Re: Please read -- Spam

From: Immanuel Sibero (isiberonospam_at_fivestates.com)
Date: 11/20/03 

Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:17:05 -0600

Hi

Your suspicion regarding email address harvesting on the newsgroup is
correct. This is one of the more common ways spammers get email addresses.
This is why valid email addresses should never be advertised in newsgroups.
I dont think anything can be done about removing your email address from the
MS server. Plus it's probably been propagated to other servers as well (not
just Microsoft). Microsoft is just one of the many newsgroup providers. Even
if this was possible, I dont think it helps much since the spammers already
have your email address. About the only thing you can do is live with it, or
get a new email address.

Do a google search on "spam", you would also find things you can do to
minimize spam. This includes pushing for legislation against it (i.e. write
your congressmen, etc.)

Immanuel Sibero

"Frank" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:024c01c3afa8$343215d0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have begun receiving spam just like everyone else here
> from the "MS network" or some affiliated sort. Anyhow,
> this spam all begun when we signed up on the Microsoft
> Newsgroup using our real email addresses. That was when
> it begun with me. Once you add another post using your
> real address the amount of spam is doubled. Therefore, I
> am led to believe that the spammers use some program that
> searches through the newsgroup and finds the emails, and
> then sends them out to each individual in various
> formats. I receive approximately 30 of such emails
> containing the "magical number (size)" of attachments
> usually 142K, 154K, or 156K. Its always some security
> patch or something of the sort.
>
> My real question is though this: What or who must I talk
> to in order for my email address to be deleted from all
> the newsgroup forums on the microsoft server? I truly
> believe if this is done, then I should stop receiving
> spam... If anyone affiliated with Microsoft is reading
> this, please reply to this post, or email me at
> papamihasNOSPAM@NOSPAMyahoo.com (taking out the NOSPAM)...
>
> Thank you for your time, and please reply to this ASAP, as
> I am losing space in my email all the time, and I can't
> receive important files. Also, please do not indulge me
> into using Outlook express to solve my problem. I require
> a complete web based email. Thanks...