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Hi, The only thing I can think of is that your ISP is running somekind of filtering. However, I see you use tiscali I'm not aware that they do spam filtering as a matter of course, also I'm not come across any filters that work quite that well. 3 spams a year is awesome. I currently get about 20 a day. Less than I used to since we've started to filter our support emails. Regards, Jon On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 23:34, Keith Abraham wrote: > I really at a loss to explain why I do not get the > amount of spam some have reported. > > I have done all the normal things any user does. > I've mailed my friends, groups and manufacturers > etc and also made purchases via email and from web > sites. So there has been plenty of opportunity for > someone to get hold of my address. > > I use Kmail as my mailer but so do others and > I can't see that there is anything special about > Kmail which keeps out spam. I don't even have > any filters set up. > > The one possiblity I can think of is that I have left > blank any email address section in my browsers. > Perhaps some spammers obtain addresses from > here and that's why my address is not on any > spammers database. That said it's strange I have > had 3 spam mails so I must have been on someone's > list. But as I had 2 in 2002 and so far only 1 this > year there doesn't appear to be a concerted effort > to target me. > > And, as most spammers get their lists by hi-jacking > large email databases, surely I must appear on a > database somewhere. > > Perhaps there is something specific to me that > deters spam eg Opera (my browser of choice) > has a section which indicates my personal interests > for advertising purposes and my entries may be > too esoteric for a spammer? But that seems just plain > ridiculous. > > Don't get me wrong I'm glad I have such a low spam > count (I nearly wrote sperm!!) but I'd like to know why. > > Keith > > On Wednesday 02 July 2003 3:05 pm, Pete Hatton wrote: > > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Keith Abraham wrote: > > > The media seem to be getting all worked up about > > > spam email. No doubt because the EU is getting > > > excited about it too. > > > > > > They report that spam email is choking the Internet. > > > > > > Well I've been using Linux off and on since feb 2000 > > > (continously for the 12mths) and I have only had > > > 3 (yes three!) unsolicited emails. > > > > > > Am I doing something wrong? > > > > 3 Spam's in the last 3 years? Consider yourself lucky I think. On average > > I get, about 2-5 a day, which are caught by the spam filters, and come > > through common addresses like hostmaster@xxxx > > > > Maybe you could tell us what you have done to be so spam free! :) > > > > Pete Hatton > > --------------------------------- > > E-mail: pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Webpage: http://www.monolight.org > > --------------------------------- > > Duty, n: > > What one expects from others. > > -- Oscar Wilde > > > > > > > > -- > > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > > Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the > > message body to unsubscribe. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.