[Shotimes] emailspam from SHO web sites
Mark Kelley
mkelley1@gt.rr.com
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 19:58:11 -0600
My apologies. It should be http://www.mailwasher.net.
Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don McKinnon (AST) [mailto:dmckinnon@asttechlabs.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:56 PM
> To: Mark Kelley
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] emailspam from SHO web sites
>
>
> Mark,
> That we blink doesn't work, sent me to a domain name wholesaler instead.
> http://www.afternic.com/index.php?ref_id=2982
>
> Have another link handy?
>
> Don McKinnon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Mark Kelley
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 7:54 PM
> To: Ian Fisher; 'James White'; 'SHOtimes Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] emailspam from SHO web sites
>
>
> I've been using a program called MailWasher to handle spam. It lets me
> preview my email before I download it with Outlook. I can ID spam emails
> and have MailWasher bounce them back to the sender as if my email
> address is
> invalid. Since I've been using it, I've seen a drastic reduction in spam
> emails as my email address is starting to be tagged as invalid. You can
> download a free copy of MailWasher from http://www.mailwasher.com.
>
> Mark
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 6:29 PM
> > To: 'James White'; 'SHOtimes Mailing List'
> > Subject: RE: [Shotimes] emailspam from SHO web sites
> >
> >
> > Many times the unsub link is to a dummy mailbox that quickly overflows.
> > All you are doing is confirming that the email they sent was sent to a
> > legit addresses and you might be spammed even more.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James White
> > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 4:31 PM
> > To: dmall@mwonline.net; SHOtimes Mailing List; V8 SHO Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] emailspam from SHO web sites
> >
> >
> > My companies' website has been hit by this type of worm many times.
> > Because the mail addressed to jimw@morincorp.com is transferred to
> > greensho@crown.net , I also get a lot of spam. From porn to credit
> > cards, to stainless steel coils.
> >
> > The only real problem is that many of them don't even seem to have a
> > place to unsubcribe.
> >
> > regards, Jim White - greensho@crown.net
> > Valparaiso, Indiana
> > '93 5 SPEED 278k few mods
> > '95 5 SPEED 241k lots of mods
> > "double clutch" it's good for both you and your SHO
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
> > To: "SHOtimes Mailing List" <shotimes@autox.team.net>; "V8 SHO Mailing
> > List" <v8sho@v8sho.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 12:30 PM
> > Subject: [Shotimes] emailspam from SHO web sites
> >
> >
> > > This week, there was a start of spam to people that had e-mail
> > > addresses posted on the SHOclub.com web site and classifieds. The
> > > emails indicated that the SHO Registry had given them the e-mail
> > > address.
> > >
> > > This was not true, but our site was in a way responsible. Please let
> > > me explain as it has been explained to me by my son, and the web
> > > master.
> > >
> > > The SHOregistry.com web site goes directly to SHOclub.com.
> > >
> > > SHO Club, as I have mentioned does NOT give out addresses, sell
> > > address or information to anyone, nor do we list our membership in any
> >
> > > way that can be a problem, but apparently an automated worm type
> > > program is capable of going to web pages and extracting just the
> > > e-mail addresses whenever it picks up the @ symbol indicating an
> > > e-mail address.
> > >
> > > Thus a program hit SHORegistry.com and thus SHOclub.com and picked up
> > > all the e-mail addressees in the classifieds, and maybe in the links
> > > section.
> > >
> > > We have now solved this problem, at least for this type of spammer
> > > software, I hope it is solved permanently.
> > >
> > > We have changed the way we list the e-mail addresses on the pages so
> > > they can't be picked up by this type of software, but your potential
> > > buyers/sellers will be able to contact you through what looks like a
> > > "link".
> > >
> > > We are in the process of changing all the entries to this type of
> > > format, but it takes time. All NEW entries are done this way starting
> >
> > > late this last week.
> > >
> > > Although this problem (additional spam to some of your
> > > e-mail inboxes) is not our direct responsibility and fault,
> > > I am sorry to in any way add to the junk that we all get. Filters on
> > > e-mail programs help, but are not a cure-all. I delete probably 30-40
> >
> > > spam messages a day from my own account.
> > >
> > > Please let others that may have mentioned this to you on other lists,
> > > (techsho is one that I didn't have the address to handy) that
> > > SHOclub.com has solved the problem, at least for the future. For the
> > > e-mails that have been grabbed by this one outfit, the damage is done,
> >
> > > but we will get all of them changed as soon as we can, and NEW
> > > listings will be protected.
> > >
> > > SHOclub.com classifieds have become the most visited and successful
> > > classifieds on the web for our cars and parts, and I appreciate the
> > > support that you have given the club and our web site. I was not
> > > happy this happened, but I wasn't aware that programs did this. Now I
> >
> > > am smarter, and I thank my son for helping me solve the dilemma.
> > >
> > > Reply off-list if you have questions about this.
> > >
> > > Don Mallinson, President
> > > SHO Club
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