How to stop spam?
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I know, don't give out my email address to strangers. But apparently, I'm past that point. Fact is, since about two months I receive daily spam messages. "H i m y n a m e i s C h r i s t o p h e r" "Sander Rossel, your bol.com gift card is ready!" (I get this one daily, from [probably randomly generated]@[same randomly generated].us) "Petlove - [Spanish(?)]" How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible? These mails have "unsubscribe?" links, which I'm obviously not going to click :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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I know, don't give out my email address to strangers. But apparently, I'm past that point. Fact is, since about two months I receive daily spam messages. "H i m y n a m e i s C h r i s t o p h e r" "Sander Rossel, your bol.com gift card is ready!" (I get this one daily, from [probably randomly generated]@[same randomly generated].us) "Petlove - [Spanish(?)]" How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible? These mails have "unsubscribe?" links, which I'm obviously not going to click :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Get a new email address. That's the only proactive way to stop spam. Everything else is reactive and has to learn what spam is before it can filter it out.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
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I know, don't give out my email address to strangers. But apparently, I'm past that point. Fact is, since about two months I receive daily spam messages. "H i m y n a m e i s C h r i s t o p h e r" "Sander Rossel, your bol.com gift card is ready!" (I get this one daily, from [probably randomly generated]@[same randomly generated].us) "Petlove - [Spanish(?)]" How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible? These mails have "unsubscribe?" links, which I'm obviously not going to click :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Speaking as someone who has run Exchange since 1994, i can tell you it is a pretty complex subject. It's a whole science. The technology is always changing, the criminals are finding new ways to try and exploit people. It's a war. It's a war I mean to win. But you have to keep on top of your edge firewalls, examine logs daily. DKIM and SPF are critical. Careful configuration of DNS based blacklists are critical. 99.99% of spam is dropped by simply blocking non-conforming inbound messages. I then have my firewall block their subnets for a year to cut the noise traffic. Right this minute I have over 1/2 million subnets blocked on an edge firewall... All of that is totally automated but I have to keep on top of it to make sure nothing gets through. On our entire infrastructure, I can remember getting 1 spam email in the last 2 months. (the firewall drops about 1 a second).
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I know, don't give out my email address to strangers. But apparently, I'm past that point. Fact is, since about two months I receive daily spam messages. "H i m y n a m e i s C h r i s t o p h e r" "Sander Rossel, your bol.com gift card is ready!" (I get this one daily, from [probably randomly generated]@[same randomly generated].us) "Petlove - [Spanish(?)]" How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible? These mails have "unsubscribe?" links, which I'm obviously not going to click :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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I know, don't give out my email address to strangers. But apparently, I'm past that point. Fact is, since about two months I receive daily spam messages. "H i m y n a m e i s C h r i s t o p h e r" "Sander Rossel, your bol.com gift card is ready!" (I get this one daily, from [probably randomly generated]@[same randomly generated].us) "Petlove - [Spanish(?)]" How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible? These mails have "unsubscribe?" links, which I'm obviously not going to click :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
I would be curious what the domain was for your spam you are talking about. I've gotten to the point where I can recognize a "NameCheap.com" spam without even doing a Whois on it. Did it come from a .info, .xyz, .pw domain for example? You need to 100% block ALL of those - permanently. They are 100% spam.
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I know, don't give out my email address to strangers. But apparently, I'm past that point. Fact is, since about two months I receive daily spam messages. "H i m y n a m e i s C h r i s t o p h e r" "Sander Rossel, your bol.com gift card is ready!" (I get this one daily, from [probably randomly generated]@[same randomly generated].us) "Petlove - [Spanish(?)]" How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible? These mails have "unsubscribe?" links, which I'm obviously not going to click :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Sander Rossel wrote:
How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible?
I have an email for registering things. I've found that the biggest place that SPAM comes from is a DOMAIN registration. Do you have a web domain registered somewhere? Check and see if the admin email address is the same as the one you are getting the spam at.
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Get a new email address. That's the only proactive way to stop spam. Everything else is reactive and has to learn what spam is before it can filter it out.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave KreskowiakThat's not really an option. Besides, it'll only be a matter of time before I get spam on the new address too :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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Speaking as someone who has run Exchange since 1994, i can tell you it is a pretty complex subject. It's a whole science. The technology is always changing, the criminals are finding new ways to try and exploit people. It's a war. It's a war I mean to win. But you have to keep on top of your edge firewalls, examine logs daily. DKIM and SPF are critical. Careful configuration of DNS based blacklists are critical. 99.99% of spam is dropped by simply blocking non-conforming inbound messages. I then have my firewall block their subnets for a year to cut the noise traffic. Right this minute I have over 1/2 million subnets blocked on an edge firewall... All of that is totally automated but I have to keep on top of it to make sure nothing gets through. On our entire infrastructure, I can remember getting 1 spam email in the last 2 months. (the firewall drops about 1 a second).
