Because of all the spam, my company's ISP mail server
"dies" at least once a week now. We closed all e-mail
accounts a couple of months ago. We have returned
to stoneage so customers have to use the phone or fax
again. No more lost e-mail orders anyway.
Thomas
Thomas Walter wrote:
> WHOA!
>
> Craig, as you have learned from the KLAZ virus... the return email
> address is usually BOGUS! I get spam from aol... but guess what
> it never CAME from AOL. Those spammers also SPAMMED the bogus email
> address. [There is a good trick of spoofing aol folks into giving
> you their password with a pop up screen. In some cases real folks
> sent out spams as a jerk logged into their account]
>
> Yahoo does a great job of the spam (it recognizes when a lot of
> yahoo folks get the same message... time to dump into the BULK MAIL
> folder. Some of the stuff I want, other stuff I just delete without
> every opening).
>
> Tom
>
> C. Halsted wrote:
>
> > If their domain name shows, send an e-mail to abuse@.......whatever the
> > domain name is reporting them and there's a good chance they'll get booted
> > off the server. takes a little extra time, but screw these people!
> > most terms of service agreements specifically prohibit sending unsolicited
> > e-mail.
> >
> > Craig
>
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