Friday, January 21, 2011

Open the Floodgates of Spam

Yesterday I was working on a problem at work and was stuck. Rather than continue to spin in circles, I decided to post my issue to an online forum and see if I couldn't get some help from the experts. Immediately I got a response asking for more information. In the process of providing the information, I figured out what my problem was and was able to get it fixed without any additional help.

When originally posting my problem to the forum, I was asked to provide my e-mail address. This was helpful because as soon as someone asked me a question, I was sent a message. Unfortunately there are a lot of programs on the Internet looking for valid e-mail addresses.

I woke up this morning and checked my e-mail. So far I have only gotten one Spam message promoting Viagra, but I imagine there are more to follow. In the future I need to remember to use a throw-away-e-mail account for such postings.

No comments:

Post a Comment