Spam And Deleting Users

[qyn]

Please delete me from your forum as I am sick of recieving the SPAM I get since joining. I have requested this three times via email and it has been ignored. Please arrange ASAP.

TIA qyn

[Sir Stinkalot]

Interesting .... I have been a member since 2001 and haven't received any spam mail at all .... the only emails from this board are to notify me of private messages from other members which I think I can turn off if I wanted to.

[Gumby]

Yes, me to, no spam at all. As if this is the only place you get it from - get a life and wake up idiot - me thinks it's some sort of trick.

[Grunt]

I get an email every time some reply to a thread that I've subscribed to. Every time I post to a thread I am automatically subscribed to that thread. I can turn this off if I want.

Grunt

[Sir Stinkalot]

You just need to ask Al what sort of sites attract spam :eek:

[Sturdee]

Please delete me from your forum as I am sick of recieving the SPAM I get since joining. I have requested this three times via email and it has been ignored. Please arrange ASAP.

TIA qyn

If they delete you as a member it has the effect of deleting all your posts and we would be deprived of reading your words of wisdom recorded on this board. :D :D :D Surely you wouldn't want us all to be deprived? :confused:

Once you sign on you are here for all eternity, unless your name is Doorstop. :D

As far as receiving spam through this board you're talking cr*p, no one else has.


Peter.

[rodm]

No spam but lots of pancakes wrapped in foil. :D

[Bob Willson]

I was going to write a reply but decided that you were too cretinous to understand anything I said.

[echnidna]

please explain

[bitingmidge]

Aren't cretins those little square bits of toast that they stick in your soup in the flash cafes??

P
:D :D :D

[ozwinner]

http://www.spam.com/assets/hp/spam_cartoon.gif (http://www.spam.com/)


http://www.spam.com/assets/hp/a1fball.gif (http://fanclub.spam.com/main.asp)

Al :o

[JackoH]

Same as above. I've been on this BB since 1999 and never once have I received any spam :mad: . (I feel quite deprived !)
I do have a thingy in the system which filters all incoming stuff. I think it's part of Norton anti-virus. (But what would I know? :confused: :confused: )

[Gumby]

If you have a look at the only 2 other posts this goose has contributed to these forums (Nov. 2004) I think you'll see the massive contribution we are now going to miss out on in the future. A vast knowledge-bank of woodworking ideas, helpful posts and general brotherly type love is leaving. How can we go on ?
NEIL, IT'S TIME TO SHUT DOWN I'M AFRAID - ALL IS LOST !
(Titanic theme playing in background...........wipes a tear from the keyboard, goodbye all.....'*sob*)






:cool: (I'm really off to the footy........got a seat in 'The Age' Superbox at Telstra Stadium :D ) Good 'ol ICPOTA :D

[bitingmidge]

qyn,

Change your name to Kenmill. That ought to do it!

:D :D :D

P

[Kev Y.]

Boys, Boys, Boys, I urge you to be nice to gyn, he may be everything yu say he is, a goose, a crouton, and much more........but remember.......HE IS OURS ;) :p .

As a work mate of mine constantly reminds me.."every village needs an idiot", I have no idea what he is refering to?

[Kev Y.]

I just had a thought ( I promise it will be my first AND last for the year ;) ), why dont we all give gyn a greenie to show him/her/them/it that we all care what he/she/they/it has to say and that we forgive him/her/them/it for a moment of insanity

[Daddles]

Boys, Boys, Boys, I urge you to be nice to gyn, he may be everything yu say he is, a goose, a crouton, and much more........but remember.......HE IS OURS ;) :p .

As a work mate of mine constantly reminds me.."every village needs an idiot", I have no idea what he is refering to?

Oi! The village idiot's job is MINE :mad: I spent months ... well, weeks ... well, days ... errr, nanoseconds wangling it away from Doorstop.

Witchard

[DanP]

But while he is here, he is depriving a village somewhere.

