Re: spam (limited harp content)

[Gatorharp@xxxxxxx]

Moandabluz@xxxxxxx writes:
<< I have noticed this since the list is back up. I have way too much junk in 
my 
 email. I keep this name just for harp-l and don't use it for anything else. 
 Today I logged on and I had 29 emails.. 23 of them were spam. Now, it's no 
 big deal to just delete them, but that's a pretty high ratio.. Is it just 
me, 
 or is there a lot more junk in recent weeks...  >>

i was gonna make a joke the other day that it seems somebody out there must 
think harp-lers have small penises and are impotent, what with all the 
enlargement and viagra offers i get.  not to mention anti-virus, spyware, 
hard disc cleaners
, and investment opportunities.
i've noticed this more on all of my e-mail accounts (three).  on my main and 
account and this one, i'm not totally surprised, since i have ventured into 
various consumer web sites from both.  this is part of how they find you.  
the third account is only about three months old, and i do nothing with it, 
but send band related e-mails.  i have studiously avoided going into any site 
from there, and i still get junk there, although it's only one piece a day or 
less...usually about norton anti-virus programs.
in addition to trailing where you've been, spammers evidently use software 
that will put together words and letter patterns in various combinations, and 
target those.  worse that happens is the address doesn't exist and it bounces 
back.  
also probably doesn't help that we're both aol subscribers...

i don't have an omnibender...

steven j gatorman