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On Sat, 10 May 2014 06:22:10 +0100 (BST) Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 10 May 2014, damian brown wrote: > > > It's not just you im getting an increase in junk emails as well > > some are even using my name > > I really fail to understand why this is surprising you (& others) > > UCE won't go away. A recent trial of a well known UK based spammer > failed to prosecute them. The spammers have won. > > They have your name, postal address, email address and other personal > details about you. In a lot of cases they have your age too. (Because > you all tell facebook, etc. your birthday so they can send you a > card...) > > They will send you spam. > > They will always be one step in-front of the anti-spammers (well, > most of them). The only way to combat this is to use various > heuristics, algorithms, etc. These don't always work. > > So stop whinging about spam and deal with it - either pay someone or > develop your own solution. (and using e.g. Google is paying for it by > accepting their advertising policys, etc.) Spam/UCE will not go away. > > Gordon > I was not actually whinging, I was just curious about the sudden increase in volume. I realise they won't go away. I just junk their rubbish and otherwise ignore it. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq