Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Dear Spammees, I am pretty sure the spam you received is not related to this list. Your complete email address is not even available to other members of the group. If you check the members list, you will notice you can only see a partial address. As moderator, I can download all your addresses, but I was incorrect in thinking that others could also do this (try if don't believe me). I can definitely assure you that neither myself nor makes this information available to anyone. Some of you may be having your personal information " taken " by websites that send you " cookies " . This can occur when your browser is enabled to " accept cookies " , which is standard configuration. This basically gives permission for the website to " interact " with certain files on your browser. This is supposedly the source of most spam attacks, based on the geek magazines I read. Most users are getting too savvy to just hand out their email address anymore. You can disable cookies, unless you are on AOL, but you may also be blocked from certainy commercial sites if you do this. You can do this in advanced preferences. It is against the law for a spammer to ignore a removal request, but I often get messages after making such requests myself. However, they eventually stop. Another way to protect your email address is to make sure it is not included on any of your friends or colleagues open mailing lists. You have probably received messages that include the addresses of dozens of other recipients. This is a great way for spammers to snag huge numbers of addresses of people with similar interests. Ask to be removed from such lists and do not use them yourselves. In your email program, you can usually create a list and give it a single name like " my friends " . If you send this list as TO:, then all the names will be exposed. However, if you send this list as Bcc:, then all the names will be blind and the address will read: recipients undisclosed. Hope this helps. , RDC1richard@a... wrote: > This is the first time I've seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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