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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I also have vendor specific addresses
setup on my domain including Manitoba Hydro, I have received 0
spam on that address since it was setup about 1 year ago.<br>
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On 15-04-26 12:44 PM, Hartmut W Sager wrote:<br>
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too have been using vendor-specific "from" addresses on my on
domains for a long time (e.g., <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:hws-sobeys@marityme.net">hws-sobeys@marityme.net</a>),
albeit for a different reason - to easily get rid of
"subscriptions" if a vendor doesn't want to honour an
unsubscribe request (all I do then is delete the
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span
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W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 25 April 2015 at 19:40, Bradford
C. Vokey <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:brad@fsi.ca" target="_blank">brad@fsi.ca</a>></span>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#660000"> Trevor Cordes (and
myself) use vendor specific email addresses when we sign
up for services (it's easy when you control your own
domain).<br>
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Manitoba Hydro sends me email to '<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:manitobahydro@yourowndomain.com"
target="_blank">manitobahydro@yourowndomain.com</a>'<br>
Shaw send me email to '<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:shaw@yourowndomain.com" target="_blank">shaw@yourowndomain.com</a>'<br>
...etc...<br>
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For several months now, both Trevor and myself have
noticed spammers using our Manitoba Hydro vendor
specific email addresses.<br>
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So how (and when) did Manitoba Hydro get their email
accounts list hacked?<br>
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If so, what else got hacked? Our per-authorized Debit
information?!?<br>
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If not, then did they actually sell their email accounts
lists to spam lists?<br>
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I can see spammers sending generic *names* to various
domains (ie. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:trevor@yourowndomain.com" target="_blank">trevor@yourowndomain.com</a>
or <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:brad@yourowndomain.com" target="_blank">brad@yourowndomain.com</a>)
but I can not see spammers sending 'manitobahydro' to
various domains without some per-initializing from
somewhere.<br>
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Just my rant for the week/day/hour...<br>
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...P.S. If anyone wants to meet some desperate Russian
chick feel free to believe in the spam...<br>
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Bradford C. Vokey<br>
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Treasurer<br>
Manitoba Unix User Group<br>
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<div>-------- Forwarded Message --------
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<td>Allow me to introduce ... to you.</td>
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<td>Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:14:40 +0300</td>
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<th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap"
valign="BASELINE">From: </th>
<td><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:mstanton@packeteer.com"
target="_blank">mstanton@packeteer.com</a></td>
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valign="BASELINE">To: </th>
<td><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:manitobahydro@fsi.ca"
target="_blank">manitobahydro@fsi.ca</a></td>
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<pre>Greetings! How's it going? I found out your email in the agency of
acquaintances. They also told me you are not married and you wish to meet
a sweetheart. I decided to try to email you and get to know you better. I
will tell you some information about myself. I am 28 years old. No kids.
I would like to meet a sane and responsible person. I do not need to play
any online games, I would like to have serious relationship only. If you
are interested to know more about my life, please tell me and I will be
happy to tell you more info about myself and I will also send you photos!
My private email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:lina-fo@rambler.ru" target="_blank">lina-fo@rambler.ru</a>
Elena
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