[Scspamcop] Re: General Spam Question

[antioch]

"David Bolt" <blacklist-me at davjam.org> wrote in message 
news:RFhG6Q9OZ8LHFwdm at dev.null.davjam.org...
> On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, antioch wrote:-
>
> <snip>
>
>>Agreed - there was no direct question in  the initial post but in my reply
>>to David Bolt I asked the following questions:- "One of the things I was
>>wondering was who/what/how that [SPAM] is getting
>>there.
>
> AFAIK, Virgin Media/NTL/Blueyonder have a spam filter in place. From
> what another Virgin Media user says in another anti-spam forum, it's not
> that good, but it's quite possible that that is the source of the
> [SPAM*].
>
>>The other was why am I getting spam addressed to other email addresses."
>
> That would be because the spammer added your address to the BCC header.
> The BCC stands for Blind Carbon Copy, and is almost identical to a CC,
> or carbon copy, except that usually you won't see your address in the
> To: or CC: headers.
>
>>> Help fight spam by "educating" the lax, zombie-hosting ISPs:
>>> http://pages.infinit.net/filmore/educateYourISP.htm
>>
>>Oh I do - ntl/virgin have them - some work in their customer services
>>technical department :-)
>>If I get to the bottom of this I will post back - probably after Xmas :-(
>
> I'm glad you didn't specify a year.
>
>>Thanks you to all - I think I might also have gotten away with crossing
>>swords with M.E.  Phew!
>
> :-)
>
>
> Regards,
>        David Bolt

Hi David
I have, since reading the responses, looked at this Bcc/To business and at 
last I can say I have some better understanding - something which I had 
never thought of - and I thank those here who have brought it to my 
attention.
I have also noticed after looking at some of this spam(in a safe 
environment)that some are packed with To addresses, with and without mine.
Shortly after virgin took over ntl, the antivirus/spyware/spam filter prog 
changed and one was asked to 'upgrade/update'.
I cannot remember what the ntl antispam prog was(could have been Brightmail) 
but it was great.  I perhaps got 1 or 2 a day.
It was one of, if not the first, to deal effectively with the .gif spam.
This one is, for the moment, crap and since having it, as I have said, 
anything between 40-50 turn up in my 'honeypot' email.
However, I have been promised a telephone call later today, from a 'senior 
member' of tech help.
That email to HQ might have worked.
So, I may have a solution before Xmas :-)

Rgds
Antioch