Are you tired of being constantly spammed?

2/21/05 | Mikey

[Mikey]

I don't know about you, but I'm sick and tired of all these unsolicited e-mails flooding into my e-mail box every day.

Even though I have a couple of programs that allow me to filter them out, I still have to enter the ones not recognized by those programs and they can number into the 1,000's per week.

I've decided (if its ok with Free Republic) to set up a page containing all known spammers. This way maybe instead of constantly having to unclog ones e-mail box every day or week, fellow Freeper's can copy these e-mail addresses and put them into their anti-spam programs.

Here's a partial list of some spammers;

paigenumbersvd@concentric.net
day@fenstermaker.com
magicwand2@eprosender.com
normangcrowleyzo@att.net
bluepill@direct-offer.info
svfzeqq@freemail.ru
bluemediainc@smtp.watertownrx.com
christinakk@chello.nl
lbrotherhood@link.com
tkrkrpj@a1.net
ebay@dailydealstoyou.com
AllHomeowners@offerexpress.info
bohn_dan@dsl-verizon.net
diamante@findyourrental.com
iimntmefqgtvf@go2.pl
kvypnijvkjt@msn.com
Stephensonkyr@gmx.de
education@myamazingdeals.net
kjejuodc@yahoo.com
ZLDV@techperformancemedia.com
"\"\""@sbcglobal.net
bhxlsd@yahoo.com
morris_storyna@iname.com
QXPIVW@direcway.com
jodicollierro@usa.net
stephanie_klein_hc@t-online.
de kristirutherford_fi@zipmail.com.br
tn.ryanmj@cs.com
Burton.Crouch@mantramail.com
fowvn@didamail.com
QFERXU@msn.com
smithtontownship@explainsw.org
edgardo@bellsouth.net
davies_pk@flash.net
j_hutchinson_kz@geocities.com
wrwwkcibbfqyiw@topmail.com.ar
return@bargainingzone.com
return@bargainzoneonline.com
kephnvq@catchamail.com
dbarron@wizard.com
car@specialsdirect2you.com
cholesterol@superpricegrabber.com
twin@yourexpressdiscounts.com
bluepill@andmoreoffer.info
tv@dailydealstoyou.com
j_murdock_pa@mail2Douglas.com
Morton@mail9.sea.safepages.com
chriswilson@Argentina.com
cuisine@lejardincafe.com
HarrisonassimilationistZ9aTq@nerdshack.com
dhurt_si@gmx.net
shawn_kern_sy@usa.net
f.osborne_fz@mb.infoweb.ne.jp
EKWPE@yahoo.com
ptp@myamazingdeals.net
curtwalsh@earthlink.com
piemsulzche@christianitymail.com
kcauisanh@go2.pl
ashleyzl@telus.net
askwzxy@oqbyji.itsaugustbug.com
lakect@qsantn.studentmustsucceed.com
onwjhwoik@netscape.net
hundredo@r8r.net
JasonbibliopolisticQ4hWi@nerdshack.com
mkzadjt@yebox.com
craig@bhnotforeveryone.com
customer_service@mhs.com
bentr@verizon.net
ceoqivk@kaodqh.itsaugustbug.com
azwydqo@mdwjga.studentmustsucceed.com
"\"\""@comcast.net
uxnivzsjljfiht@msn.com
katzwood@femaleflesh.com
davidp@bogus.net
claudecartwrightzu@virgin.net
tickets@yourinfozone.net
connection@specialsdirect2you.com
t_dbucknersu@sprynet.com
josefa.simslg@tm.net.my
sheri_roberts_na@btinternet.com
plan@dailydealstoyou.com
bluepill@andmoreoffer.info
ktasdwcwsoehdx@optonline.net
uojqchve@gmail.com
cspdio@jfrjzn.studentmustsucceed.com
mwzqgijugeqptv@netcityhk.com
hyqv@dscfyv.octoberaddscene.com
cubitus@realtywebsites.com
oixnfej@redom.edu.do
alecgarrettfh@modelroadandrail.freeserve.co.uk
survey@myamazingdeals.net
r-4-1901002-102@rosesthorns.com
InstantQuotes@myperfectdeals.com
cxpbg@pszcbl.octoberaddscene.com
yanira.wellington@outblaze.com
shfpoojzxkoif@go2.pl
rdgz@temexn.eachcakepaid.com
Darrel.Broussard@chenpr.com
ckkiyusc@address.com
bluepill@direct-offer.info
davidsweeneyl@jump.net
wqbfg@fofdvq.streamenoughcold.com
tshirt@superpricegrabber.com
partners@diamondsouth.com
bluemediainc@smtp.capsphoneinc.com
sue.christensen@inovise.com
wqtftpsucc@prodigy.net
qinbuesziyzf@msn.com
"\"\""@excite.com
201316293@upe.ac.za
amqayj@email.is
Sharpyuh@zensearch.net
xgohowk@dotcomgot.com
AllHomeowners@offernet.info
wagzyoqcf@yahoo.com
caseyrichardson_si@swipnet.se
burton.washington@swbell.net
DlySv@vyx.slffet.com
bblair@allthefunthatsfittoprint.com
KatherineqBlackmonq@didamail.com
bmueller1@prodigy.net
dazzlesy@gte.net
dzaxmg@on.com.tw
qdsel@go2.pl
juliana_perryld@webtv.net
g_kochuv@worldnet.att.net
jena_mayes@mchsi.com
reply@olympiantech.com
pacific_view@babuls.com
cramer@tradesources.com
tfvtdgimwjzq@asianavenue.com
Jeffrey@nowheredirect.com
fultonhd@wxs.nl curtis_burnett_yt@club-internet.fr
Oliversthz@momslife.com
vpwgb@yolk6.com
billfreeman22@tsamail.co.za
shafertroy@swbell.net
uhjkaa@ytssgc.novembereveningmusic.com
akqmo@daum.net
gzvg@vyfctd.discovermilkplant.com
vcqzfp@pajek.net
xejxbihpogdj@metacrawler.com
beenie1cNw@phreaker.net
reply@eastolympian.com
Letha.Frost@mailblocks.com
ehfursxrdzb@go2.pl
Molly@ourtreat.com
dee_blanton_lf@juno.com
stevenlugohm@videotron.ca

This is only a partial list. I'll try and place the rest here this week.

