Update Re: [TFN-help] soo much chinese spam (fwd)

Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay tfn-help@torfree.net
Tue, 24 Jun 2003 23:59:42 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Kenneth Alan Boyd Ramsay wrote:

> On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Al Aab wrote:

<SNIP>

> > is it possible to change my log-id from af137 to something
> > unknown to china spammers ?
>
> Yes.  It is possible to keep changing your e-mail address, trying to keep
> ahead of the spammers.  There are numerous free web-based e-mail sites,
> such as http://www.bigfoot.com, http://www.mypad.com, etc.

I have just heard that Bigfoot has a serious problem between them and
Bellsouth that they are trying to sort out.  A Google search for
"free web mail" turned up Hotmail, among others - which seems OK.

Boyd Ramsay

cx555@torfree.net