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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / March 2004DON'T USE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS...VIRUS!!!!!!!!
Don't include your email address in your posting. I opened a new email account and listed it in the sender's email for this newsgroup. Since yesterday I've received about 10 viruses from people associated with this newsgroup. The reason I know is because this is the only place I've ever given out my email address. Here are the main culprits: vmailautomat@puremail.net dnfiyrqgkxinwuh-fhwjyhtn@xole.msdn.com fmptat@bulletin.msn.com tafocjq@jaeusgnk.microsoft.com mailrobot@bigfoot.com vemivly-bdgdxj@confidence.microsoft.com webdaemon@aol.net If you have a way of finding these people please BEAT the PISS out of them. It is common for spammers to trawl newsgroups (and web sites) for e-mail addresses. It helps to use an altered or false address. Mailwasher will control what comes into your mailbox www.firetrust.com  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > Don't include your email address in your posting. I opened > a new email account and listed it in the sender's email [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > If you have a way of finding these people please BEAT the > PISS out of them. Those email addresses are almost certainly: 1. Not associated with any users of these newsgroups 2. Not valid email addresses. If you try and send an email to any of them, you will almost certainly get an undeliverable mail message. SignaturePlease post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis. Hope this helps Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Don't include your email address in your posting. I opened > a new email account and listed it in the sender's email [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > If you have a way of finding these people please BEAT the > PISS out of them. Only 10!! When I did that I was getting about 300+ per day (finally changed my e-mail address). Always "munge" your address when posting to any ng. SignatureRegards; Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't include your email address in your posting. I opened > a new email account and listed it in the sender's email [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > If you have a way of finding these people please BEAT the > PISS out of them. > Only 10!! > When I did that I was getting about 300+ per day (finally changed my > e-mail address). > > Always "munge" your address when posting to any ng. isn't "munging" an address typing it like: green _ chris [at] yahoo [dot] com or something similar? >> Only 10!! >> When I did that I was getting about 300+ per day (finally changed my [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > or something similar? Yes. At its basic level this foils the address miners, but it is not foolproof. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><< True enough, but as they say "just when you make something foolproof the world invents a better fool" :-) SignatureRegards; Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Yes. At its basic level this foils the address miners, but it is not > foolproof. |
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