[Bahbah]

For reasons unknown to me, I am not plagued by this. I may get 10 or so unsolicited emails a week, which yahoo sends to my bulk folder where they are promptly deleted. If I knew the "secret to my success" I would certainly share it.

[PAR35]

No real problem with spam. On the rare occasions that I get some, I just block the site.

[E Rocc]

Jim doesn't have enough bandwidth to contain a list of all spammers...plus they spoof addresses sometimes. This really isn't a feasible idea.

There's plenty of good anti-spam programs out there. Even AOL does a pretty decent job of it.

-Eric

[StoneGiant]

Check out spampal.org.

Used in conjunction with Outlook filters, I only receive about one spam a day in my inbox... with the rest going immediately to my Deleted Items folder.

Spampal is free, and fairly accurate. If I weren't being overly careful, I could automatically delete spam and never even know that I'd received the junk... But the filter sometimes identifies good mail as "spam", so I take a couple of extra seconds to verify before hitting the "clear Deleted Items" button.

[ErnBatavia]

I'll bet you're like me and won't go to Drudge - a nest of spyware, which probably has the end result of making you a spam recipient.

My personal estimate is well under 10 spam mails per week here.

[CR]

I use Cloudmark (formerly Spamnet)it has over a million users and is dynamically updated based on user input. For me it's worth the cost

Here is a link

[Izzy Dunne]

1... Use Safari - it has a built-in trainable junk filter.
2... Find an ISP that uses "graylisting" - it's a trick that takes advantage of the fact that most spammers don't follow the rules.

The first time somebody sends you a message - it's graylisted. The ISP sends back a command that is supposed to trigger a re-send in a few minutes. Most spammers don't follow that rule (especially on hijacked machines). If they don't get that re-send withing X minutes, the message is considered spam. If they do, it's forwarded to you. If you reply to the message, they're whitelisted. Or you can blacklist all those senders yourself.

It cut my spam by 99%.

[Grendel9]

No problem AT ALL with Spam. I have INCREDIMAIL for
all my e-mail and it automatically separates spam
from personal mail. I can also add anyone of my choice
to the "Junk and UNAPPROVED" section of the program.
When the section gets too ful, INCREDIMAIL asks me
to delete what I don't want to keep, and it starts all
over.

[FairfaxVA]

With today's technology, a more comprehensive approach is really necessary to combat spam. Simply blocking email addresses or domains is not as effective as it used to be. Spammers can and do spoof the 'From' field and therefore blocking addresses is ineffectual. An effective spam filter needs to include heuristics algorithms, RBL lists and content filtering, among others.

[PAR35]

If I knew the "secret to my success" I would certainly share it.

Don't trade your email address for "free" stuff. Don't put it on registration forms or rebate offers. Always find the box on online forms where you decline offers for more "information" or "special offers", particularly if the "special offer" is from a "partner" (Translation - they are selling your email address to spammers). Stay away from porn sites. Never give your email address to a state or local government. It may be subject to discovery by anyone under open records laws. If your ISP or free email provider offers spam filtering, turn it on.

Do any of those practices sound familiar?

[Bahbah]

I'll bet you're like me and won't go to Drudge

You are correct. Perhaps that is it.

[kAcknor]

Nice effort, but write it off as a waste of time. I get 40 to 60 a day and 'blacklist' every one of them for 6 months. At most I see 3 or 4 duplicates a day.

I use a pre-screening program called "Mailwasher" (Google it) that gives me the ability to sort and filter more than 100 pieces of mail in under a minute. You can see attachments too, and THAT stops most of the virus mail too.

Spam is just part of the net, like billboards and TV commercials, if you don't learn to just deal with and ignore them they will drive you crazy.

[mlbford2]

Never use your master email acct as your email address. Always set up a sub acct and use that. When spam starts just discontinue that email address and start a new one. Once you master acct becomes corrupted you have to ask your isp to start a whole brand new acct and that is a pain.

[Bahbah]

Stay away from porn sites.

Actually, all of the things you listed sound familiar, and I follow those instructions faithfully. Above is the easiest one of all.

[snowsislander]

MailScanner is a good spam solution for organizations.

[clyde260]

I average 120 Spams a day, and what a pain! I have to weed through before I delete to find the real mail sent to me.

That partial list you have is the tip of the iceberg.

Bookmarking this page for later.

[Racehorse]

There's plenty of good anti-spam programs out there. Even AOL does a pretty decent job of it.

Some email hosts set up some rather annoying protection schemes for their clients.  Before forwarding email the server sends an automatic questionnaire back to the sender, which pretty much amounts to a registration/application.

Occasionally, a user at one of these services will send a legitimate request for information.  When I reply, I get the automatic reply.  I simply delete the request.  The poor user never knows why he or she did not receive the information they requested.  Mostly, I suppose, they think I simply ignored them.

[ChadGore]

Re: Don't trade your email address for "free" stuff.

My favorite fake email address is Fred@Bedrock.com

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I'm getting more and more misspelled solicitations for various drugs and horny wives searching for company. I never visit sites offering either of these services...