How I handle spam and a new question: Dialog ads
I have had emails that were professionally designed htm emails, and they
even had "unsubscribe" pages that's missing a submit button or even if
you unsubscribed, the spam just kept coming in. I never got
unsubscribed although I had never subscribed to the mailings.
The spam url directed me to a http://www.spindle123.com/someoage.htm or
sometimes http://ww2.spindle123.com/somepage.htm Go to the main
homepage spindle123.com and you'll find a blank page. Even their
hosting info at www.whois.net is fake.
Finally, I decided to go to the extreme of actually signing up at the
promoted GIVE ME MORE INFO OR CALL ME page (with fake addresses and
numbers of course), etc just so I know whose service and website the
spammer was promoting. I found out that ONE of the websites the spammer
was promoting was a debt relief consolidation company. I forwarded the
whole spam to the web owner of that debt relief consolidation company
hoping they'll take some action.
I intend to do this for most spam that I receive (as long as I have the
extra time to do so but right now I only have ONE spammer promoting all
sorts of services from debt relief to porn sites). I can easily install
a spam filter but that doesn't nab spam at the root. Business sites
need to take their affiliates' spam seriously and if they don't, their
ISPs should close down their sites.
Anyway, I now have a question not spam-related. Does anyone has any
information on dialog boxes that CAN'T be stopped by software? Was
there ever such advertising so far (not the normal and javascript
pop-ups)? If it can be done, then I predict this will be the next
"trend".
Any input is most appreciated. :)
Kat
http://wheresthe.singlescrowd.com
Received on Fri Oct 10 2003 - 10:24:31 CDT
