10-09-2002, 04:42 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Those Damn Spammers!
I'm ashamed to have to apologize for this again, but when we moved to this new format we didn't implement the "spam protection" tweak that we used on the last site - and the net result is that a spammer spidered our membership list and hit you all with some spam ("Easy Ad Post"). By default phpBB lists the email address in the membership list and on the user profile. I suppose this is to make it easier for users to communicate with each other, but the net result is that it exposes users to spam. I don't know why the people at phpBB think this is a good idea, but the solution we used was to simply stop that information from being displayed - we modified the source code to delete the Email column in the membership list, and edited the profile information the same way.
The problem lies in the fact that we didn't replicate that fix on the new site, and I completely forgot that fact. Please accept my apologies for letting a spammer get to you. If you want to contact the company that spammed you, go for it.
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10-09-2002, 06:34 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 37
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Brain surgeons
After submitting a gentle reminder about the evil of spam ( :twisted: ), the web page was kind enough to inform me that:
"Your query was sended."
:?
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10-09-2002, 06:43 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 718
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You know, I have never heard of anyone ever who said they liked to receive these garbage emails. Do companies really think that it helps sell their product/service? If anything, it does just the opposite. I know spamming is cheap advertising, but if it pisses off people and hurts sales, why do it? I think we need a law like they have for getting rid of telemarketers. Unfortunately, a lot of spammers come from overseas and any legislation in the US would be useless.
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10-09-2002, 06:48 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 37
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It works
That's the bottom line. Believe it or not, spam is cost-effective. Not nearly as good as e-mail a qualified, opt-in list, mind you. But real spam, where you've scoured the 'net for addresses that you didn't pay for, that didn't opt-in to anything, is very, very inexpensive to send. You only need miniscule response rates to make a profit.
JW
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10-09-2002, 06:53 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,329
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You can give out my e-mail address all you want.
HEY SPAM DUDES! [email protected] go nuts on it. I don't use this account for anything other then placeholders to activate online forums, etc. So :P Consequently I get about 75 e-mails a day and that is with Spam filters set to high. But I only go into that account to retreive passwords so who cares. F off spam dudes! :twisted: [/quote]
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10-09-2002, 07:13 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 88
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I just downloaded this utility called Mailwasher that will allow you to bounce messages back to spammers to make it look like your mailbox doesn't exist.
There are a couple of quirks in it, and if spammers don't use valid reply addresses it probably won't work, but it's a neat idea.
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10-09-2002, 07:54 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 75
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Fax number
Anybody got a portable fax machine in the Kent WA area, setup a good old fashioned looping fax with some tape, then fax like crazy to their fax machine. Even if they have a fax server would cost them in storage.
Drop by a local phone box, 25c later, jammed fax line 8)
Legal Disclaimer
The above item is not a recommendation of action. Do not try this at home or anywhere else. They are submitted in the spirit of the list. The author does not endorse doing this to anybody
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10-09-2002, 08:01 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 725
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I don't know, I have to give them credit for making the spam so personalized. Even had a picture of the web site in their ad. 
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10-09-2002, 08:06 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 156
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According to the whois information (which you can get at through www.register.com), the company's technical contact details are as follows:
Technical Contact:
HiChina Web Solution Limited (GKXHGGFUDO)
[email protected]
HiChina Web Solution Limited
11/F., Building C Fuhua Mansion
Beijing, Beijing 100027
CN
8610-65547878 fax: 8610-65542377
Following the anti-spam link on the company's English version of the site brings you to this page:
http://www.net.cn/static/customercare/notice_0822.asp
It's all in Chinese, unfortunately, but the one thing that I can recognise is the abuse address:
[email protected]
If you forward a copy of the spam you got from EasyAdPost with a copy of the full headers included (in Outlook, right-click on the message and select "Options"), then they should take some action - especially if enough people complain.
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10-09-2002, 08:12 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Originally Posted by Mike Wagstaff
If you forward a copy of the spam you got from EasyAdPost with a copy of the full headers included (in Outlook, right-click on the message and select "Options"), then they should take some action - especially if enough people complain.
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Assuming anyone reads [email protected]. Or can read English.
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