Newsgroup Spam

Just started posting to this newsgroup yesterday. Already getting a swag of
spam. Much with virus attached! Any old hands here know how to stop this?
HEEEELP!

John

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:33:10 +1100, "KUK"
wrote:

Just started posting to this newsgroup yesterday. Already getting a swag of
spam. Much with virus attached! Any old hands here know how to stop this?
HEEEELP!

It's the bane of newsgroup readers everywhere. Once your address is
on UseNet, it's tough to not avoid the harvesters out there - scum
that they are.

Tracy Barber

Just started posting to this newsgroup yesterday. Already getting a swag of
spam. Much with virus attached! Any old hands here know how to stop this?
HEEEELP!

John

I've got the same problem, like everyone. I've been wondering if it would be
worthwhile to get a different e-mail address to use just with Usenet, and
include a warning in it that e-mails won't be answered. Has anyone tried
this?

Bob

G'day John,
Try "Mailwasher" designed and sold (or free)
from a fellow Kiwi.

http://www.mailwasher.net/


HTH

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(Remove gum to reply)


"KUK" wrote in message ...
| Just started posting to this newsgroup yesterday. Already getting a swag of
| spam. Much with virus attached! Any old hands here know how to stop this?
| HEEEELP!
|
| John
|
|

Hi John

One way is to disguise your email address. In Outlook Express i set up the
news account with a mailadress like , and people
who wants to mail me can figure the right address out by removing the
_remove_ parts. Other write the address like "ma at adg dot dk" to fool the
automatic email harvesters.

Michael


"KUK" wrote in message
...
Just started posting to this newsgroup yesterday. Already getting a swag
of
spam. Much with virus attached! Any old hands here know how to stop this?
HEEEELP!

John

Bob Ingraham wrote:

Just started posting to this newsgroup yesterday. Already getting a swag of
spam. Much with virus attached! Any old hands here know how to stop this?
HEEEELP!

John


I've got the same problem, like everyone. I've been wondering if it would be
worthwhile to get a different e-mail address to use just with Usenet, and
include a warning in it that e-mails won't be answered. Has anyone tried
this?

This is a viable solution, as is using an anonomous remailer to do the
groups. But I found the simplist for me was to set up a filter and it
works like a champ. You can filter on a subject or sender and is quite
easy to do. I get at most 4-5 per week total since I set one up. I've
also set them up for various newsgroups for the really annoying crap.

"KUK" wrote in message
...
Just started posting to this newsgroup yesterday. Already getting a swag
of
spam. Much with virus attached! Any old hands here know how to stop this?
HEEEELP!

John



Strange. Our spam has suddenly declined dramatically over the past week.
The ISP has done nothing different, and we haven't changed filters or rules,
either. Maybe the new Congressional action has scared the perps.

Mike