OT- tons o'spam & your favorive AV program?

I have also found that the email harvesters are becomming "smarter."
They can automatically strip out the more common '_delete_me_' or
'_SPAM_' phrases and still get to your real email.

 

I think the gripe is with Google. I got the onslaught of virus emails
this weekend too.

I signed up for this forum late last week. This is my first message, I
have not posted until now. With that said, how would someone get my
email if I haven't posted?

How do I change my email address? Google sends a verification email to
the address you change it too, so if it is bogus how do I reply to
verify the address?

Thanks

 

....I take that back. I just didn't wait the 3 to 9 hours to see if my
first post went through.

Anyways, how to change email address with Google?

 

Use www.spamgourmet.com

You can create disposable email addresses.

Like


solidworks is a name you give the disposable email address
10 is the number of emails you want to recieve with this address
yourusername is your username on www.spamgourmet.com

Works great for me.

 

Well, I've had the same e-mail addy for 8 years now. I get 6 pieces of
spam a week and that is the most. This holds true for my work, home
and home business accounts.
My hotmail account is flooded of course and that is what I have it
for. I have a Yahoo account as well. Both of these use a different
user name, so I have a better idea of where the spam originates.

For you clever ones who think that adding "nospam" and such to your
address foils spam, how's it working out for you? Not so well I would
guess.
How many of you actually put your e-mail address on questionaires? How
many are ignorant enough to actually use a 'unsubscribe' link? How
many actually use their address in the usenet? How about listing your
e-mail on web sites? There are secure ways of doing the last, but huge
lists are compiled by simply snarfing e-mail addresses from html.


I'll take a keen sense of the obvious over genius any day.

 

Feel better?

Please drop in again, just try to say something constructive, Mr
Herbman.

 

OUCH! Actually, there were about four good tips for avoiding spam in
that post. Sorry for the delivery, I'm kind of a geek and lack social
grace when people have shot themselves in the foot and are blaming the
gun.

I Hate Spam is what I put on my daughters computer. It runs from
Outlook and also handles webmail. AV programs may have some spam
filtering, but are typically not as robust as dedicated spam filters.