Bulk email from namecaster

[NameTower]

why was I emailed from namecaster to join his forum, i assume he got my email from here, but how? it's not even my email that I use in my profile.

 

[GiantDomains]

Originally posted by NameTower
why was I emailed from namecaster to join his forum, i assume he got my email from here, but how? it's not even my email that I use in my profile.

Sorry you got spam from another forum. He must have looked you up in the whois directory.

 

[Whois-Search]

I suggest you trace the ip where the spam came from and report it to his isp.

 

[Nexus]

Doh. Dunno why people keep doing that. Thanks, GiantDomains... I'd asked this question before when someone else had sent out a mass e-mail to join a different forum. Didn't quite see how they'd go about harvesting, but that makes a lot of sense.

Somehow I don't think the owner of the forum NameCaster is a mod for would agree with that type behavior. Spam always seems to make the erroneous assumption that the sender is doing you a favor (and if you don't like it, just ignore it.) I've got thousands of "favors" in my inbox right now that I can't seem to find time to work through. The worst culprits are the legions that insist "This is a ONE TIME mailing! You won't hear from me again if you are not interested."

More people should think twice.

~ Nexus

 

[Sammy]

Yep some things don't change.....different site, same games. I'm sure it won't be the first piece of spam!