[Icom] spam and ARRL

Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:23:39 +0200

I have never got spam from ARRL. I do only use my @arrl.net account to a
small innercircle of radio amateurs.

73  Per OZ1EQC

[email protected]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Manthe" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Icom] spam and ARRL

> Some people think the ARRL is the root of all evil...
>
> Generally, people use their ARRL address when they post anything for sale
or
> ask any amateur related questions on the net. Hence, when the spiders and
> spambots pour over those web pages, Usenet news postings and archived
> messages from the various mailing lists that people belong to, including
> this one, they often pick up the arrl.net address. The more you put your
> e-mail address out on the net, the more spam you're going to get. This has
> nothing to do with the ARRL, nor is it the fault of the ARRL. Their
> forwarding service is simply forwarding the stuff that's sent their way-
it
> doesn't originate any mail. If you want to cut down on the amount of spam
> you get, never post your e-mail address ANYWHERE on the net, including
here,
> QRZ.com, eHam.net or any of the Usenet news groups.
>
> Generally spam is our own fault, in the sense that somewhere we've made an
> errant choice regarding giving out of our e-mail addresses. I never got
spam
> on my ARRL account until I posted that address a couple of times in ads. A
> regrettable mistake, but the fault is mine, not the ARRL's.
>
> 73,
> Scott, N9AI
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:49 PM
> Subject: [Icom] spam and ARRL
>
>
> > 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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> > Active since June 1956 Extra since
> > Jan 1970
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