Read this if you're on DELL's mailing list...

[ElDonAntonio]

Seems to me like their mailing list was compromised one way or another. I got a few spam messages and I'm pretty sure the spammers got my address via DELL. If you can check in your inbox/trash/junk for this email (it's the latest), it would help out, I'm only including the header:

Return-Path: <fRVuT@rocketmail.com>
Received: (qmail 15434 invoked from network); 1 Dec 2003 22:25:47 -0000
Received: from pcp696363pcs.lvngst01.md.comcast.net (HELO rocketmail.com) (68.50.89.185)
by [removed].com with SMTP; 1 Dec 2003 22:25:47 -0000
From: Thomas <fRVuT@rocketmail.com>
To: [removed]
Reply-To: <fRVuT@rocketmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Grow three inches immediately
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:48:58 -0500
Message-ID: <790c01c3b85d$133c02d7$a4541ca0@xbWAns>
In-Reply-To: <b866f06b19ed$a0b1af7e$1381b44d@CRAOq>
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4024
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
Importance: Normal
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

 

[GoodToGo]

I have them on my hotmail address and have never recieved spam.

 

[aphex]

I have to concur.... I use specialized email addresses on my own domain....

I currently get quite a bit of spam addressed to: dellhome@aphexii.com & dellsb@aphexii.com

 

[gentobu]

Originally posted by: GoodToGo
I have them on my hotmail address and have never recieved spam.

Thats a really nice dual LCD setup you have there! How much was it?

 

[ElDonAntonio]

if you use these addresses solely on DELL's website and nowhere else, you should definitely write to abuse@dell.com. I did and they opened up an investigation, but told me it must have been an "isolated case", as no one else complained. They should know if their systems are/have been compromised.

 

[ElDonAntonio]

anyone else noticed this?

 

[Tom]

You can get spam at e-mail addresses you have never used and have never given to anyone. Spam can get sent to all e-mail addresses somehow or other, so I wouldn't assume it's got anything to do with Dell.