Re: [IRCA] ISP Help

["Tim Kridel" <tkridel@xxxxxxxxx>]

I get spam primarily from two sources:

1) My ARRL address. Spammers have figured out how to run through all
possible callsigns. Ridiculously cheap Rolex watches, pleas from widows of
Nigerian generals, penis enlargement . . . You name it, and ARRL members get
it.

2) My work e-mail address. Some of the magazines that I write for post my
articles on-line, too, and with my contact info. Apparently the spammers use
spiders to harvest addresses post on Web sites.
  

-----Original Message-----
From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Russ Edmunds
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:15 PM
To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
Subject: Re: [IRCA] ISP Help



--- "W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Earthlink ( http://www.earthlink.net/ ) has a package of programs and
> 
> services aimed at those objectives, all part of their standard 
> membership.
> 
> I'm on Earthlink but don't use the services.  No reason other than I 
> do things my own way.
> 
> Overall, Earthlink has become more reliable over the years.  They are
> 
> usually pretty good with on-line and telephone assistance, but it is 
> possible to get into a black hole as I did trying to upgrade to high 
> speed access.


My feeling is that web-based is better than using Outlook, especially for
the new user. Outlook is the default program and it is also low quality in
terms of it's 'resistance' to spam and viruses, which is minimal. While that
is partly because it is the email program default, it is also poorly
defended.

I have used Yahoo quite happily for several years, although I'm now starting
to see intermittent serious slowness which has never been there before,
which is neither my system nor the ISP ( Verizon DSL ).
I've found Hotmail to be mostly indifferent to spam and therefore fdropped
it about 2 years ago.

The beauty of web-based email is its portability and also that the mail
stays on the web - it never resides on the PC, which is a major line of
defense against spams and viruses.



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


	
		
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