This is my GMail account, don't think I have all those options (or want to get that deep into it) ;)
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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I know, don't give out my email address to strangers. But apparently, I'm past that point. Fact is, since about two months I receive daily spam messages. "H i m y n a m e i s C h r i s t o p h e r" "Sander Rossel, your bol.com gift card is ready!" (I get this one daily, from [probably randomly generated]@[same randomly generated].us) "Petlove - [Spanish(?)]" How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible? These mails have "unsubscribe?" links, which I'm obviously not going to click :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
If you send me your credit card number, expiration date and CVC code, I'll make sure they stop right away... I promise! :-\
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Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
That's not really an option. Besides, it'll only be a matter of time before I get spam on the new address too :sigh:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Yep! My work email address gets spam and the only place that address has ever been used is on some vendor websites. So, at least one of them has been selling their customer/address list.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave Kreskowiak -
Sander Rossel wrote:
How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible?
I have an email for registering things. I've found that the biggest place that SPAM comes from is a DOMAIN registration. Do you have a web domain registered somewhere? Check and see if the admin email address is the same as the one you are getting the spam at.
raddevus wrote:
I've found that the biggest place that SPAM comes from is a DOMAIN registration.
Blame yourself if you chose GoDaddy just because it's (you're) cheap... ;P
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
I would be curious what the domain was for your spam you are talking about. I've gotten to the point where I can recognize a "NameCheap.com" spam without even doing a Whois on it. Did it come from a .info, .xyz, .pw domain for example? You need to 100% block ALL of those - permanently. They are 100% spam.
Haven't checked, I just had one from .us. I don't doubt that it is spam, even without looking at the domain. It gets in my spam folder, but I really just don't want it at all.
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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Get a new email address. That's the only proactive way to stop spam. Everything else is reactive and has to learn what spam is before it can filter it out.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave KreskowiakThe solution of last resort, IMO. You're seriously inconveniencing all your contacts more than anything else. And it's not much of a long-term solution either - the reality is, you don't have to give out a new email address to *anyone* for the spammers to start sending junk to it. It'll be discovered sooner or later, and then they all start sharing the address with their buddies. I've registered accounts with variations of my name on a few of the more popular free email systems, and I can guarantee some of these have *never* been shared with anyone. That includes systems that have been put together by people who (you'd think) have a pretty good grip by now on how to handle spam (Gmail and Outlook among others). Yet spam still makes it in. That means there'd be plenty more coming in on systems that aren't as good at identifying spam.
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Sander Rossel wrote:
How can I find out where they come from and how can I stop them, if this is at all possible?
I have an email for registering things. I've found that the biggest place that SPAM comes from is a DOMAIN registration. Do you have a web domain registered somewhere? Check and see if the admin email address is the same as the one you are getting the spam at.
Yes I do, multiple. That could very well be the source, but that information is public I think (which I think is criminal and the complete opposite of GDPR). I should look into that. It's like when I registered my company at the CoC and it turned out that they do not only display my data in public, but also sell it. I've been getting daily to weekly phone calls about gas and electricity since then and it's mandatory by law X| Luckily the CoC is not allowed to do that anymore, but all these companies still have my number, got five phone calls this week alone :mad:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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If you send me your credit card number, expiration date and CVC code, I'll make sure they stop right away... I promise! :-\
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark TwainThanks, please reply to imnotanidjit@gmail.com and I'll give you the requested information. You may need the login to my email as well so you can look at the spam messages. Do you think you need my bank credentials as well, just in case? You can also send me any applications that I can run to clean my computer :D
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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Yep! My work email address gets spam and the only place that address has ever been used is on some vendor websites. So, at least one of them has been selling their customer/address list.
Asking questions is a skill CodeProject Forum Guidelines Google: C# How to debug code Seriously, go read these articles.
Dave KreskowiakSue them all, just in case :D
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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Yes I do, multiple. That could very well be the source, but that information is public I think (which I think is criminal and the complete opposite of GDPR). I should look into that. It's like when I registered my company at the CoC and it turned out that they do not only display my data in public, but also sell it. I've been getting daily to weekly phone calls about gas and electricity since then and it's mandatory by law X| Luckily the CoC is not allowed to do that anymore, but all these companies still have my number, got five phone calls this week alone :mad:
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
There was a point where one of my registered domains had my _main_ email address and I was getting 5 spam email a day. Then I changed the domain registration to my _dumping-ground-email-address_ and the spam started going to the dumping ground the next day. Instantly cleaned up the problem on my _main_ email.
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raddevus wrote:
I've found that the biggest place that SPAM comes from is a DOMAIN registration.
Blame yourself if you chose GoDaddy just because it's (you're) cheap... ;P
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain -
Haven't checked, I just had one from .us. I don't doubt that it is spam, even without looking at the domain. It gets in my spam folder, but I really just don't want it at all.
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
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Oh oh oh oh!!!! Please do a whois lookup on that .us domain. Or just give me the full domain name I will do it. PLEASE I want to hear.
V683V6PKG.us, no data / failed to get data. This is the first time I looked at the domain name. Tomorrow I'll probably get it again, but with another generated code.
Best, Sander sanderrossel.com Migrating Applications to the Cloud with Azure arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
