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[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Roy East wrote:

Please don't top-post. And leave a bit of white space between
paragraphs. Thanks for your consideration.

> So what you are saying it's this Newsgroup (and/or similar)? I started
> getting more the day after i came on here????

Spammers have been harvesting email address from Usenet posts for years.
You posted with yours, in the From: field of your headers.

You got harvested. You are on the spammers' lists now.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[Roy East]

Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting? Also I don't understand:
"From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer without
being 'Sarky'

>Spammers have been harvesting email >address from Usenet posts for years.
>You posted with yours, in the From: field >of your headers.

[Jackson]

This is top posting. This reply to your post is written 'on
top' of it. Some people dislike top posting. Now look at
the bottom of your post.


On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:05:13 -0000, "Roy East"
<royeast@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting? Also I don't understand:
>"From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer without
>being 'Sarky'
>
>>Spammers have been harvesting email >address from Usenet posts for years.
>>You posted with yours, in the From: field >of your headers.
>
>
This is bottom posting. This reply is written below the
original post. Some people dislike bottom posting. All
this proves is that you can't please all of the people all
of the time, so don't lose sleep over it.

The From: field is probably hidden on your news reader. I
use Free Agent and you can toggle between showing all the
heading of a post or not showing all the heading by pressing
the 'h' on the keyboard. If you choose to show all those
cryptic header items you must find the toggle switch on your
news reader. The From: field is but one of the fields that
will show up if you toggle it 'on'.

Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Roy East wrote:

> Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting?

Jackson has explained that. Notice how I am replying "in line".

> Also I don't understand:
> "From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer
> without being 'Sarky'

Is "sarky" equal to "polite but concise?" I even said "Thanks for your
consideration."

> [Beauregard wrote:] <-- this is an attribution
>> Spammers have been harvesting email >address from Usenet posts for
>> years. You posted with yours, in the From: field >of your headers.

All email and Usenet messages have:

1. a FROM address. That is who sent it.
In your case, it is:
From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>
In my case, it is:
From: "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid>

1a. Your full, real address is visible to the spammers' harvesters.
My address is munged, using "example.com/net/org/invalid" which
are set up for the purpose of not using a real domain name.

2. a TO address. This is who you are sending the message to.
For email, it would be: To: "Uncle Bob" <bob@example.com>
For Usenet, it would be: Newsgroups: alt.privacy.spyware

3. Please do not remove attributions (ID of the person you are
replying to.

You can view the headers of any message by looking at "View Headers" in
your email/news program.

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[Roy East]

Thank you Guys

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk>

| Thank you Guys
|

In addition all messages should have a "signature". The delimiter of the signature is two
dashes and then a space such as (without the quotes) "-- ". Below the "-- " delimiter you
enter the contents of your signature which should be no longer than four lines.

See my 'signature' below...

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

[Roy East]

Sorry I know I must be thick, why must I have a signature? How do I go about
it? Where do I get the false address?

Roy

[Beauregard T. Shagnasty]

Roy East wrote:

> Sorry I know I must be thick, why must I have a signature?
> How do I go about it?

You don't *need* a signature. But if you decide to use one, you now know
what's right. Your newsreader should tell you in its Help file.

Oh wait. Outlook Express does not do them well. Without outside help.

> Where do I get the false address?

You just make it up.

Go to the settings for your news server account. Find your email
address. Change it
from: royeast@tiscali.co.uk
to: royeast@example.invalid

--
-bts
-Friends don't let friends drive Vista

[Heather]

"Roy East" <royeast@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:47c96589_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> Sorry I know I must be thick, why must I have a signature? How do I go
> about
> it? Where do I get the false address?

In Outlook Express, click on Tools and then Accounts. Click on the News
tab.

You will see that there are one or more news servers associated in
there. Highlight the one you use....."news, Tiscali"??

Click on Properties at the right and on the first box you will see it
asks for your name and email address.

That is where you would put, say nospam@hatespam.invalid for
instance....then OK your way out.

That just affects the news posts.....not your email.

Any questions??

Cheers....Heather

And Shaggy.......OE works just fine if you set it up right, (eg)

[Butch Casserole]

Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
> Roy East wrote:
>
>> Sorry I'm new to all this. What is top posting?
>
> Jackson has explained that. Notice how I am replying "in line".
>
>> Also I don't understand:
>> "From: field of your headers." Please will someone try to answer
>> without being 'Sarky'
>
> Is "sarky" equal to "polite but concise?" I even said "Thanks for your
> consideration."

Anglo Saxon slang term for sarcasm, caustic remark, irony or satire even.