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Thread: Spam using WHT's emails?
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04-28-2005, 08:39 AM #1Texan at Heart
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Spam using WHT's emails?
Everytime I sign up on a forum, I always use the forum name in my email - eg: webhostingtalk@example.com - this way if I start getting a lot of spam - I might be able to know who it came from. Of course I have webhostingtalk (the name) whitelisted so that it will get thru.
About a month ago, I received an email addressed to the email address I used for WHT. And then last night I received another one.
Just curious if anyone else does this as well?
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04-28-2005, 08:57 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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What was the email about?
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04-28-2005, 09:49 AM #3Texan at Heart
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This one:
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04-28-2005, 03:30 PM #4Junior Guru
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received it almost everyday. Sign up at any of the hosting directory and you will get it
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04-28-2005, 03:35 PM #5Texan at Heart
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Hm, well I would definitely block those. It's just that these were addressed to webhostingtalk@mydomain.com
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04-28-2005, 04:08 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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I do the same thing with my personal addresses Corey. Check the headers; you should find they aren't from anyone associated w/ WHT.
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04-28-2005, 04:32 PM #7Texan at Heart
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true - but how did they get WHT's email address. No one else has it. That is what makes me wonder
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04-28-2005, 04:40 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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I have about 12 personal URL's; of those I get spam for support@ALLOFTHEM.com sales@AllOFTHEM.com director@ paypal@ etc. even though I haven't used any of them, nor even set most of them up. I'd suspect it has something to do w/ how spammers collect/send crap out....
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04-28-2005, 04:43 PM #9Texan at Heart
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Well those are known to most spammers. I guess now the spammers are going to be using the domain names - maybe I should add a number behind the domain name to prevent more
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04-28-2005, 04:45 PM #10M*T
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Originally posted by coreybryant
Well those are known to most spammers. I guess now the spammers are going to be using the domain names - maybe I should add a number behind the domain name to prevent moreDon't you walk thru my words
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