Is there any relationship between the numerous Chinese and Russian spam emails I'm been getting recently and my heavy usage of Skype ?
I spend the afternoon with some ToIP security expert who seems to believe that the non SIP nature of Skype was the root cause of all the junk mail I've been getting lately (IE non standard protocol with undocumented but well known holes and not firewall managed) ...
.. Am I the only one to experience this, and is this true ?

Can you be more precise in what you mean? Getting spam means spammers have your email address normally. What would Skype have to do with it?
Posted by: Vincent Oberle | June 28, 2005 at 10:40 AM
Not sure what you mean - I have been on Skype for a looong time - and have not received any of these you speak of...
Posted by: Sanford | June 29, 2005 at 02:25 AM
No idea about Skype and spam. but the fact that your email is available on your blog ( http://mgoldberg.typepad.com/about.html ) is enough for all spammers ...
Avoid giving your email this way ... or encode it in a human readable way.
Spam is a global activity , this may interest a VC like you.
Posted by: Ane O'Nymous | July 09, 2005 at 11:39 AM
Use a gmail account, it enables you to report spam when you get one. I am now sending you an invite, OK ? Use it if you like.
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