Dan

[MathewA]

Lets each send him an email

[outback]

Poor boy, I don't think his belt goes through all the loops,

His antenna doesn't pick up all the channels

Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree

A few peas short of a casserole

Fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down

Chimneys clogged

Doesn't have all his dogs on one leash

Sewing machines out of thread.

[bitingmidge]

A picket missing from a fence perhaps?

P
:D

[fxst]

A wave short of a shipwreck ....what an idjit :mad:
Pete
and nope no spam either :note to self ...contact BB owner to complain of lack of spam: :D

[Gumby]

In this forum it should be 'a few teeth missing on the saw blade' ;)

[Grunt]

Not the sharpest chisel in the box

[scooter]

...foilie's a bit tight...

That explains a few things.......


Cheers..................Sean the constricted

[qyn]

Thankyou for all your welcoming and caring messages. I never received any spam until I joined this website and you may all be right that this is not the source. But I do not want to be a member even though I think this is a wonderful source of info - that is why I joined in the first place. I do not change my favourable opinion of the website despite the derogatory comments of many of the posters - I guess you are defending this great website and (if this is not the source and therefore I am wrong) rightly so.

As stated, I tried to contact the administrators 3 times to no effect and hoped this message would delete me and remove this message before the supposed offence I have caused would occur. I never intended to offend anyone here and regret that offence has been taken. I have removed myself from every other forum I have joined and the spam continues (I take every other precaution in other internet use), removal is just is not an option here.

I did not want to change my email address but that is what I now will do.

Take care and in future try not to be too harsh in your judgements as I was not intentionally denigrating this website or it's participants.

[Lucas]

qyn,

I have removed myself from every other forum I have joined and the spam continues
I have read your post ....... but i have to say just because you delete forums doesnt mean thet the Spam will stop
once those people (i use the term people loosely ) have you email they never stop

so you see blaming this forum is the wrong thing to do ..... i am sorry it has made you resort to this form of action as i have never had spam from the site
but i suppose i do have a spam filter
most spam is generated by programs hitting sever by sever so you will never be trully save


Lucas gets down from his soapbox

[Grunt]

I have a number of email addresses. I've gotten spam for an email address that I've never used. The bastards will get you no matter what you do.

[Sturdee]

Thankyou for all your welcoming and caring messages.


At least our efforts in educating you today is appreciated. :D

As you are now aware you are in for the long haul :eek: . BTW do you enjoy pancakes? :D :D :D


Peter.

[Gumby]

Instead of changing email addresses, why not try mailwasher (free) and change from Outlook Express to Thunderbird. That solution has cut out most of it for me. mailwasher bounces moist of it back automatically. If you use the internet, even a new email address will eventually get out there.

[MathewA]

Jees! get over yerself. Or buy some looser fitting underware - you seem too up tight.

And on another note since you have responded with the why me... You started this with your original ignorant (and no I chose ignorant purposely not to insult) demanding post.

Hmmm I'm being a bit abrasive - I better take another haldol or 2... maybe 3.

[ubeaut]

Don't know where you are sending your emails but none have ever arrived at the administrators. Probably disappeared into the spam filter.

Just exactly what sort of spam are you receiving?? I'll bet it's mostly and not woodwork related.

NO SPAM ORIGINATES FROM THESE FORUMS. All information gathered for the purpose of membership and management of these forums is kept encoded and in the strictest confidence. Unless you have asked for your email address to be made public (which you haven't) no one can access it. So it is impossible for any spam to have originated from this site or any of its members.

You would probably do well to invest in Ad-Aware SE Pro and get rid if the trackers that are most likely abounding in your computer and sending out info to hundreds of spammers. Keep away from sites and almost any site with pop ups.

I will not delete you as a member as it completely disrupts all threads you have participated in I will however ban you as a user if you wish. This will leave your posts in tact. If you do not wish to be banned speak now or forever hold your piece.

