[ale] Warning - spamed on Bellsouth.net

[Greg]

I once got over 3,000 spams from some idiot who did not know how to
correctly use his Spam - O - Matic software.  Instead of a single
spam-o-gram to 3,000 victims, he sent 3,000 to me.  I could not get (at that
time it was Earthlink) my ISP on the phone,so I had to download them all and
delete them en masse.  It was also before I had learned how to use the
sorting features of my mail client.  What a Sunday that was !

Greg C.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Klepinger, Aaron [mailto:Aaron.Klepinger at CompuCredit.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 9:56 AM
> To: 'jwl at sgi.com'; Ale
> Subject: RE: [ale] Warning - spamed on Bellsouth.net
>
>
> just an FYI.  i was getting a bunch of spam, too, until Bellsouth
> introduced
> their MailGuard service:
>
> http://home.bellsouth.net/bellsouth/s/s.dll?spage=memberservices/9
> 4.htm&only
> =y&ck
>
> haven't gotten ANY spam since...
>
> aaron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Lynch [mailto:jwl at sgi.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:45 AM
> To: Ale
> Subject: [ale] Warning - spamed on Bellsouth.net
>
>
> A few months back I had to ditch my ISDN and get something else.  Since
> AT&T cable service is so horrid, I didn't go that way.  I tried to call
> them to talk about it but I was on hold for so long I gave up.  My only
> other option was DSL and Mindspring said I couldn't get it in my area.
> Funny, Bell South hooked me up post haste.  Anyway, I kept my mindspring
> account (I refuse to call them earthlink, but that's another story)
> since it would be too difficult to change email addresses.  It's only
> $9.95 a month and I hardly ever dial into them.
>
> To the purpose of this post.  For the first time, I configured an email
> client to check my bellsouth email.  To my amazement I had over 600
> emails!  All but 3 or 4 were spam.  The good ones were from Bell South.
> Did I say good?  Perhaps, "not true spam" would be better.
>
> Anyway, how in the hell did all the spammers get my email address?  I've
> never used it.  Is Bell South peddling its email list?
>
> Jim.
>
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