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Spam - Organised by ISP ?

  • 18-09-2005 4:02pm
    #1
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭


    Am I am the only one this is happening to?

    I signed up with a well known ISP who offers spam filtering/protection for €3 per month. I didn't take the option.

    Naturally when I signed up I got a brand new email address. The very first time I logged in to check/send mail I was flooded with spam. Now I would expect that over time I would get caught up in mailing lists etc and the spam would build up gradually. But a flood of spam on my first login is a bit much. I spoke to a friend who recently signed up with the same ISP but took up the €3 offer and he says he has never once had a spam email.

    Is this too much of a coincidence or what? Am I being spammed by my own ISP to squeeze an extra €3 per month out of me? This is almost a protection racket as far as I can see.

    What do you think? Am I being paranoid ?


Comments

  • #2
    SickCert
    Closed Accounts Posts: 538 ✭✭✭SickCert


    Do you have a junk mail filter setting?

    If so set it to high or medium, look for options or tools.


  • #3
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    The point is that its a brand new email address, it can't possibly be on spam lists...


  • #4
    jd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,701 ✭✭✭jd


    Mutant_Fruit wrote:
    The point is that its a brand new email address, it can't possibly be on spam lists...

    Dictionary attack or similar- eg I'd guess patmurphy@someisp.ie is good bet for receiving spam ?
    or did someone have that email address previously?
    jd


  • #5
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Fair point. But my name is Burke and I'm living in France. I'm not sure that it's all that common a name down here.


  • #6
    Laguna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Laguna


    It's more than a bit suspicious to be honest. I'm saying the obvious when I suspect them of forwarding your new email address to spam companies to make you get their anti spam software. Then again I am extremely cynical when it comes to ISP's..


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