[ale] OT: Has your spam increased?

[Chris Fowler]

I've got a new one for you.  Efax.com.  I stopped using my efax number
for months.  Over time the spam in tthe form of faxes stopped.  I had
something faxed to me last week and now I'm getting spam faxes.  I wander
if efax sends spam to active fax numbers and not inactive ones.  I kept
the number but stoped using it.  Then I needed a fax and now spam.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Bao C. Ha [mailto:baoha at sensoria.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:15 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: RE: [ale] OT: Has your spam increased?


I think they just use google and web crawlers.

I have a Debian e-mail address that I have never used.  The
only way that these spammers can get it is either through
google caching of the Debian web site or collecting these
through web spiders (of Debian web site).

I do detect some desperations as they seem to try very hard
to break through my blackhole lists: ordb, orisoft, ...  It
seems that the people using the spam list are demanding a
tangible return from their "advertisements."  Good thing?

Bao

> Obviously the webmail providers are working with spammers.
> Not only do
> spammers have access to users email addresses but
> demographics (At least
> the demographics that users don't lie about).  What I wonder is if the
> webmail providers are collecting email addresses for the
> people webmail
> users write.  It seems pretty likely that this could be happening.
> Does anyone know if this is happening
>

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