NeonWizard Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 GENEVA--Millions of users may abandon the Internet and phone messaging systems unless governments and software companies join forces to block the spread of spam, key figures in an antispam drive said on Tuesday. The global battle against spammers who use the Internet to disseminate pornography, distribute unsolicited sales pitches and engage in the new menace of "phishing" can be won in two years, officials running a three-day U.N. meeting told a news conference. "If we don't work together," said Robert Shaw, Internet strategy expert with the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU), "we may see millions of people abandoning the Net entirely, out of frustration and disgust." Read Article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Something badly needs doing, although I never get spam since changing my e-mail address to something less likely to be picked up by an auto spammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Drovers Dog Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 :P I agree with Andsome, changing your email address helps, I was getting over 150 Spams a Day, to my Main Email address, not normally changeable, as it is the ISP's Link to the Account, but when I got my ISP to make that one invisible, which they can, my Spam stopped,. Be Warned!! This takes some time to set up, once it happens noone can contact you on that Address!!!Now I have an email Account set up with several free Providers, use them on new Sites I don't know!!Working nicely!If I get Spam, firstly, I block them, then, delete the account if they still come!Best advice>>> DON'T CLICK<<< on a Site you don't know!Best way to do it!!BTW: If you are setting up a new Account with an ISP, get them to make your Primary Email Address invisible, and use the Secondary one as your Main one!That way, if you get hit, you can simply change it!Jmho! :wub: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I'm with Bell Sympatico, and I have up to 6 differen't e-mail addresses on thier server. Free of charge with my monthly subscription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I think it is at times like this that we should turn to our wonderful government, and get them to pass laws to stop us being pestered with spam. The only thing that has so far stopped me approaching St Tony directly is the fact that I know what he would do. He would make it illegal to own a computer, and a six day amnesty would be announced for all spammers to hand in their codes. Thereafter, anyone doing more than ten miles an hour, in a built up area, on a mobile 'phone would be incarcerated (without anaesthetic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 He gets better! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 He gets better! :DWho does, Tony Blair?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 No, St Tony gets worse. I meant catgate :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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