[CS-FSLUG] How to keep from getting spammed?
Ed Hurst
softedges at tconline.net
Wed Sep 22 07:22:16 CDT 2004
Jerry Van Brimmer wrote:
[snip]
> runbox.com, they use a combination of spammassassin and dshield. I would like
> to start posting on some of the Linux newsgroups, but I know that is one of
> the prime harvesting fields for spammers to collect email addresses. So for
> now I am avoiding them. So, I'd like to hear from everybody, what do you do
> to avoid spam? If you do post on newsgroups, do you munge your email address,
> or what do you do? If you have a foolproof system for avoiding spam, I'd like
> to know about it. So, lets talk spam!
My posting return address is me at privacy.net -- the owner of the domain
has given permission, having set the server to reject all mail to that
address. Then, in a signature block, I note that information along with
a munged addy that folks can use to actually write me if needed:
Return addy is spam trap, used by permission.
Try soft edges =at= soft home d0t net
There are a few other tips, such as keeping your correspondence
segregated with a handful of different accounts. I use my ISP, another
that I pay for as part of a webhost account (Tim is cheap!), and two
more from free providers that allow POP fetching and SMTP direct. I keep
in mind at least two or three others if those are destroyed by spam.
Don't sign up for anything that you don't trust using a real addy. If
you can identify a pattern in the spam, you might consider learning how
to read headers and complain properly to the sources' ISPs. There are
some good tutorials on that -- it's called "LARTing".
--
Ed Hurst
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