day (it's the only spam I get,
too).  Very frustrating.  Anybody have any suggestions as to how to
eliminate these pesky creatures?  Blocking the Sender doesn't work; they
just change their addresses.

Jan Shivers
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