Think about dictionary attacks, the spammers just take the validated first parts of email addresses found on the net and add gmail.com I have some addresses: one which gets spam (mkengel@) can be found on the internet and another one which doesn't get a single spam message. So I guess, you made a mistake and chose a guessable first part of your email address. On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:21:56 -0000, Wendy Warr <wendy@warr.com> wrote:
I have had my Gmail address for only a short time yet I already get substantial amounts of spam. In fact I get almost no genuine email messages but about 5 spam messages a day. I have had a Yahoo address for years (as an emergency measure) and I NEVER get spam to it.
Ah well, think how good the search engine will be for all my Gmail spam. I wonder, after a year, how many thousand hits I would get on "new Viagra" and "Rolex watch" if I avoided the delete button as Google suggests.
Wendy
Dr. Wendy A. Warr Wendy Warr & Associates 6 Berwick Court, Holmes Chapel Cheshire, CW4 7HZ, England wendy@warr.com http://www.warr.com
-----Original Message----- From: chemweb-bounces@imperial.ac.uk [mailto:chemweb-bounces@imperial.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Michael Engel Sent: 21 December 2004 07:17 To: chemweb@imperial.ac.uk Subject: [chemweb] GMAIL invitations
Anyone interested in receiving a GMAIL invitation ? I have some spare ones. If yes, please mail me at mkengel@gmail.com Cheers Michael Engel
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