Spam

[Alice]

I've been receiving loads of really annoying spam from UKNetGuide, inviting me to book flights, hotels, restaurants etc. Clicking on the unsubscribe tab at the bottom of these e-mails makes no difference, they just keep coming! I am thoroughly p***ed off with them.

I now suspect that they are something to to with the Answerbank. Can anyone confirm this, and if there is a way of stopping them. Thanks.

[ACtheTROLL]

awww bless ... unsubscribe tab at the bottom of these e-mails makes no difference .....

I'm sure you'll find it has ... by confirming your address is live - it will be passed on to every spammer on the planet - you'd better brace yourself ... because as they say it's a big one ... and no lube.

to stop s easy - ditch the address -
see chuck's answer

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Ques tion792575.html

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Inte rnet/Question790609.html

[Alice]

If any of the 99.9% of Answerbankers who are genuinely helpful without being patronising and sarcastic would like to answer the main question about Answerbank being involved in this spam I would appreciate it.

[Buenchico]

The usually (very) helpful AC does seem to have rather missed the main point of your post.

However the essential element of it holds true. The only reliable way to avoid spam (irrespective of the source) is to use 'disposable' email addresses. i.e. you should have one or two email addresses which you only reveal to trusted friends and family members. (Those addresses should ideally be ones which can't be 'guessed' at by a spammer's computer system. e.g. '[email protected]' is 'guessable', whereas '[email protected]' isn't).

You should then create additional 'disposable' addresses, for signing up to services like the Answerbank or for internet purchases. (GMail and Gawab are frequently recommended on AB for additional, free mail addresses). Anyone who uses their 'main' email address for such purposes is simply asking for trouble. (I've used well over 200 email addresses. Only 6 are currently active but I couldn't care less if most of them started getting spammed. I'd just ditch those addresses and create some new ones).

It's several years since I signed up for AB (and things may have changed) but I seem to remember that, unless you click to opt out, you automatically agree to receiving messages from Crystal Guides (who run both UK Net Guide and the Answerbank).

To opt out of such advertising, try contacting the AB editor (using the 'Contact Us' link at the foot of this page) or emailing UK Net Guide directly, using this form:
http://www.uknetguide.co.uk/Info/EmailUs.asp

Unlike 'real' spammers, Crystal Guides is a reputable company, so there's a reasonable chance that they'll take some action.

Chris

[Alice]

Thank you very much Chris, I do use several e-mail addresses and generally avoid spam using the suggested methods , what was disconcerting was the fact that the username/e-mail combination used by the spammer could only have come from Answerbank & I couldn't find an 'opt out' on this site.

[lilsecret]

Alice - - have a look at the my post in Chatterbank titled 'Who is Uk Net Guide?'