[Woodcarver] How to help prevent Spam, it is not the list doing it!

[Bill Judt]

Vic:

Thanks for the tips. Much appreciated.

Bill
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On Jan 19, 2004, at 7:29 AM, Victor Hamburger wrote:

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> All:
>
> I doubt this stuff is from the list, it likely is someone's address 
> book that
> has been compromised by a spammer.  Bill can't do anymore about this 
> than you or
> I can.
>
> I have, over many years of doing this stuff, found several ways to 
> help prevent
> spam from the type you all are reporting now.
>
> 1.  NEVER send a note to a large mailing list of folks without copying 
> each
> person as bcc: (Blind Carbon Copy) instead of the To: field.  This 
> prevents
> spammers from picking your email off the internet traffic and grabbing 
> all those
> real addresses you just used. If they can't see who you send the mail 
> to, they
> can't use the addresses.
>
> 2.  Get a good anti virus program and use it! It is cheap insurance 
> and there
> are some free ones out there as well.
>
> 3. If you are connected to the internet via full time connection, like 
> cable or
> DSL, use a firewall program to keep the world out of your computer!  
> Again, they
> are fairly cheap and save a world of work. Particularly important if 
> you use
> internet explorer for mail, as that is the favorite target of spammers 
> and virus
> distributors.
>
> 4. Don't send a mail message on to everyone warning about the latest 
> virus, etc
> until you check it out with one of the anti virus sites, to be sure it 
> is
> accurate and correct.  It almost NEVER is!! The people who create 
> those stupid
> messages tend to hide a "mail back" feature in the code, so when you 
> forward the
> message to all your friends, it goes right back to the spammers! Nasty 
> trick,
> eh?
>
> 5. NEVER believe everything you read about virus', horror stories, etc 
> on email,
> there is nothing that says it is for real, so relax and enjoy the 
> carving list
> and keep your computer safe!
>
> 	Vic H
> I'm sure others will have more hints and tips as well.
>
>
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