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Article #68955

Re: What's a spamblock

#68955
From: The Pacifist
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 00:00
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And it sounds like this:

<plonk>

The Pacifist

King of Cyberia wrote in message ...
>I just got back from saving the world from aliens, when I overheard
>Da' Follower remarking on Oct 31...
>
>>Someone explain to me what on earth a spamblock is, what the point of one
>>is, and how I use/get/make/create one
>Well I see you are using Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300
>
>First go to the Tools menu, and go down to Accounts near the bottom.
>When clicked, the Internet Accounts menu should open on the Mail tab (the
>third one).
>Then click on the "Da' Follower" account which you obviously did before,
>and go down to your email. Add something NOT part of your address, like
>"nospam." with the period.
>
>Now the reason:
>A spamblock is just that. It prevents mass-mailing and address collecting
>software used by spammers from reaching you. When spam goes out to my
>address, which has GEEK in the hawaii.edu part, it will bounce back to the
>spammer. Thus only if the GEEK is removed will anything reach me.
>
>I don't think that software knows how to remove spamblocks (yet), but to
>be sure, I would recommend changing it every few months.
>
>You can also add a fake Reply-to address like me, but that's also
>optional.
>
>Do they work? Yes!! The messages in my box don't change a lot from day to
>day, and only if I email someone first and they reply.
>
>--
>Thank you.
>
>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>Designation: King Gary C Li
>Post: Cyberia, Tkon Empire
>Role: Unofficial AGD3D spamhunter,
>     Troubleshooter, Beta tester,
>     Gameplay counselor
>TREKnology  www2.hawaii.edu/~gli/startrek.html
>IP Address Finder
>http://kryten.eng.monash.edu.au/gspam.html
>=================================
>
>
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From: "The Pacifist" <ne...@pacifist.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: What's a spamblock
Date: 1999/10/31
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