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not secure
Thought security was a top concern? Enter your email
address when posting and watch the junk mail flow!
address when posting and watch the junk mail flow!
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R
Ray at
And how is this a security issue, other than your own personal security
decisions. Welcome to the Internet.
Ray at work
decisions. Welcome to the Internet.
Ray at work
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Guest
They are public newsgroups. Anyone can access including
spambots. Never use your real e-mail address in newsgroups.
Simple.
spambots. Never use your real e-mail address in newsgroups.
Simple.
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sgopus
A known issue. This is a public newsgroup, so what's your
issue with security???
issue with security???
B
Bruce Chambers
Greetings --
It's been well known for years now that posting/publishing a real
email address to _any_ newsgroup or web site is an open initiation to
be spammed. For years now, spammers have been using automated tools
to harvest email addresses from Usenet. What I don't understand is
why you're just now noticing the phenomenon.
You're receiving these emails because your email address is in
the address book of someone infected with a worm, and/or because _you_
posted your real email address somewhere on-line, either in a forum
accessible to the public and spambots, such as Usenet, or on an
untrustworthy web site that subsequently sold your address as part of
a mailing list.
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
It's been well known for years now that posting/publishing a real
email address to _any_ newsgroup or web site is an open initiation to
be spammed. For years now, spammers have been using automated tools
to harvest email addresses from Usenet. What I don't understand is
why you're just now noticing the phenomenon.
You're receiving these emails because your email address is in
the address book of someone infected with a worm, and/or because _you_
posted your real email address somewhere on-line, either in a forum
accessible to the public and spambots, such as Usenet, or on an
untrustworthy web site that subsequently sold your address as part of
a mailing list.
Bruce Chambers
--
Help us help you:
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH