Spam e-mails

[Leg Humper]

I have recently had a lot of spam emails delivered to my disposable address which was created specifically for this site and has not been used anywhere else. Do you have any comments? Has the site been hacked?

[Sunflower]

Maybe Tarpy is better placed to answer this one. I have a unique email address for here too however I don't get spam.

[Leg Humper]

I guess I'm just lucky the lucky one then. I have the opportunity to grow a penis that will reach around the world, the drugs to keep it permanantly stiff, and I can even get my breasts enhanced. :rotfl:

Actually it is of no great consequence as Yahoo manages to filter them all into the SPAM folder. I was just suprised to see them being sent to this particular email address. There can't be many people out there with an address including the words leg humper, yet alone the other identifers. Maybe Yahoo have had an intruder. You can bet that they wouldn't tell anyone?

[TarPy]

It's not us... However, there's a way to run any possible name against the Yahoo servers and if it's server returns that it isn't a valid address, it moves on to another name, and saves anything yahoo terms deliverable.

So, they can harvest new accounts that have never been anywhere, try it sometime...

Make a new one, never use it, come back in 3 months, it can be astounding

Another theory is that Yahoo! at some level sells new member lists... which I'd believe

[Tally Ho]

Last Sunday I joind another forum-based site and in 5 days I had 1,475 spam e-mails!

[Leg Humper]

It's not us... However, there's a way to run any possible name against the Yahoo servers and if it's server returns that it isn't a valid address, it moves on to another name, and saves anything yahoo terms deliverable.

So, they can harvest new accounts that have never been anywhere, try it sometime...

Make a new one, never use it, come back in 3 months, it can be astounding

Another theory is that Yahoo! at some level sells new member lists... which I'd believe

I'd believe it too :)

[Leg Humper]

Last Sunday I joind another forum-based site and in 5 days I had 1,475 spam e-mails!

Damn that's just a tad too many :D

[KS]

Another theory is that Yahoo! at some level sells new member lists... which I'd believeMost people would call that a conspiracy theory but I could easily believe it.

[fishfryer]

Most people would call that a conspiracy theory but I could easily believe it.

I think they may have shot Kennedy :innocent:

[KS]

I think they may have shot Kennedy :innocent:Oh My God They Killed Kennedy!!! Those Bastards!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[TarPy]

Damn that's just a tad too many :D


Tis, we're looking for evidence of the problem on our end. VBulletin has had security flaws in the past.

[toady]

Oh My God They Killed Kennedy!!! Those Bastards!!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:characters like you two is one of the things makes one come back!

[Tally Ho]

Damn that's just a tad too many :D

Yeah 6 days later and another 1100, never had one until I joined callkelly either.