Problem With Spammer

Mr Exotic · 2006-11-13, 11:32 PM

Seems as if some fucking spammer bastard has decided to send spams out spoofing my email address. I have probably gotten well over 100 delivery failures notices, some spam blockers saying they have blocked my email address, ect. Is there anything I can do? I talked to my isp and all they told me is to change my email password, did that, and didnt seem to help. So is there anything I can or am I just fucked?

Cleo · 2006-11-13, 11:56 PM

Add me to the screwed list

DangerDave · 2006-11-14, 12:24 AM

There is essentially nothing you can do if they are using your address as the return address....

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Exotic

I have probably gotten well over 100 delivery failures notices

..and by rights if you got 100, you shouldnt really complain... As the owners of many domains, this happens to us regularly and often amounts to 10's of 1000s of emails..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Exotic

some spam blockers saying they have blocked my email address, ect.

Any spam blocker that blocks based on 'spoofed addresses' is a pile of shit and probably not worth worrying about......

Make a filter, get Mailwasher, and go back to work

DD
(I am in no way condoing the actions of these spammers - there are just some things you can do little about)

Mr Exotic · 2006-11-14, 01:01 AM

Yep I figured that was gonna be the case

DangerDave · 2006-11-14, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Exotic

Yep I figured that was gonna be the case

Yep it just sucks

DD

Jollyperv · 2006-11-14, 01:31 AM

Got about 300 of these fucking things today, what a spamming asshole.

MrYum · 2006-11-14, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DangerDave

There is essentially nothing you can do if they are using your address as the return address....

..and by rights if you got 100, you shouldnt really complain... As the owners of many domains, this happens to us regularly and often amounts to 10's of 1000s of emails..

Any spam blocker that blocks based on 'spoofed addresses' is a pile of shit and probably not worth worrying about......

Make a filter, get Mailwasher, and go back to work

DD
(I am in no way condoing the actions of these spammers - there are just some things you can do little about)

Yep, I delete a few hundred every morning...and a few hundred more every night

Just one of those things...bastards

Cleo · 2006-11-14, 10:26 AM

Guess I was lucky that this is a first for me.

Had hundreds this morning so just added a rule to my mail program so that I no longer will see them.

Jim · 2006-11-14, 10:37 AM

I have been getting them for almost 3 years now

Greenguy · 2006-11-14, 11:32 AM

I've been spamming myself for years

Cleo · 2006-11-14, 11:34 AM

Still adding to my rule as there seems to be so many variations of subject and stuff.

I'm so fucking happy that I've finally been shown some love.

Mr Exotic · 2006-11-14, 01:49 PM

Oh yeah I am really feeling the love today, haha. So you say yesterday was a first for you too to start getting these things? Wonder if someone could be getting our emails from the board.

ladydesigner · 2006-11-14, 03:10 PM

Add me to the list. Been getting this spam since yesterday.

rogueingreen · 2006-11-14, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ladydesigner

Add me to the list. Been getting this spam since yesterday.

and me, i must have had over 200 yesterday and another 200 today

rachelo · 2006-11-14, 07:46 PM

Is not that bad, I only get about 500 a day.

Lisa · 2006-11-14, 08:43 PM

Gazillions today...more than the normal shitloads (and yes gazillions and shitloads ARE technical terms

)

Of course I only saw them cos I had to log in to the account at my spam blocker to authorise a legitimate email that I knew was coming thru.

Sadly I've been getting them for years, which is one of the reasons I actually signed up for a service to deal with the crap...a sad indictment, true, but in lieu of a real solution that will actually stop the problem, I chose the 'protect myself' option.

2006-11-13, 11:32 PM	#1
Mr Exotic rifuckingdiculous Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cornfield in Indiana Posts: 532	Problem With Spammer Seems as if some fucking spammer bastard has decided to send spams out spoofing my email address. I have probably gotten well over 100 delivery failures notices, some spam blockers saying they have blocked my email address, ect. Is there anything I can do? I talked to my isp and all they told me is to change my email password, did that, and didnt seem to help. So is there anything I can or am I just fucked? __________________ Submit Free Sites/Galleries

2006-11-13, 11:56 PM	#2
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Add me to the screwed list __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2006-11-14, 01:01 AM	#4
Mr Exotic rifuckingdiculous Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cornfield in Indiana Posts: 532	Yep I figured that was gonna be the case __________________ Submit Free Sites/Galleries

2006-11-14, 10:26 AM	#8
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Guess I was lucky that this is a first for me. Had hundreds this morning so just added a rule to my mail program so that I no longer will see them. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2006-11-14, 11:32 AM	#10
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,929	I've been spamming myself for years __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2006-11-14, 01:31 AM	#6
Jollyperv Heh Heh Heh! Lisa! Vampires are make believe, just like elves and gremlins and eskimos! Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 71	Got about 300 of these fucking things today, what a spamming asshole.

2006-11-14, 10:37 AM	#9
Jim Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Mohawk, New York Posts: 19,477	I have been getting them for almost 3 years now

2006-11-14, 11:34 AM	#11
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Still adding to my rule as there seems to be so many variations of subject and stuff. I'm so fucking happy that I've finally been shown some love. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2006-11-14, 01:49 PM	#12
Mr Exotic rifuckingdiculous Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cornfield in Indiana Posts: 532	Oh yeah I am really feeling the love today, haha. So you say yesterday was a first for you too to start getting these things? Wonder if someone could be getting our emails from the board. __________________ Submit Free Sites/Galleries

2006-11-14, 03:10 PM	#13
ladydesigner ~Serving Up Sinful Sex ~ Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Missouri City, Texas Posts: 1,928	Add me to the list. Been getting this spam since yesterday. __________________ Porn Pixie XxX ~ Looking for Link Trades

2006-11-14, 07:46 PM	#15
rachelo Ahhh ... sweet pity. Where would my love life be without it? Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 205	Is not that bad, I only get about 500 a day.

2006-11-14, 08:43 PM	#16
Lisa I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 83	Gazillions today...more than the normal shitloads (and yes gazillions and shitloads ARE technical terms ) Of course I only saw them cos I had to log in to the account at my spam blocker to authorise a legitimate email that I knew was coming thru. Sadly I've been getting them for years, which is one of the reasons I actually signed up for a service to deal with the crap...a sad indictment, true, but in lieu of a real solution that will actually stop the problem, I chose the 'protect myself' option.