Hi All,
Wasn't sure which board to put this question under, so I've ended up here. Move it if needs be, no problem.
Just a quick question about Spam emails. I'm not really sure how a "spammer" operates, but having bought my own domain name, if I use a simple email address such as jim@mydomain.com, is that more likely to be picked up and hit by spam than a more complex email address such as jimmy.another@mydomain.com ? Or is it simply down to what sites I leave my email address on?
Thanx.
It's down to the sites you use the email address on Sparky.
I was hoping that was the case. Thanks Rik.
Well, some just seem to be random name generators... :/
QuoteWell, some just seem to be random name generators... :/
Ah. Well that's what I thought, so does that mean if you only use a short common name, it's more likely to get spammed than a longer uncommon one?
Assuming your domain is parked, you'll be inundated with spam regardless of what you choose to use. In fact you don't even need to set an address, your domain will still get spammed. If the address doesn't exist it's sent to a default. The last time I cleared out zappadpj.com I'd collected around 250,000 offers to improve my life :laugh:
Not sure how, but I got a domain name when Windows Live were giving them out free a couple of years ago (though I now have to pay something like £10pa) and, touch wood, the related e-mail addresses have never had any spam. (If they do now, I'll know who to blame). EDIT: and it isn't what you think.
Fortunately my domain has never had any spam to its catch-all address. Fingers crossed it stays like that!
They can't spell your domain name. ;)
Quote from: Lance on Nov 21, 2011, 16:57:06
Fortunately my domain has never had any spam to its catch-all address. Fingers crossed it stays like that!
That would be a first for me. I own well over 50 domains (all parked) and they all attract some level of spam even if there's no associated content. It's never an issue, I just delete the contents via cPanel but I'm intrigued to know how you avoid it.
Quote from: zappaDPJ on Nov 21, 2011, 19:15:21
That would be a first for me. I own well over 50 domains (all parked) and they all attract some level of spam even if there's no associated content. It's never an issue, I just delete the contents via cPanel but I'm intrigued to know how you avoid it.
I guess a good starting point is having a more unusual TLD. Mine is .me rather than .co.uk or .com.
That might indeed make it less of a target, the majority of mine are either .com or .co.uk.
Other tip is be careful where you use it.
I use my .com for CVs or if I am contacting a company or other organisation about something official.
For the rest of the stuff I use free webmail accounts.
I also use a mail host that employs greylisting (MX server ignores the first SMTP connection attempt, a genuine server will retry several times, a spam relay will not)
I use grey listing on my server too.
Quote from: Lance on Nov 21, 2011, 21:29:37
I guess a good starting point is having a more unusual TLD. Mine is .me rather than .co.uk or .com.
I do not get any either and mine is .net
Colin