Nasty Spam Trick (The Bad Kind, not the 'Postcount +1' Kind)

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-24 01:14pm

I checked my Yahoo mail earlier, and I caught an obvious spam for Russian mail order brides (a concept I will never understand, much less take advantage of

), so I try hitting the 'This is Spam' button... except, the button is not there!! I go back to my inbox, and my feelings are confirmed: The spam was 'sent' from INVALID_ADDRESS@SYNTAX_ERROR, which by some evil magic, makes it completely unblockable, despite the fact that I have a filter that's supposed to delete-on-site anything with that from address!

Fuck I hate spammers!

In related news: http://www.theregister.com/content/6/30368.html

I will pray to the gods that the spammers will burn for eternity for this crap. After all, remember my Anti-Spam Uber-Flame Rant post some months back?

BrYaN19kc · Post by **BrYaN19kc** » 2003-04-24 01:46pm

So, I guess I better stop sending you all the Viagra mail!

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-04-24 01:48pm

I started getting a bunch of those on my Yahoo account as well, but it wasn't too hard for me to filter them out. In my case every single one was for either breast enlargements, penis enlargements, or septic tank cleaning, so all I had to do was setup a keyword filter for those words. I use to get 5 of them a day, after the filter I haven't seen one in ages.

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-04-24 01:57pm

Curses! those evil russian bride peddlers!

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-04-24 01:57pm

If it weren't for spam, I'd never get any mail....

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-24 01:58pm

BrYaN19kc wrote:So, I guess I better stop sending you all the Viagra mail!

You're nuts, ya know that?

BTW welcome back!!

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-04-24 04:05pm

I dont get spam with my yahoo account. My hotmail one on the other hand...

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-04-24 05:15pm

I get fucking spam on my private "tell only friends" E-Mail. Pissed me off. I eventually had to block everyone who wasn't on a (very small) list.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-24 05:24pm

Mitth'raw'nuruodo wrote:I get fucking spam on my private "tell only friends" E-Mail. Pissed me off. I eventually had to block everyone who wasn't on a (very small) list.

Must be a Hotmail account.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-04-24 05:36pm

erm, nope. That's why it pissed me off. It was RoadRunner (cfl.rr.com, to be specific) Now, noone who isn't bbs.stardestroyer.net and a few newsletters (gamespy + TechTV + G4TV.com) or a small list of friends is deleted from mail server as soon as outlook recognises it.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-04-24 06:00pm

I actually get zero spam at my hotmail account.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-24 06:44pm

Mitth'raw'nuruodo wrote:erm, nope. That's why it pissed me off. It was RoadRunner (cfl.rr.com, to be specific) Now, noone who isn't bbs.stardestroyer.net and a few newsletters (gamespy + TechTV + G4TV.com) or a small list of friends is deleted from mail server as soon as outlook recognises it.

I'll betcha Gamespy sold your address...

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-24 06:46pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I'll betcha Gamespy sold your address...

Throwaway accounts for 'free' registrations are your friend.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-04-24 10:44pm

I get almost no spam, save the occasional dental spam ad every few days, and some hotmail staff announcements.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-04-24 10:53pm

I get lots of Spam, but I also get almost no mail from friends so I generally just mass delete if I even bother to check.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-04-25 02:37pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:I'll betcha Gamespy sold your address...
Throwaway accounts for 'free' registrations are your friend.

Yeah, thats why I have about a dozen hotmail addresses for that specific purpose. I only use my real one for the TSS newsletter and actual e-mail.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-04-25 02:45pm

I can make and delete email accounts on the fly for my comcast account...
if my real address becomes too choked with spam, I'll just change it to a different one

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-04-25 03:02pm

Yahoo mail is decent. I want to try using Mozilla mail, but Yahoo shut down their POP service. I also have an f*ckmicrosoft.com address which I can reroute to another real one if my real one gets choked. I never use it though because it's kind of inappropriate to give to people.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-04-25 03:04pm

Grr, finding out that my shareware anti-spam firewall wass really a Spyware cloak.....

good irony factor even if it did piss me the fuck off.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-25 03:08pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Grr, finding out that my shareware anti-spam firewall wass really a Spyware cloak.....

good irony factor even if it did piss me the fuck off.

Eh, wtf?

What was it? Zeropopup?

Get Spybot Search+Destroy to clean it up...