Neil Ellis
Owner of Woodwork Forums
Head Administrator

[Robert WA]

Quote: "If you do not wish to be banned speak now or forever hold your piece."

I think that should be "peace" Neil. Holding his piece may be the reason he is so unhappy. It might be a very small piece.

[Daddles]

No, no, no. Neil was referring to the piece of wood he whops himself on the head with before going to bed of a night.

Richard

[kiwigeo]

Qyn,

Why dont you post up an example of this spam complete with expanded header information and maybe we can help you with your problem.

Martin

[outback]

Quote: "If you do not wish to be banned speak now or forever hold your piece."

I think that should be "peace" Neil. Holding his piece may be the reason he is so unhappy. It might be a very small piece.
Nope, Neil had it right. :D

Like I said
Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor

Missing a few buttons on his remote control

The wheels spinning but the hamsters dead

Doesn't have all the chairs around the table

The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train ain't coming.

[JackoH]

Fried Spam, tomatoes and mushies, on toast.Yum Yum!
(A couple of feathers short of a Doona?)

[Kris.Parker1]

Qyn - A European scallop used as food (definition).

I to have never received spam from anywhere. I also have a spam filter. I do not know how you got spam, but maybe as a hint you shouldn't sign up to so many sites...

[kiwigeo]

Qyn - A European scallop used as food (definition).

I to have never received spam from anywhere. I also have a spam filter. I do not know how you got spam, but maybe as a hint you shouldn't sign up to so many sites...

With your email address proudly on display at the bottom of your posts I wouldnt be surprised if within a few weeks you start getting a torrent of spam. Youre a brave man.

[echnidna]

Fried Spam, tomatoes and mushies, on toast.Yum Yum!
(A couple of feathers short of a Doona?)

think I'll go and have lunch early today :) :) :) :) :)

[Cliff Rogers]

With your email address proudly on display at the bottom of your posts I wouldnt be surprised if within a few weeks you start getting a torrent of spam. Youre a brave man.Yeah, I agree with that, there is heaps of 'spider' software out there that trolls for valid e-mail addresses on web pages, I wouldn't display my normal e-mail address either.

The one place that I do display an e-mail address on a web page is a special address so I know it will get hit with spam & I can filter anything to that address.

Even the e-mail address that I use when I sign up to forums is not my normal address, it's a web mail address that gets filtered.

[Jon]

I just want to know which one of you sent my email address to the Viagra companies?
Every morning I get two or three offering me nasel sprays, tablets etc. I don't need them, honest I dont.

Jon (feeling a little insecure) :o

[barnsey]

I just want to know which one of you sent my email address to the Viagra companies?
Every morning I get two or three offering me nasel sprays, tablets etc. I don't need them, honest I dont.

Jon (feeling a little insecure) :o

Yeah me to - and pirated software, pharmacuticals, male and female anatomy enhancers guaranteeing 30% bigger longer whatever - Neil you should be ashamed with us having to put up with this crap :rolleyes: And I thought it was SWMBO handing my email address out :eek:

qyn - 2 pieces of advice

let go of that piece your holding on to - actually it must be two coz you can't get that silly playing with one :eek:

Get some anti virus/spam software there are lots of free ones but McAfee IMHO is as good as it gets.

[JackoH]

What don't you need Jon, the spam or the drugs?
(Be very careful what you put up your nose! and if you must take Viagra swallow it very quickly!)

[qyn]

You've all made your opinions known.

I have already conceded it is not coming from here. The other forums were for dog grooming and german shepherd dogs and I'm a female so maybe that will give you another excuse to have a go at me. Yes, all the spam is , viagra or male performance related as indicated in the email subject. I can't post any because they get deleted immediately which meant I deleted something hidden amongst them that I didn't meant to which is why I was originally so ****** off. Not that I think anything I have said deserves the reaction recieved.

