Peter Ashby wrote:
Is it just me, or is anyone else getting major email attacks? I had
over 3000 about ten days ago and it seems to be beginning again. The
pattern is consistent: they are all addressed to
and they all come from rubbishnames
(ie something like 8DJsNICFwn) at another domain, often another demon
one, but always a domain belonging to a contributor to uk.sci.weather.
I've had hundreds from something purporting to be Mike Tullett, for
example, and one of today's batches comes from coyney.demon.co.uk.


I never, or very rarely get Spam.

I am using BT Openworld, broadband. Not sure if this is of any help, but I
subscribe to several newsgroups using my correct name & email address, I
just do not get to see any Spam at all.

Regards,

Pete



You must be damn lucky Pete. I get tons of spam to my e-mail address I
use as a return address when I post to newsgroups.

I always keep my personal e-mail private, and only give it to people I know.

--
Joe
Wolverhampton
175m asl

Peter Ashby wrote:
Is it just me, or is anyone else getting major email attacks? I had
over 3000 about ten days ago and it seems to be beginning again. The
pattern is consistent: they are all addressed to
and they all come from rubbishnames
(ie something like 8DJsNICFwn) at another domain, often another demon
one, but always a domain belonging to a contributor to uk.sci.weather.
I've had hundreds from something purporting to be Mike Tullett, for
example, and one of today's batches comes from coyney.demon.co.uk.


I never, or very rarely get Spam.

I am using BT Openworld, broadband. Not sure if this is of any help, but I
subscribe to several newsgroups using my correct name & email address, I
just do not get to see any Spam at all.

Regards,

Pete



You must be damn lucky Pete. I get tons of spam to my e-mail address I
use as a return address when I post to newsgroups.

I always keep my personal e-mail private, and only give it to people I know.

--
Joe
Wolverhampton
175m asl

I
I'm not accusing anybody of spam attacks! Other batches come from
giganews and individual.net, so in fact, it looks as if there's a
problem in Germany somewhere. Turnpike bounces everything
automatically, so I haven't actually looked at any of them - some of
last week's carried viruses, but today's batch are just URL carriers.
Has anyone else had anything like this?


Had 3500 last weekend when I got back from my hols, this week has been
fine but had another few hundred this weekend.
Last weeks did carry viruses but they never reached my turnpike inbox as
Mailwasher delete the crap!!

--
Graham

I
I'm not accusing anybody of spam attacks! Other batches come from
giganews and individual.net, so in fact, it looks as if there's a
problem in Germany somewhere. Turnpike bounces everything
automatically, so I haven't actually looked at any of them - some of
last week's carried viruses, but today's batch are just URL carriers.
Has anyone else had anything like this?


Had 3500 last weekend when I got back from my hols, this week has been
fine but had another few hundred this weekend.
Last weeks did carry viruses but they never reached my turnpike inbox as
Mailwasher delete the crap!!

--
Graham

I
I'm not accusing anybody of spam attacks! Other batches come from
giganews and individual.net, so in fact, it looks as if there's a
problem in Germany somewhere. Turnpike bounces everything
automatically, so I haven't actually looked at any of them - some of
last week's carried viruses, but today's batch are just URL carriers.
Has anyone else had anything like this?


Had 3500 last weekend when I got back from my hols, this week has been
fine but had another few hundred this weekend.
Last weeks did carry viruses but they never reached my turnpike inbox as
Mailwasher delete the crap!!

--
Graham

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 15 May 2005 at 12:39:57, Kate Brown wrote :

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting major email attacks? I had
over 3000 about ten days ago and it seems to be beginning again.

I'm not accusing anybody of spam attacks! Other batches come from
giganews and individual.net, so in fact, it looks as if there's a
problem in Germany somewhere. Turnpike bounces everything
automatically, so I haven't actually looked at any of them - some of
last week's carried viruses, but today's batch are just URL carriers.
Has anyone else had anything like this?

I collect mail via POP3 now (using Turnpike), so I never get to see
these spam floods, thank goodness.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 15 May 2005 at 12:39:57, Kate Brown wrote :

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting major email attacks? I had
over 3000 about ten days ago and it seems to be beginning again.

I'm not accusing anybody of spam attacks! Other batches come from
giganews and individual.net, so in fact, it looks as if there's a
problem in Germany somewhere. Turnpike bounces everything
automatically, so I haven't actually looked at any of them - some of
last week's carried viruses, but today's batch are just URL carriers.
Has anyone else had anything like this?

I collect mail via POP3 now (using Turnpike), so I never get to see
these spam floods, thank goodness.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

In uk.sci.weather on Sun, 15 May 2005 at 12:39:57, Kate Brown wrote :

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting major email attacks? I had
over 3000 about ten days ago and it seems to be beginning again.

I'm not accusing anybody of spam attacks! Other batches come from
giganews and individual.net, so in fact, it looks as if there's a
problem in Germany somewhere. Turnpike bounces everything
automatically, so I haven't actually looked at any of them - some of
last week's carried viruses, but today's batch are just URL carriers.
Has anyone else had anything like this?

I collect mail via POP3 now (using Turnpike), so I never get to see
these spam floods, thank goodness.
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

Paul Hyett wrote:

I collect mail via POP3 now (using Turnpike), so I never get to see
these spam floods, thank goodness.

How is collecting email using POP3 going to stop spam?

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

Paul Hyett wrote:

I collect mail via POP3 now (using Turnpike), so I never get to see
these spam floods, thank goodness.

How is collecting email using POP3 going to stop spam?

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/