OT Question about spam

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Phil

Posts: 382
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Rota, Spain

OT Question about spam

Recently I've received spam with my name, 'Phil,' in the subject line. Does anyone know how do they do that? My name is not part of my email address, so they have to get it from posts that I sign as 'Phil'. This spam crap is really getting on my nerves.
Phil

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 6 2004 21:24:47

Melchor

Posts: 87
Joined: Sep. 1 2003
From: Jeré

RE: OT Question about spam (in reply to Phil)

Phil.

Sorry. I think it was the email I sent to you. IT was supossed to be a joke but I think you didn´t read the message. It is just to say that I am already in Jerez and that I owe you a couple of beers.

Melchor

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 6 2004 21:52:18

Billyboy

Posts: 389
Joined: Aug. 18 2003

RE: OT Question about spam (in reply to Melchor)

On the subject of spam, I think this site would be immune from the net crawling programs that harvest e mail addresses from message boards, although not 100% sure, a safe bet would be to right dot com instead of .com if leaving a personal address.
Dave

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 6 2004 22:56:44

Phil

Posts: 382
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Rota, Spain

RE: OT Question about spam (in reply to Phil)

Melchor,
These were definitely not from you, unless you've changed your address to 'Personal Massager-222051'.
Phil

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 6 2004 23:38:00

Escribano

Posts: 6417
Joined: Jul. 6 2003
From: England, living in Italy

RE: OT Question about spam (in reply to Billyboy)

Unless you write your email address in the public areas or in your profile, crawlers cannot get to your email addresses.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 7 2004 10:31:12