OK, So I must have had a moment of idiocy...

Andrew SPAM Magnet · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I actualy put my real email address on one of my postings
in this forum. What an idiot I am! I have gotten no less
then 300 emails over the last 2 days from "Microsoft"
claiming to be sending me the latest update..."Please run
my virus". Unfortunately, Outlook 2003 doesn't seem to
think it is SPAM and is letting EVERYTHING through.
Just a reminder folks...unless you want to test your SPAM
filters, don't use a real email address here...

Andrew (the bonehead)

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Martin Tuip [MVP] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 8

This isn't just something that has to do with Microsoft ... this will happen
with any newsgroup. Spam robots scavenge newsgroups for legitimate email
addresses inside postings.

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"Andrew SPAM Magnet" wrote in message$6cd6b3b0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I actualy put my real email address on one of my postings
> in this forum. What an idiot I am! I have gotten no less
> then 300 emails over the last 2 days from "Microsoft"
> claiming to be sending me the latest update..."Please run
> my virus". Unfortunately, Outlook 2003 doesn't seem to
> think it is SPAM and is letting EVERYTHING through.
> Just a reminder folks...unless you want to test your SPAM
> filters, don't use a real email address here...
>
> Andrew (the bonehead)

Chris · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Yeah, that happen to me too. -jerks!
I wonder, what would happen if instead my email I use
theirs ???

rmnewc@concentric.com
jrbp@eircom.net

>-----Original Message-----
>This isn't just something that has to do with
Microsoft ... this will happen
>with any newsgroup. Spam robots scavenge newsgroups for
legitimate email
>addresses inside postings.
>
>----------------------------------------------
>Martin Tuip
>MVP Exchange
>Exchange 2000 List owner
>www.exchange-mail.org
>exchange2000-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
>----------------------------------------------
>
>"Andrew SPAM Magnet" wrote in message
>$6cd6b3b0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> I actualy put my real email address on one of my
postings
>> in this forum. What an idiot I am! I have gotten no
less
>> then 300 emails over the last 2 days from "Microsoft"
>> claiming to be sending me the latest update..."Please
run
>> my virus". Unfortunately, Outlook 2003 doesn't seem to
>> think it is SPAM and is letting EVERYTHING through.
>> Just a reminder folks...unless you want to test your
SPAM
>> filters, don't use a real email address here...
>>
>> Andrew (the bonehead)
>
>
>.
>

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 191

They're probably spoofing the sender, so you may just have given someone the
eternal gift of junk mail and SWEN viruses, or at the very least put more
load on those servers as they have to send NDRs for all the new junk mail
and SWEN messages that will be sent to them.

Chris wrote:
> Yeah, that happen to me too. -jerks!
> I wonder, what would happen if instead my email I use
> theirs ???
>

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> This isn't just something that has to do with
> Microsoft ... this will happen
>> with any newsgroup. Spam robots scavenge newsgroups for legitimate
>> email addresses inside postings.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> Martin Tuip
>> MVP Exchange
>> Exchange 2000 List owner
>> www.exchange-mail.org
>> exchange2000-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
>> ----------------------------------------------
>>
>> "Andrew SPAM Magnet" wrote in message
>> $6cd6b3b0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I actualy put my real email address on one of my postings
>>> in this forum. What an idiot I am! I have gotten no less
>>> then 300 emails over the last 2 days from "Microsoft"
>>> claiming to be sending me the latest update..."Please run
>>> my virus". Unfortunately, Outlook 2003 doesn't seem to
>>> think it is SPAM and is letting EVERYTHING through.
>>> Just a reminder folks...unless you want to test your SPAM
>>> filters, don't use a real email address here...
>>>
>>> Andrew (the bonehead)
>>
>>
>> .

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