[Icom] spam and ARRL

Fri, 27 Jun 2003 03:49:22 +0000

The ARRL address is a forwarding address only.  Like a pipeline, or relay (which
is what it is.)  Mail sent there is forwarded to the real address.  What he is
saying is he interupted that 'relay' and his spam disappeared, which suggests
the majority of spam is being relayed through the ARRL address.  But like noted
below, I have had an ARRL address for several years also, and have received very
little spam via that route, though for a short period last year there was a
sudden and brief increase.  ARRL resolved that problem for then, but they say
there is pretty much nothing they can do about it now when it does occur.  So
you are right - making the address go away makes the spam go away.  But in this
case it also shows the majority of spam is not arriving addressed to his real
address but to the ARRL relay.  

73
Ed, W5HTW

Yeah, well, duh.  I you were using that for your address then killing it
would make the spam go away.

What's your point?  If you were using [email protected] and quit using that
then the spam going there would go away too.

Nothing to do with ARRL, everything to do with use of *any* address.

Mike WA0SXV

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Mike Olbrisch
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 20:32
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Icom] arrl e- mail spem help please

Hmmmm...  when I turned off my ARRL account, most of my spam went away.
What more do I need to know?

Mike.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Mike Mellinger WA0SXV
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 1:21 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Icom] arrl e- mail spem help please
>
>
> I have had an arrl.net address for at least three years.  I
> have half a
> dozen other email addresses.  I receive maybe 50-100 spams a
> day.  I have
> *never* received a spam message to the arrl.net address.
>
> Why?

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