Sure, there are other sources of spam but in 8 years of internet use this is the first time I have recieved any and it only happened since I joined here. So, just like a woman no doubt, this forum copped the blame. I suppose it was just a coincidence but I could not see anywhere else where male oriented spammers would see me as a male.

The spam filters I have used have stopped me getting some things I did need but I will try the ones mentioned here plus another suggestion from elsewhere.

So howsabout we just call it quits for this topic. Ban me or not as you wish but as this is not the source of what I am recieving then it won't make any difference anyway. I do still like this website for it's wealth of information and most of it's participants. Some of you do tend to get a bit carried away and unforgiving but ......... I'll forgive you any rude comments if you do the same.

[outback]

I'm happy to call it quits and start again. Howver I believe here as in life, if you lead with your chin, someone will hit it. You have probably worked that out by now though.

Cos ya nuthin' but a dopey sheila I am happy to forgive and forget. :D I will not however, fail to get carried away on a whim and become dogmatic if I wish. That's me, like it or put me on your ignore list.

[silentC]

Interesting phenomenon isn't it? When you're anonymous, people feel they can say whatever they want to whoever they want. I bet very few people here would talk to someone like that face to face. It's a bit like road rage I suppose.

Not being critical, just making an observation. I've had my fun with various faceless people too.

Now why don't you all pee off and get off my computer screen?

:D

[Gumby]

Well, I'm prepared to forgive and forget too.

(who were we talking about again ?) :D

[Bob Willson]

Hi qyn
Welcome to the woodworkers forum. I hope you enjoy your stay here and that we learn something from you. :D

[MathewA]

Interesting phenomenon isn't it? When you're anonymous, people feel they can say whatever they want to whoever they want. I bet very few people here would talk to someone like that face to face. It's a bit like road rage I suppose.

Not being critical, just making an observation. I've had my fun with various faceless people too.

Now why don't you all pee off and get off my computer screen?

:D
Faceless!?!?! What do mean my face is right there in my avitar winkin at ya:D

No apologies needed Gyn we were just takin the pee out of ya. So can I interest you in some Viagra or penis enlargement pills...

[ubeaut]

Just out of interest.... Got a son, daughter or partner who may have accessed a site on your computer some time during the last few months. All may protest their inocence but don't believe them, because it's London to a brick on that someone has if you are getting that sort of spam. It may have only been once, it may have been inadvertantly done and only for a split second but that's all it takes for them to latch on to you.

The beginning of the spam may also have coencided with a change of Internet Service Provider. Many employ their own spam filters but not all do and sometimes they don't work very well. Some have even dropped their filters.

Just trying to help out. Really hate banning members, especially for no good reason. So far all the banned ones have well and truely deserved it, you don't.

Cheers - Neil

[ozwinner]

I surf the sites on a regular basis, I still dont get any spam. :o

I feel left out.

Al :mad:

[MathewA]

I surf the sites on a regular basis, I still dont get any spam. :o

I feel left out.

Al :mad:

Would ya like some... I can set ya up with an email bomb if ya like:D

[Zed]

if you must suft sites try this :

turn off all cookies except ones coming from ubeaut!
run adaware, spybot, spyware doctor, antivir every day or so and update thier definitions regularly
run windows xp2 firewall turn on auto update enable
use a harware router to shield you from the net
turn off pop ups. dont subscribe to anything.

I dont surf except wheen one of the freaks on this board posts his own photo and I need to cleanse my memory - Sir stinkalots school photo comes to mind; Shudder!!!(hah!@!!!) so I only assume this will help you out but I rarely get spam and hardly ever have to rebuild my registry or hard drive. truely!

:D

[outback]

Interesting phenomenon isn't it? When you're anonymous, people feel they can say whatever they want to whoever they want. I bet very few people here would talk to someone like that face to face. It's a bit like road rage I suppose.

Not being critical, just making an observation. I've had my fun with various faceless people too.

Now why don't you all pee off and get off my computer screen?

