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Skriven 2005-01-08 15:09:00 av ROBERT FOWLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JAY EMRIE
Ärende: Re: Spam
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-=> JAY EMRIE wrote to ROBERT FOWLER <=-
 
 RF> All I can say is that you wouldn't get very far in today's business
 RF> world with that kind of restriction.  I suspect more people today
 RF> avoid using their names in their e-mail addresses than do.

 JE> First off, I am NOT in todays business world - I retired some years
 JE> back - thank the Lord.

 JE> Secondly, to even be considered as valid email, a name/address does not
 JE> necessarily have to have a persons name or address. It MUST, however,
 JE> have a somewhat believable name; not asdgertgf@twfgh.net.ur or the
 JE> like. How about something like: jht@aol.com or tom@mindspring.com????
 JE> Doesn't give a clue as to a persons actual name nor that it doesn't
 JE> contain a virus or illegal sales pitch. It is, however, much less
 JE> suspicious, but still warrants care.

 But most SPAM doesn't contain virii.  The reason for blocking it is
 to reduce wasted time.  As you also probably know, there can be only
 ONE user of any ID.  That means that jht@aol is probably taken.  You
 want jht, you would probably be offered something like jht43@aol.com.

 I inferred from you previous post that you would automatically consider
 that SPAM.

 What about those who use "handles" as their ID, something quite popular
 among the younger generation.  TWINSMAMA@isp.com or ILUVTIMMY@isp.com?
 Again, there's nothing to point to a name, so my inference from your
 previous post is that you automatically call these SPAM?

 JE> Sure, I know that even that type can contain a virus. That is what
 JE> virus checkers are for. Even if not 100% perfect, they do catch nearly
 JE> all viruses if kept up to date and a bit of common sense being used.

 Yes, but the choice of an ID is NOT supposed to suggest that the e-mail
 is virus free or legitimate.  

 JE> Also, when I receive an email with an odd name, address and view it in
 JE> Mailwasher's preview and see nothing but a mishmash of words then I
 JE> delete it. Same deletion criterion applies to subject of "low cost
 JE> meds", "refinance", "low interest rates". etc.

 What might be a mishmash of words to you, is meaningful perhaps, but
 obscure enough to allow the choice to be duplicated over numerous
 mail accounts.  I use HLAB27, for example.  To those familiar with
 HLA typing, the significance is obvious.  The typical user OTOH, probably
 thinks that it is gibberish.

 JE> In effect, managing the San Antonio International Photographic Salon is
 JE> a BUSINESS, even though non-profit. I applied my reasoning to hundreds
 JE> of emails received from world wide communicants and never had a
 JE> misstep.

 Could be, but then how would you know?  Once an e-mail is blocked,
 you're cut off, unless the sender chooses to contact you by another
 route.

 JE> Between a good mail preview program (MailWasher) and a good virus
 JE> checker (Avast) I have been free of viruses and scams for quite a few
 JE> years, except for the one time I opened a suspicious email out of
 JE> curiosity, feeling relatively safe, having just updated my virus sigs.
 JE> Got a virus. Turned out it was new and NONE of the virus checking
 JE> programs had a sig for it. Most did the next day though. :-(

 JE> In summation, I believe my procedures would work quite well if I were
 JE> actually in business.

 Not sure what you mean about "procedures", since I was responding
 basically to your remarks about the USERNAME only.

 Regards,

 Robert Fowler

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