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Old 11 November 2002, 11:55 AM
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I rather stupidly let my mate stay over at the weekend whilst I was away with work. I have come back today to be greeted with about 30 emails advertising for ****.. the question is this, Firstly how do I get rid of the bloody things at source, and secondly how do I get back at the Tosser.
Old 11 November 2002, 12:14 PM
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You can't get rid of them at source. Bad luck. Once they have your address, you can kiss goodbye to a clean inbox - your address will be working its way through the spam address books as we speak.
Old 11 November 2002, 12:29 PM
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and secondly how do I get back at the Tosser.
It really isn't worth the hassle. The From address is most likely forged anyway.
Old 11 November 2002, 01:23 PM
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go to www.mailwasher.net

you can use that tool to bounce back spam so that the spammers think your account is inactive.

this wont completely eradicate the problem, but does help.

as for getting back at him, does he have email? if so sign him up as he has done to you!

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