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2004-03-26

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Posted by Fred 2004-03-26 10:01:19 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Probably OT, but has anyone else who's made their email addresses available on Rantburg received delivery failure notices for emails containing virus attachments? I've had a few in the last week or so, including a couple from homelandsecurity@michaelmoore.com. Obviously, I haven't been sending these!

Posted by Bulldog 2004-03-26 11:12:12 AM|| 2004-03-26 11:12:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 homelandsecurity@michaelmoore.com

Yikes! Funny Spam Virus.... now that's dangerous.

Posted by Shipman 2004-03-26 11:14:36 AM|| 2004-03-26 11:14:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Just checked my email, Bulldog. I'm terribly disappointed...no spam from michaelmoore.com, tomridge.com, or georgegalloway.com. I have won several lotteries however, and poor beleaguered Madame Abacha has an offer I can't refuse...

Posted by Seafarious 2004-03-26 11:25:27 AM|| 2004-03-26 11:25:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I use a special Hotmail account here, and any other site that requires a e-mail address, just for that reason. It acts as a spam sump and unless I recognize the sender, I just dump the whole mess without reading any of it.

Posted by Steve 2004-03-26 11:31:26 AM|| 2004-03-26 11:31:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I got a tender missive from Mme. Mobutu asking for my financial assitance. Non "Madame" you will not steal my dough.

Posted by Steve from Relto 2004-03-26 11:32:04 AM|| 2004-03-26 11:32:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The best email address is Mojo's:

nobody@home.com

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-03-26 11:39:54 AM|| 2004-03-26 11:39:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Yep, i got spammed as well.

Posted by Evert Visser in NL 2004-03-26 12:10:08 PM|| [http://chinditz.buzznet.com/user/] 2004-03-26 12:10:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Bulldog,
I received some with Rantburg in the address last month when that virus first surfaced. The network at my office got hammered for a couple of days.

Posted by jn1 2004-03-26 12:14:53 PM|| 2004-03-26 12:14:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Heh, Fred I didn't mean for you to have sleepless nights over this. But I like the idea. The sinktrap is like a psychiatric hospital (with no offense to those in psychiatric hospitals intended)... come see what arrived in the insane department today!!! How long before they get out? Prolly never. Some days I feel I belong there too.

Posted by Rafael 2004-03-26 12:17:13 PM|| 2004-03-26 12:17:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 y'know, I love you guys, even if you won't give me any Bud Lite. But even with an email account created just to catch & filter spam I'd be AFRAID of what would come in if I posted my email address here (not that I comment all that often.) Hmmmm, I wonder if the folks at Chomsky's site posted their email addresses when commenting....harvesting anyone? ;)

Posted by TiltingWindmill 2004-03-26 12:43:19 PM|| 2004-03-26 12:43:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I wouldn't notice any particular piece of spam. I've gotten 2600+ in the last five days.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-03-26 12:50:15 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-03-26 12:50:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I've gotten a few spam emails from LLLs since I've been posting comments on blogs. It'a nice to know what the enemy is thinking (if anything).

Posted by Unmutual 2004-03-26 1:58:55 PM|| 2004-03-26 1:58:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I got several of those, the usual Nigerian/Zimbabwean/South African/etc bullcrap, plus a half-dozen other assorted pieces of filth. Today there was a new one - one supposedly from the Bush/Cheney camp. Pure Dummycrap propaganda, poorly written, and supposedly George Bush's "resume". ANYTHING with an executable gets sent to a special file I save every couple of days and hand-carry over to my provider. They've got two lawsuits pending, one against Earthlink, for failing to filter some pretty harmful crap from being sent from a guy on their site. With the new anti-spam laws, I think I'll start saving all my trash, and send it to the guys supposedly handling this stuff.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-03-26 2:15:18 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-03-26 2:15:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 I've been getting alot of those lately,Bulldog.
I knew they were bogus cause I haven't sent an e-mail in awhile now.Also have been getting a lot of pdf/zip,etc attachments with virus.Soon as I see the they are dumped.

Posted by Raptor 2004-03-26 2:29:24 PM|| 2004-03-26 2:29:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Just today I got spam purporting to be from some big shot in CÃ´te d'Ivoire. Same old tricks. I hit the "Spam" button and that was the end of the message.

Posted by Korora 2004-03-26 3:17:58 PM|| [http://basementburrow.blogspot.com] 2004-03-26 3:17:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 I got them too, though I don't know where they came from, since I use Steve's Hotmail method. Interesting.

But I've never gotten any Nigerian spam. I feel left out. :-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-03-26 6:11:12 PM|| 2004-03-26 6:11:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Would you like some of mine?

Posted by Fred 2004-03-26 6:16:29 PM|| 2004-03-26 6:16:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 They've got two lawsuits pending, one against Earthlink, for failing to filter some pretty harmful crap from being sent from a guy on their site

Hope they nail 'em. Same guy with the Earthlink account tried a doing that to a couple of my email accounts. Wish I'd saved the addy.

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