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"Spam increase to Freeola email"

Sorry it's always me...;¬)


Any other Freeola users noticed an increase in SPAM recently?

We've just had a pretty good run of low levels of SPAM, but for the large range of domain/emails I look after I can see a recent increase.


If there's anything Freeola can check/update it would be appreciated.

Am I right in thinking SPAM email samples sent as attachments via Outlook are still no use to you?


Thanks.
[s]Hmmm...[/s]

Just to update...
I see there's now an Email item on the Status Page...


...It's closed now :¬)









[s]Hmmm...[/s]

pete_21 wrote:
> Yes guys,same here I'm afraid :(
>
> I had a trojan (W32 variety) come through as an email attachment
> as well a couple of days ago..I haven't had anything like that in
> years ?.ESET detected though and I just deleted the thing.But
> yes,noticeably more manhood enhancing mails than usual ? :(

I'm getting the usual manhood enhancements plus Rolex watches and now Russian brides......

Dragonlance wrote:

I'm getting the usual manhood enhancements plus Rolex watches and now Russian brides......

Nothing attracts Russian women more than a bloke with a fake Rolex watch and an enhanced manhood DL ! :)

You too huh?!

That's precisely what I'm getting.

N.

pete_21 wrote:
> Dragonlance wrote:
>
> I'm getting the usual manhood enhancements plus Rolex watches and
> now Russian brides......
>
> Nothing attracts Russian women more than a bloke with a fake
> Rolex watch and an enhanced manhood DL ! :)

I do try...so Mrs DL says ha ha

I was talking earlier to a colleague about spam and recalling the 'best' ones we ever received.I remembered one I had come through on a Lineone account I had a few years ago..It said 'break down walls with your big c**k'.Made me laugh anyway :)

As another poster said I'm also seeing the 'spoofing' of email addresses which is rather worrying!

It's happening 'between' accounts listed in MyFreeola - i.e. account 'A' spoofed to send an email to account 'Z'...

I'm also seeing spam to Freeola addresses that have never been made public so it must be a pretty good dictionary attack or they've been very clever :(

Hopefully I'm not the only one sending (attaching) emails to abuse@freeola to hopefully improve the situation?

Any update from Freeola is, as always welcomed.

[s]Hmmm...[/s]

Hmmm... wrote:
> As another poster said I'm also seeing the 'spoofing' of email
> addresses which is rather worrying!
>
> It's happening 'between' accounts listed in MyFreeola - i.e.
> account 'A' spoofed to send an email to account 'Z'...
>
> I'm also seeing spam to Freeola addresses that have never been
> made public so it must be a pretty good dictionary attack or
> they've been very clever :(
>
> Hopefully I'm not the only one sending (attaching) emails to
> abuse@freeola to hopefully improve the situation?
>
> Any update from Freeola is, as always welcomed.

Can only agree with you Hmmm - a tremendous increase both in volume and subject matter and now including foreign language ones.....it's a veritable deluge:-)

Hmmm... wrote:

> I'm also seeing spam to Freeola addresses that have never been
> made public so it must be a pretty good dictionary attack or
> they've been very clever :(

Just a thought,is anyone on here (with a Freeola email address obviously) not receiving these emails ?.Is it all Freeola accounts,all Enta accounts or just certain ones ?.I have an old virgin.net account (haven't used it in years) but I still receive emails through it.Don't get any whatsoever through that ?.

FWIW ESET's spam filter is pretty good at filtering them out when they come through.Not really a fix but at least I don't have to read through the damn things.

Maybe someone left a window open in Freeola's 'des res':-)