Re: This is the problem with the hosts file as I see it
From: Mark Strelecki, ACP (be6-508@nospam.strelecki.com)
Date: 03/11/03
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From: " Mark Strelecki, ACP" <be6-508@nospam.strelecki.com> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 06:56:09 -0500
George -
The HOSTS file is designed to supplement DNS services, and to route
connections based on a local, rather than remote, lookup.
Preventing connections is a rather new and creative use for this file, and
one I employ with good results.
-- Mark Strelecki, ACP BE6-508.XP2800.030111 Atlanta, GA. - Computing and Programming Since 1975 "The Best Kept Secret in Technical Support" I MAKE IT GO! © http://www.strelecki.com/links.html -------------------------------------- "I think the sole purpose of our inventions is to fill our needs to be mad at something." Paul Roussin, August, 2002 "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:OoefSL45CHA.1540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... adware he he that's a new one. I call it crapware but it's all the same thing I'd say. Actually none of these things as suggested will work with Hotmail as far as I know. I only get spam at this address because this is the only address I let the unwashed masses know about. I don't mean to say ya'll are unwashed. Actually I do not know if you wash or not. My next idea is to see about something I found here. This might help: http://willmaster.com/possibilities/demo/aelgwase.html But even then it is not really SPAM I am trying to avoid with the hosts file. SPAM is an example of what is done. The lop download is in script in a number of pages that cannot be stopped with hosts because http://xxx.xx.xx.xxx is inoperable in hosts. And to keep script popups to bad sites away IS what hosts is supposed to to do ain't it? -- George Hester __________________________________ "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com> wrote in message news:O1XG$s25CHA.1808@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > I am guessing the OP was talking more about adware than spam, despite the > word spam in the post. > > > "sgopus" <fredd@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:024901c2e763$aba8a510$a501280a@phx.gbl... > > Interesting comments, I have used mailwasher for months > > and have always bounced my spam, only a few times have I > > run into a false address, and mailwasher tells me about > > them. I also have not had any problems with my ISP about > > my account, maybe thats per each provider. > > >
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