Thread: Spam

A Very good post

any one using chrome?

Originally Posted by JDNSW

All the above advice is good. Add to it :-

Do not use Internet Explorer - ever (if you can't part with Microsoft, use Firefox with appropriate addons such as Adblock+) (IE is basically insecure and being integrated with your operating system allows nasties direct access to your operating system)

Do not use Outlook Express - but if you can't part with it, set security as high as you can, and neither send nor accept HTML email. (While HTML looks nice, unlike plain text, it can include executable code, which can be malware. Accepting it may infect your computer, particularly with OE and Windows, and then sending it can spread the infection) (Like IE, OE is basically insecure, but this can be improved by changing settings)

Never click on any links that arrive by email without thinking first! (This is where a lot of problems start)

John

It could be a trawler bot picked up your email address from a web site.
Or your contact info was sold to another vendor.

I did a google of your business name, nicollengineers.com.au
and got this staight away,
Nicoll Ross J & Associates - East Brisbane, QLD - whitepages.com.au

My partner has this problem too, and it comes back to the bots trawling over her business website, and either guessing email addresses, or finding an email link.
It's very frustrating, as your address or site can end up on a 'blacklist / banned site list', making it difficult to get legit business traffic.

You need a good spam filter at your ISP to stop most of the spam reaching you.

Originally Posted by Sandtoyz

It could be a trawler bot picked up your email address from a web site.
Or your contact info was sold to another vendor.

I did a google of your business name, nicollengineers.com.au
and got this staight away,
Nicoll Ross J & Associates - East Brisbane, QLD - whitepages.com.au

My partner has this problem too, and it comes back to the bots trawling over her business website, and either guessing email addresses, or finding an email link.
It's very frustrating, as your address or site can end up on a 'blacklist / banned site list', making it difficult to get legit business traffic.

You need a good spam filter at your ISP to stop most of the spam reaching you.

I'm afraid I don't really understand how it all works. My ISP is Optus, anyone have any experience with their spam filter (good/bad) ??

I registered the domain name through Melbourne IT some years ago and the son of a mate, who's a bit of an IT whiz, has organised it for my emails (is this hosting?)
Costs me a carton/annum ..

What's actually involved in (hosting?) a domain name ??

Originally Posted by Rosco

Apart from all the usual rubbish .... appendage enhancement suggestions, watches, PHD's, Rumanian/Ethiopian girlfriends, Nigerian benefactors etc etc et al

I also regularly get spam which purports to come from one of my legitimate email addresses.

1-How does this happen ?
2-Does it mean the mongrels are spamming others using my address ?
3-Can I do anything to solve the problem ?


It's bad enough that they know about my physical shortcomings .... but the rest is way over the top.

part 1 - see previous post.
part 2 - most likely they are.
part 3 - I'm not really sure there is much you can do to 'stop' bogus use of your email address (not once it's been harvested/stolen/sold)

It's really not my field of expertise either, I'm just aware of these problems too.

Originally Posted by Rosco

I'm afraid I don't really understand how it all works. My ISP is Optus, anyone have any experience with their spam filter (good/bad) ??

I registered the domain name through Melbourne IT some years ago and the son of a mate, who's a bit of an IT whiz, has organised it for my emails (is this hosting?)
Costs me a carton/annum ..

What's actually involved in (hosting?) a domain name ??

I think you domain name is no longer registered?
check the link
www.nicollengineers.com.au

Someone better informed about website hosting can probably explain it much better...

Originally Posted by Sandtoyz

I think you domain name is no longer registered?
check the link
www.nicollengineers.com.au

Yes ... I've seen that .
I've asked Melbourne IT about it and await their response.

Looking into the advanced settings of AVG, it looks like I can do something about it, but I'm out of my depth. Any tips?

The text line (if it's too fine) says ... Allows the blocking of spammers who spoof your domain name or other domain names. For example, spammers often use the recipient's domain name as the From:domain name. This list allows you to specify which mail servers are allowed to use which domain names in the From:address.