On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:48:28 GMT, AlleyGator wrote:

> "Spud" > wrote:
>
> >Yep. SBC is a *KNOWN* propoGator of SPAM. It's how they make the
> >largest % of their income.
> >
>
> Seriously? I was very ticked off about the unused mail account thing
> that was full of spam. Do you happen to have any personal anecdotes
> about it? I would love to slam them if I could.

The ISP probably didn't do anything and the email address was probably
easy for a bot to figure out. Don't forget that spammers figure out
email addresses the same way telemarketing figures out telephone
numbers. It ain't brain surgery and there are a lot of duds - but
there are enough live ones to make it all worthwhile. So, if you want
to foil spammers, it's best to combine random letters and numbers as
your real email address.... and above all, don't publish it.