Dude, I never got more spam in my life than when I started this job.

[SunnyD]

Work email address... I *don't* give it out, I *don't* have it posted anywhere, I don't have it listed on any professional/social sites, so why the hell am I getting all sorts of unsolicited emails from vendors and resource recruiters like they know me or something? *sigh*

Do I need a fucking SAP resource or cloud hosting solution? FUCK NO! Leave me the hell alone!

/rant

 

[Hoober]

I thought everybody needed a cloud hosting solution. It's like, THE, thing, man.

 

[Gillbot]

I only use my hotmail for everything, I still get spam on my work email.....

 

[rasczak]

Sounds like your new company needs to revisit their spam filtering policies.

 

[cirrrocco]

You know that's kinda surprising as well. I get spam emails on my work email as well. It has never been published.

Also intersting is that these are vendor or corprorate type newsletters.

one is media buyer and planner. & award solutions

 

[Paladin3]

If everyone you've ever emailed has your address, then doesn't it just take one of them having their computer compromised or address book harvested by a spammer to flood your inbox?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

The work email is maybe posted on the publicly accessible website? That's how robots find email addresses.

But humans are worse. My boss actually got an email from a salescritter who made repeated reference to her private life (hobbies, etc.), her partner, her partner's job and professional needs, and how his company could do all sorts of awesome stuff for both of them. She freaked.

I figure he spent at least 45 minutes researching them, but it was all there on the intertubes, somewhere, if you're a Hardy Boys wannabe.

 

[SunnyD]

If everyone you've ever emailed has your address, then doesn't it just take one of them having their computer compromised or address book harvested by a spammer to flood your inbox?

Well that's the thing. It's not normal junk/malware/scam spam - it's all business/professional related stuff. So obviously my name has gotten into some sort of trade circles, which is pretty funny because everyone upstream from me puts in quite a bit of effort to keep me from being "known" both internally and externally - they don't want me poached by other teams or other companies. It's kind of funny really.

 

[Gibsons]

Well that's the thing. It's not normal junk/malware/scam spam - it's all business/professional related stuff. So obviously my name has gotten into some sort of trade circles, which is pretty funny because everyone upstream from me puts in quite a bit of effort to keep me from being "known" both internally and externally - they don't want me poached by other teams or other companies. It's kind of funny really.

Is your email address First initial lastname @ companyname.com?

 

[SandEagle]

your spam filters suck

 

[purbeast0]

i like the spam i get every day in my work email telling me that i got 0 spam emails the day before...