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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! :)
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