Even with Mailwasher constantly bouncing spam, it still accounts for 30-35%
of my mail every day.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
mail: omtech@xxxxxxxxx
Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 Turnaround 4-5 weeks
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Manners" <om@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 8:19 PM
Subject: SPAM, was Re: [OM] Lots of OM Gear FS
> Hi John
>
> >I got some really annoying spam last week with "nizora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> >as the return address. Anyone else? It got through because that address
> >was on my "friends" list.
>
> The SPAMmers are now using real email address's in mailouts, it could
> also have been a virus. With the real email address's, they target groups
> of people using email address's that already belong in groups. I know
> this list has a spam account on it, as when I changed my email address
> and sub'ed to this OM list, I got a SPAM within a couple of days.
>
> I've had some people from around the world send me emails in response
> to a SPAMmer using one of my email address's. I think the SPAMmers take
> delight in clogging up peoples inboxes with more rubbish at present.
>
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> http://www.comkal.com.au/
>
>
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