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Posted by Tricky Dicky on 03/01/06 10:38
"Owen" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
news:Q_mdnU3H5JuaP5nZRVnyvw@pipex.net...
> Sorry for the OT post but I'm desperate. For several months now I've been
> bombarded with US-born spam from, among others, the "Donald Trump
> University" and other such bollocks. All of the spam is from the same
> company, and ends with a specific messsage declaring "best practices in
> responsible email marketing" (utter bollocks of course, the only best
> practice with spam is not to send it to anyone).
>
> Here is an image of the annoyance:
> http://www.binarybaby.co.uk/spam.htm
>
> I am *very* careful to keep my email address to myself, so God knows how
> they got hold of mine, but they have, and they absolutely will not stop
> spamming me, sometimes between 6 and 10 messages per day.
>
> I get spam from *nobody* else, just these fuckwits.
>
> Has anyone else been experienced this particularly irritating scourge
> lately?
>
> Can you suggest a way to get rid of it?
>
> I've set up Outlook Message Rules but these seem unreliable at best. Any
> suggestions of good anti-spam software would be welcome. I run ZoneAlarm
> Pro for my internet security, but annoyingly it doesn't seem to have
> anti-spam features.
Do you own your own domain name?
I would recommend doing this - not only does it look professional but
randomly generated e-mails from bots would have a hell of job guessing
owen-at-the-downtown-precinct-dot-co-dot-uk or similarly. I have been
relatively spam free for several years because of this and the only spam I
do get is because the tossers at TMPengc sold my address
Tricky
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