Comments on: Dear Internet Patrol: Spam with No Unsubscribe Link - What to Do? http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/ Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:44:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Graham http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-81 Graham Sat, 22 May 2004 03:47:16 +0000 /?p=27#comment-81 Bouncing back email using Mailwasher is a silly thing to do .. because most spam has a bogus from address, which may belong to an innocent in the spammer's collection of email addresses. This ends up aiding the spammer by doing his work for him or her. Bouncing back email using Mailwasher is a silly thing to do .. because most spam has a bogus from address, which may belong to an innocent in the spammer’s collection of email addresses. This ends up aiding the spammer by doing his work for him or her.

]]> By: JR http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-80 JR Fri, 21 May 2004 14:09:00 +0000 /?p=27#comment-80 What are the laws if any for spam in Usenet, does the Federal CAN-SPAM anti-spam law address that or only e-mail. JR What are the laws if any for spam in Usenet, does the Federal CAN-SPAM anti-spam law address that or only e-mail.

JR

]]> By: Kim http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-79 Kim Thu, 20 May 2004 06:02:48 +0000 /?p=27#comment-79 Dear Auntie Spam, How do I read the fine print in the spam's header information to determine from where the spam really originated? I forwarded one to abuse at hotmail dot com, and they sent me an e-mail saying it wasn't a correct address. P.S. Since getting Starband, MailWasher won't work on my computer. :( I've been bouncing them back in Bounce Spam Mail, but don't know if it actually works or not. If the address isn't correct, then it isn't working. Thank you, KIm Dear Auntie Spam,
How do I read the fine print in the spam’s header information to determine from where the spam really originated? I forwarded one to abuse at hotmail dot com, and they sent me an e-mail saying it wasn’t a correct address.

P.S. Since getting Starband, MailWasher won’t work on my computer. :( I’ve been bouncing them back in Bounce Spam Mail, but don’t know if it actually works or not. If the address isn’t correct, then it isn’t working.

Thank you,
KIm

]]> By: Lady Bane http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-78 Lady Bane Wed, 19 May 2004 07:43:40 +0000 /?p=27#comment-78 I would suggest getting Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/) and SpyBot (http://security.kolla.de/), those will help get rid of some of the nasties indredimail has left behind. I would suggest getting Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/) and SpyBot (http://security.kolla.de/), those will help get rid of some of the nasties indredimail has left behind.

]]> By: Debbie http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-77 Debbie Wed, 19 May 2004 03:40:10 +0000 /?p=27#comment-77 I have incredimail installed on my machine that comes up every time a web page doese't load right away sending me to their search page.I am using a dial-up connection so this happens quite alot. I downloaded their unstaller which was probably a mistake and e- mailled them 3 times now with no answer. Do you have any ideas on how to get rid of it. I did not agree to have it installed but i guess it could have been in a program. Any help would be appreciated Thanks for time Debbie I have incredimail installed on my machine that comes up every time a web page doese’t load right away sending me to their search page.I am using a dial-up connection so this happens quite alot. I downloaded their unstaller which was probably a mistake and e- mailled them 3 times now with no answer. Do you have any ideas on how to get rid of it. I did not agree to have it installed but i guess it could have been in a program. Any help would be appreciated Thanks for time Debbie

]]> By: Andrew http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-76 Andrew Wed, 19 May 2004 01:17:33 +0000 /?p=27#comment-76 You can get a free download of mailwasher here: http://www.pcwash.com/mailwasher/ It's G-R-E-A-T ! You can get a free download of mailwasher here:

http://www.pcwash.com/mailwasher/

It’s G-R-E-A-T !

]]> By: Centaur http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-75 Centaur Wed, 19 May 2004 01:16:28 +0000 /?p=27#comment-75 There are several more ways for a spammer to detect a “warm body�. Suppose you receive a spam in HTML format, with all that rainbow-colored text and pictures… Pictures. Suppose the pictures are not included with the message. Instead, it says to your mail client, “get that picture from a web site over there�. Worse, the name of the file is set to something unique, so that it would be easy for the spammer to associate it with your e-mail address. So when your mail client goes to fetch that picture, the spammer’s web server says, “Aha!� and marks your address as “live�. The same goes for web scripts (most frequently used being Javascript) and CSS (style sheets), which too can be included by reference rather than by content. The solution to this threat is to turn on that option called “Read mail in plain text� and never turn it off. If your mail client does not offer such an option (or similar), it’s time to get rid of it, as it’s a danger to your health. Contemporary versions of Outlook Express, as well as Mozilla and Mozilla Thunderbird, all support reading HTML mail converted to plain text. There are several more ways for a spammer to detect a “warm body�.

Suppose you receive a spam in HTML format, with all that rainbow-colored text and pictures… Pictures. Suppose the pictures are not included with the message. Instead, it says to your mail client, “get that picture from a web site over there�. Worse, the name of the file is set to something unique, so that it would be easy for the spammer to associate it with your e-mail address. So when your mail client goes to fetch that picture, the spammer’s web server says, “Aha!� and marks your address as “live�.

The same goes for web scripts (most frequently used being Javascript) and CSS (style sheets), which too can be included by reference rather than by content.

The solution to this threat is to turn on that option called “Read mail in plain text� and never turn it off. If your mail client does not offer such an option (or similar), it’s time to get rid of it, as it’s a danger to your health. Contemporary versions of Outlook Express, as well as Mozilla and Mozilla Thunderbird, all support reading HTML mail converted to plain text.

]]> By: David Smith http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-74 David Smith Tue, 18 May 2004 22:47:49 +0000 /?p=27#comment-74 So what is the e-mail address of "Mailwasher"? And how do I use it? Does it work with AOL mail? Please reply to my e-mail address. So what is the e-mail address of “Mailwasher”? And how do I use it? Does it work with AOL mail? Please reply to my e-mail address.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/dear-aunty-spam-spam-with-no-unsubscribe-link-what-to-do/#comment-73 Glenn Tue, 18 May 2004 20:13:02 +0000 /?p=27#comment-73 People should pay gteat attention to the final paragraph from Aunty Spam. NEVER click on an unsubscribe link for some spammer. That's what most of them are looking for, a nice warm body at the other end of a spam letter. Just delete it or use use a program like Mailwasher to filter and bounce the mail back to the idiot that sent it. That tells them your e-mail address is no longer valid. Great program! People should pay gteat attention to the final paragraph from Aunty Spam. NEVER click on an unsubscribe link for some spammer. That’s what most of them are looking for, a nice warm body at the other end of a spam letter.
Just delete it or use use a program like Mailwasher to filter and bounce the mail back to the idiot that sent it. That tells them your e-mail address is no longer valid. Great program!

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