dra007 Posted May 8, 2004 Share Posted May 8, 2004 I hope I am not speaking too soon but this is the first day that I am spam and virus free in a long time. Even my hotmail and yahoo accounts are spam free. Looks like SpamCop has worked some kind of miracle on the lowlife spammers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourbuddy Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 No, dra007 ... Possibly, no one wants to send you anything You've accomplished your goal, an email account with no email This belongs in the Lounge - right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dra007 Posted May 9, 2004 Author Share Posted May 9, 2004 Fortunately you are wrong again, I get dozens of legitimate e-mails, only spammers are blocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsCap Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 Feels good, doesn't it? Knowing that your email isn't polluted with a bunch of cruft that you have to wade through... Before I began hammering the spammers, it felt each morning like I had to wade neck deep through a septic tank to get to any real work. The spam wasted my time, raised my blood pressure, and generally made each day a bad start. Now, I look forward to checking my email, knowing that only legitimate messages are waiting for me. Plus, if I do get a spam now and then, I've got the free time (now that I'm not wasting 30-45 minutes a day dealing with spam) to really hammer that scumbag into the ground. Good job, dra007, and congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenUnderwood Posted May 9, 2004 Share Posted May 9, 2004 There is one good thing about the spam I get (sent to the spamcop held messages folder). I usually know within about 30 minutes when my forwarding provider is having problems. Several times in the last few weeks I have noticed no new junk and checked their servers to find the SMTP server down. So spammers DO have a purpose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dra007 Posted May 9, 2004 Author Share Posted May 9, 2004 Thank you Hills, once again a spam free day, except an attempt to de-fraud, they don't give up: Return-Path: <service[at]usbank.com> Received: from mb1i1.ns.pitt.edu (mb1i1.ns5.pitt.edu [136.142.185.161]) by imap.srv.cis.pitt.edu with ESMTP (8.8.8/8.8.8/cisimap-7.2.2.4) ID <JAA05133[at]imap.srv.cis.pitt.edu>; Sun, 9 May 2004 09:52:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from CONVERSION-DAEMON by pitt.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #41462) id <01L9VWXHGJLC00DRBC[at]mb1i1.ns5.pitt.edu>; Sun, 9 May 2004 09:52:15 EDT Received: from 192.168.1.103 ([24.163.60.143]) by pitt.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #41462) with SMTP id <01L9VWXGD2BU00CLMA[at]mb1i1.ns.pitt.edu>; Sun, 09 May 2004 09:52:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 2.191.17.175 by ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 11:43:22 -0300 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:42:22 -0100 From: "U.S. Bank National Association" <service[at]usbank.com> Subject: Online banking issue To: several-users[at]My-ISP Reply-to: "U.S. Bank National Association" <service[at]usbank.com> Message-id: <HFTVPAOUAEDMKMRJTKJXOWZJ[at]msn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_iiYHqNbwKmgnr80lS2GgOA)" X-IP: 32.108.175.20 --Boundary_(ID_iiYHqNbwKmgnr80lS2GgOA) Content-type: text/html; Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859= -1"> </head> <body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000"> Dear U.S. Bank valued member,<br><br> Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online<br> banking community we have issued this warning message.<br><br> It has come to our attention that your account information needs<br> to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports.<br> If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and = renew<br> your records you will not run into any future problems with the online s= ervice.<br> However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension.= <br> This notification expires on May 15, 2004.<br><br> Once you have updated your account records your internet banking<br> service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.<br><br> Please follow the link below<br> and renew your account information.<br> <p><a href=3D"http://61.221.243.26/www/">U.S. Bank Internet Banking</a> </= p> </body> </html> --Boundary_(ID_iiYHqNbwKmgnr80lS2GgOA)-- I suspect the fraud was caught in time, it points to a broken url. It sure is satisfying to see these criminal lowlives go down though. Its funny to see a January date in the header... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dra007 Posted May 10, 2004 Author Share Posted May 10, 2004 This is the 2nd day that I am squeeky clean spam free. Thank you SpamCop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jethro Posted May 13, 2004 Share Posted May 13, 2004 SpamCop that good huh ? Where do l sign up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsCap Posted May 14, 2004 Share Posted May 14, 2004 The longest I've gone is 10 days (IIRC) without receiving a spam, but I hope to break that over the next week. (I hope I don't jinx it by posting this). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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