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Email Spam

  • 09-11-2002 12:40am
    #1
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭


    Has anyone recently got an email from "TrafficMagnet.com", trying to promote their crappy service? They (or their stinking automatic crawler software) seem to think boards.ie is "my" website?
    Hi

    I visited www.boards.ie, and noticed that you're not listed on some search engines! I think we can offer you a service which can help you increase traffic and the number of visitors to your website.

    Yeah. Right. Fuck off, spamwhores.


Comments

  • #2
    DeVore
    Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 32,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    Yeah, they are idiots. I dunno where they get the email addresses from because

    a. I'd suck my own eyeballs out then hand our list over to anyone.

    b. We've set up a few "trap" accounts to see if they are harvesting them somehow and they dont get these mails.

    We've also had mails being sent "purporting" to be from Boards but actually they are sent through open relays and disguised as being from us. They arent.

    If anyone gets anything like this please let us know.

    DeV.


  • #3
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    I had one waiting for me this morning too. Replied saying I had nothing to do with boards.ie (if it makes any difference) and then followed the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the page.


  • #4
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    yea
    i got it too


  • #5
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    Do you have boards.ie webspace with pages that contain your e-mail address on it? Or posted any posts containing your e-mail address contained? If so a bot of some sort has probably crawled the site and nabbed the info :/


  • #6
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Perhaps they're sifting through the members' webspace and picking up the email addys from there. Hence the 'I visited your site at www.boards.ie' line?


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  • #7
    DeadBankClerk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭DeadBankClerk


    Originally posted by Kharn
    I had one waiting for me this morning too. Replied saying I had nothing to do with boards.ie (if it makes any difference) and then followed the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the page.

    lol! :)


  • #8
    Blade
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Music Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,499 Mod ✭✭✭✭Blade


    NEVER follow the unsubscribe link FFS :)

    They use em to confirm your email address is active.


  • #9
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    www.mailwasher.net - filters out all sorts of annoying crap and bounces it back to the sender :)


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