:D
I've read this two or three times, and I reckon it is being critical, not undeserved, not harsh, even constructive, but criticism none the less. I agree with the road rage a bit though, guess human nataure means ya gotta be less subtle when when there is some separation.

I'll try and be a good boy from now on, I feel a bit guilty, cos I know I'm probably more guilty than most.









Oh by the way yer all a bunch of low life scum bags. :D

[silentC]

I reckon it is being critical
Nah, it wasn't really. At least I didn't mean it to be. It just struck me that a lot of the stuff said here (not restricted to this post) would never be said in a face to face conversation. It's a bit of fun but stepping back you can see how people might get upset about it.

Like once when I mouthed a few choice words at this bloke who cut me off. When he got out of his car to come back and discuss it with me, I couldn't help noticing that he was much taller than his posture in the car implied and he had certainly been working out. I wound down the window and told him I was singing to the radio. :o Fortunately, I had Triple J playing at the time, so he had to give me the benefit of the doubt.

[Cliff Rogers]

I'm with Niel on this... I fix computers for a living & the FIRST question I ask any home user with a 'slow' problem is "Do you have kids?" The 2nd question is "Are the teenagers?" if the say yes to both I tell them "I can fix it BUT... no warranty 'cos they'll break it again in the next 2 weeks for sure."

Seriously, no sheyet... we have more problems with bludy Spyware than Viruses these days.
I use an ADSL Router with a built in firewall, Spybot V1.3, Zonealarm, Vet, XP SP2 & I keep IE right up to date.... I still get some spam but I use Mailwasher & dob in the spammers to Spamcop.

[qyn]

Thanks Neil and others,

For both the suggestions and advice. Accessing sites is a remote possibility, as the pc is available to many others even though it is mostly business related.

I have to say I've learnt a lesson (or three) through this so it's not been wasted. CYA later.:D :o

[Cliff Rogers]

....the pc is available to many others even though it is mostly business related.......
Are they blokes????
Do the work later than you do????
If you said yes to all of the about, your computer might need a wash, with soap...... :D

Do you know how to look through the 'History'?
Even if the history has been deleted, there is HEAPS to be found in the Tempory Internet folder..... it will give you dates, times & sites visited.

[Coldamus]

I've also been getting the "Viagra" type spam. I don't surf sites and I doubt that SWMBO does. A couple of points to note:

Have you noticed the deliberate mis-spelling of words such as "Viagra" in the subject line of these emails to fool spam filters. In some cases, words are made up of a mixture of letters, numbers and symbols (e.g. substituting 1 for l or i or 0 for O etc.)

I am fairly sure my receipt of the "Viagra" type spam is somehow related to my use of ebay. I have been buying and selling stuff on ebay recently and was getting two of these emails every day, regular as clockwork. I noticed when I reduced my ebay activity, the spam also reduced. Currently I don't have any items listed on ebay and haven't received this type of spam for several days.

I'm not suggesting that ebay themselves are responsible, though they certainly have the data and capability. More likely someone has figured out how to extract the email addresses of sellers (and perhaps buyers) from the ebay database to target.

Until recently I've also been receiving spam job offers and offers of payment for reviewing books etc. These were just bait to confirm the recipient's email address and obtain further personal details to allow more selective spam marketing.

In that case, I know they originally got my email address from a friend's address book. (i.e. they used a trojan to collect all contact addresses in that person's address book). Fortunately my precautions prevented them harvesting my address book also.

What I am suggesting here is that you can get spam email through no fault of your own. All it takes is for one of your friends or business contacts to be slack in protecting the privacy of their address book. Once you are on such a spam list it is difficult to get off it. I have had to resort to changing my email address and giving some of my slacker friends the old defunct address.

regards
Coldamus

[echnidna]

I use ebay a bit and don't attribute spam to it.
Don't get viagra spam - don't need the stuff anyway.

