Anyone else get spammed by sysopt.com???

[rarebear]

I signed up 2 days ago never had any spam on the mail account I used today I have spam?

Where could they have got my addy from?

[chipbgt]

WHo was the spam from?

[rarebear]

WEB HOSTING MEDIA
509 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Phone: 212 838 2495


Valerie Collins

[chipbgt]

I'm sure someone from earthweb can fill you in on whether that was given away by sysopt in a bit http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Mntsnow]

Well I dont know...I have yet to receive "spam" due to Sysopt. I do get the occasional spam due to email bots that glean email addy;s from the BBS. Is the email addy the same one that is listed in your profile?

I will point this thread out to the "higher ups"

[NDC]

hmmmmm. That's strange. I haven't been getting any SPAM since I joined SYSOP.

[howste]

Well, there was this one...
http://b.postmypic.com/b.nsf/Z/spamOGTL/$file/spam.gif

Steve

[Joel Kleppinger]

It's extremely difficult to track spam. If you've been in any massive email forwards (of course, you probably won't know since you have to be near the beginning), if you've done any posting in newsgroups, or your email address is available ANYWHERE on the web, you're open to spam.

I've just looked at it as a fact of life. I have my email program configured to delete what I KNOW is spam (I only know this happens if I "get mail" and check my email program and there's nothing new... otherwise, it's all behind my back). and still 3-5 spam a day slip through.

Spam is pretty much a fact of life for a public conversant. I'm sorry you now have to go through it, but blaming SysOpt is no answer. Start learning about email filters and use them appropriately.

[SysOpt]

Here's the bottom line: unless you signed up for the JavaScripts newsletter from EarthWeb as well, the spam didn't come from us. The JavaScrips listserv settings were misconfigured a few days ago and allowed some spammers to spam the list - the problem was promptly fixed, however. But there have not been any problems with the sysopt listserv.

I am the only one who has permission to send mail to our 33,000 newsletter subscribers, and the only mail I send to it is our newsletter, once per week.

BTW, I signed up for a usa.net free email account a couple months ago. Within a couple of weeks, I was getting spams - even though I hadn't given my email to anyone. Spammers have their ways.

Scott

[This message has been edited by SysOpt (edited 08-29-2000).]

[orkboss]

Never been spam'd by system op.

I unsubscribed to any newsletter and that was it.

[Nomadd]

I love spam. Especially in the morning for breakfast..., you can prepare it all sorts of ways, like...,,, oh!!., you mean junk mail!! ::blush:: I have NEVER received spam from sysopt, thats one of the many things I like about them http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[RobUK]

What is getting spammed????

[howste]

RobUK, spam is unsolicited junk email. So I guess getting spammed is receiving it.

Steve

[This message has been edited by howste (edited 08-31-2000).]