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Split: Fake e-mail addresses
« on: January 10, 2004, 03:52:57 pm »

Things like this are why I recommend that people use services like SneakEmail.com.  This service lets you create literal one-use email addresses, which goes a very long way toward corralling problems, stopping spam, and tracking email address distribution.  SneakEmail.com is free for basic use.
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Re:Fake PayPal Spam Problem
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2004, 04:04:21 pm »

Things like this are why I recommend that people use services like SneakEmail.com.  This service lets you create literal one-use email addresses, which goes a very long way toward corralling problems, stopping spam, and tracking email address distribution.  SneakEmail.com is free for basic use.

Thanks...  I had never head of this before.  I quick scan of the FAQ wasn't enough to let me understand exactly how this works, but I look forward to a more careful analysis.

I was a great fan of the one-time credit card numbers (a-la' Discover).  This seems equally useful.

Scott-
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Re:Fake PayPal Spam Problem
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2004, 05:11:53 pm »

Things like this are why I recommend that people use services like SneakEmail.com.  This service lets you create literal one-use email addresses, which goes a very long way toward corralling problems, stopping spam, and tracking email address distribution.  SneakEmail.com is free for basic use.

Another option is http://spamgourmet.com.

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Re:Fake PayPal Spam Problem
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2004, 06:03:06 pm »

I really care less if they get my e-mail address.

I use Norton Internet Security 2004 It dumps all the junk e-mail for me, And Norton AV 2004 scans it for me.

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Re:Fake PayPal Spam Problem
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2004, 06:17:29 pm »

Hi All:

I got 2 e-mails from this scam as well. The domain was <myaddy>@mindspring.com in both cases.

IMHO either the board was hacked or the domain server(s) this board uses.

Regards, dennis
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Re:Split: Fake e-mail addresses
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2004, 06:26:23 pm »

People wouldn't need to sneak around if others were honest.
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Re:Fake PayPal Spam Problem
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2004, 06:36:07 pm »

I really care less if they get my e-mail address.

I use Norton Internet Security 2004 It dumps all the junk e-mail for me, And Norton AV 2004 scans it for me.

You say that now, but what if you were getting so much spam/virii that your account was no longer viable?  What if it reached its maximum size within hours?  What if Norton didn't flag the messages as "junk"?

I don't worry either...  not for my every-day account.  But my "e-mail for life" is a bigger concern.  For the most part, if you don't know me (and know me well), you won't get the address.

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Re:Split: Fake e-mail addresses
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2004, 08:03:03 pm »

Well i think my provider should know what is junk mail, if the same mail passes thru there server on a mass mail the could detect it and stop it.

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Re:Split: Fake e-mail addresses
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2004, 09:07:09 pm »

Well i think my provider should know what is junk mail, if the same mail passes thru there server on a mass mail the could detect it and stop it.



One would think...  but that's not necessarily so.  I went around-and-around with SBC (certainly a top tier provider in the U.S.) and they had no such capability.  The impression I got was that they weren't willing to deal with the false positives of server-side filtering.

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Re:Split: Fake e-mail addresses
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2004, 09:17:31 pm »

Check out http://www.1and1.com.  Promotion for three years free web hosting.  $6 per year for a domain name.  You can set up as many email addresses as you'd like.
Total cost is $6 per year.  I think it's a great deal.

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Re:Split: Fake e-mail addresses
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2004, 09:27:12 pm »

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People wouldn't need to sneak around if others were honest

Isnt that the truth!
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Re:Split: Fake e-mail addresses
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2004, 11:46:08 am »

I have a link to a service who give you AS MUCH AS YOU WANT alias adress

But , just adress, not a mail service.
But quitte easy to use one pop-up accompt to reteive it

Like it , you can use alias when registered to forum s ,ect ect.

For now , the problem is that i do not find the link.....

If you understand another language than english , you can open Yahoo mail accompts
And foward them to a pop-up adress- If you Yahoo  mail not .com ,it is still free.

The good thing with Yahoo is that you can set it to import or not the Spam folder in your pop-up

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