[Coldamus]

I use ebay a bit and don't attribute spam to it.It may not be as directly related to ebay as that. For example I have dealt with numerous purchasers and sellers on ebay and am now in their address books. They would not be the same buyers and sellers that you dealt with.

It does seem more than coincidental that the spam tapered off as soon as I wound down my ebay selling activities. The other evidence for it being ebay related is that I have several email addresses and use the one that was targeted only for this forum and ebay. I had already ruled out this forum for the reasons that Neil enumerated.

regards
Coldamus

[Dusty]

Me, too, I've also been getting the Viagra type spams, so I thought "What the heck, I'll order some". Anyway, the stuff seems pretty damn good.

What I've been doing is, due to my life long struggle with poor memory I've been prescribed Ginseng to help improve in that area, so lately I've been mixing the Ginseng with equal parts Viagra, and no kidding, immediately I began thinking harder than I ever have.

Serious. True story.

[Daddles]

Me, too, I've also been getting the Viagra type spams, so I thought "What the heck, I'll order some". Anyway, the stuff seems pretty damn good.

What I've been doing is, due to my life long struggle with poor memory I've been prescribed Ginseng to help improve in that area, so lately I've been mixing the Ginseng with equal parts Viagra, and no kidding, immediately I began thinking harder than I ever have.

Serious. True story.

Dusty, are you familiar with the MEDICAL PROFESSION? :confused:

Richard

[Dusty]

Richard, are you familiar with light hearted humour? T'was only a joke.

[ubeaut]

Sorry to burst your bubble folks but you will ALL be getting spam...... It just isn't getting through to your computers as in most cases it will be caught at the point of entry by your ISP.

Coldamus - The most likely reason why it tapered off after eBay will be because your server caught a few new ones that had slipped through the net.

I choose to monitor the spam myself with a program called Spam Bully. We can receive up to 400 or more spams a day all of which could have been pulled out before they arrived at the computer, however point of entry deletion can also grab good emails and delete them as well, meaning you may miss important message from someone.

We regularly monitor the Spam file and often will pull out as many as 4 or 5 emails that weren't spam. Once retrieved they can be marked as good emails and allowed to come through to the inbox in future. Our way isn't infallible as a few intended emails still go missing especially after returning from a WWW Show or similar to around 3,000 bits of spam. We then dump the lot and hope there wasn't anything too important in there.

A lot of emails that end up in the spam file are from members of these forums that have no subject in the email or have re: as the subject, these are typical spam ploys and are usually taken out by most spam filters. For this reason alone I often wonder just how many good emails disappear at the server never to be seen by the intended recipient.

Rant mode off.

Cheers - Neil :)

PS Personally I reckon the mongrels that perpetuate spam, be it on the internet or over the phone or fax should all be soundly beaten http://www.ubeaut.biz/bash.gif and flushed down the http://www.ubeaut.biz/smiledunny.gif to a sewer somewhere away from society. Yeah, a bit harsh, I know......... Oh well it's probably better than http://www.ubeaut.biz/shot.gif
or
http://www.ubeaut.biz/chainsaw.gif

[echnidna]

pity we couldnt set it up so that the spammers automatically respond to other spammers points of sale. End result we would see spammers spamming spammers.

[outback]

"pop" the sound of my bubble bursting, thanks Neil. :D

Does this mean the email notifying me of my lottery win probably went west?

Well why did the one telling me I'd won the Nigerian Lottery, just send all your money, get through?

[AlexS]

PS Personally I reckon the mongrels that perpetuate spam, be it on the internet or over the phone or fax should all be soundly beaten http://www.ubeaut.biz/bash.gif and flushed down the http://www.ubeaut.biz/smiledunny.gif to a sewer somewhere away from society. Yeah, a bit harsh, I know......... Oh well it's probably better than http://www.ubeaut.biz/shot.gif
or
http://www.ubeaut.biz/chainsaw.gif


Personally, I reckon you're too soft on them! :mad:

[silentC]

And guess what? Most of 'em are Americans :eek: