[Air-l] Re: Porn spam

[Marj Kibby]

HI,

Having done research into Internet Porn for some years I receive quite a bit of porn spam, though I have never (voluntarily) given my email address at any of these sites.

I was amused to receive one addressed to "The adult site surfers at the University of Newcastle" with a dozen or more names and email addresses in the header.  I thought briefly about contacting the others - all male - some well known to me and in areas like aviation and chemistry, to discuss our mutual 'research' interests.

Cheers,
Marj

Dr Marjorie Kibby, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies
Department of Sociology & Anthropology
The University of Newcastle,  Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
Marj.Kibby at newcastle.edu.au
+61 2 49216604

>>> cvb at utah.edu 01/15/02 04:46am >>>
Hello,

While I have not received porn spam or other types of spam at my
university email account (makes me wonder if the U filters it for me),
for the past 6 mos. or so I have received between 10-20 spams/week of
various types at my personal email account. The porn spams have become
increasingly graphic, with images embedded. I attribute these spams to
the fact that my personal address is listed with Internic as the
administrative address for a domain I control (vanburns.com).

The information in the porn spams seem to indicate that the links lead
to heterosexual porn sites, leading me to think that the spammers'
assumption is that most domain administrators are heterosexual males.
Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Cassandra

 
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Cassandra Van Buren, Ph.D.
New Media and Communication Technology
Department of Communication
University of Utah
255 S. Central Campus Drive LNCO 2400
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801.581.7268 voice || 801.581.6255 fax
http://www.utah.edu/newmedia 
cvb at utah.edu 



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