url: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/m60307.html Re: CS>Spam Arrest From: Marshall Dudley Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:22:38
> Apparently spam arrest is a spamming company that uses a unique > method to collect addresses. Way to go Marshall. There was something fishy about this service and your links prove it. This service and any whitelist like it should be banned from the Silver List. They offer a way to include mailing lists, but it is buried deep in their FAQ and most people will not find it or realize the importance of doing so. By the time they find out, it is too late. They have already harvested everyone's email address from the list. I use throwaway email addresses to avoid similar problems. You can have a unique email address for each mailing list or site that requires registration, so you know where the spam is coming from. It is a simple matter to kill that address and re-subscribe with a new one if you still want the service. There are many free services that work very well. Here are two that I use: 1. http://sneakemail.com/ This works with any browser and is my preferred service. It is fast and very easy to create new addresses or delete old ones. You can reply to an email through their service, but the reply address expires in two or three days. Or you can simply cut and paste the person's address and reply using your main address. They limit the size of attachments to several hundred kbytes. This only became a problem recently when Marv Hacker wanted to send me some large jpg files. I simply gave him my main address and got the files quickly. 2. http://www.spammotel.com/ This requires a Microsoft browser. It also works well, but is not as easy to use as the first. I was suspicious the first time I tried these services, thinking they may be simply a front to harvest email addresses. But I think they do exactly what they say, and they protect their lists very well. I check the headers on spam very carefully, and can tell most of it comes from simple dictionary attacks on my sympatico isp. Other spam comes from a sneakemail address I use on my web site and change regularly, or from postings to newsgroups such as sci.electronics.design. So I can confirm that none of it comes from either of these services. Anyone who wants to use a whitelist can also use one of these services for their email address. So nobody should be upset if they were banned from the Silver List. Best Regards, Mike Monett -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
