[UbuntuWomen] request for anti-spam workshop

[Trisha Cupra]

Hi,

I'm new here.

I don't have enough information to fill a whole workshop, but I have 
three basic tips that have served me well.

1. Avoid putting your email address online as much as you can. Instead, 
spell it out like this: me (at) trishacupra (dot) com. This is because 
spammers get there lists of addresses by harvesting email addresses off 
web pages.

2. Have a separate email address for mailing lists, online forums, and 
subscriptions to eZines/newsletters.

3. Use a Gmail email account as the separate address - the spam filter 
will get rid of a lot of the junk automatically.

Hope this helps,
Trisha


-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: [UbuntuWomen] request for anti-spam workshop
From: Donna Metzlar <donna at genderchangers.org>
To: ubuntu-women at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: Mon Jul 23 2007 21:22:31 GMT+1000 (EST)

> Hi,
> 
> I'm list admin for a number of mailinglists and am getting increasingly
> swamped by Spam. Is there anyone on this list with a lot of anti-spam
> experience who would like to give a workshop on IRC on how to deal with
> spam - both on a server and on a desktop?
> 
> Donna
> 
>