Offensive, threatening emails & posts

DCITA = department of communications, internet, telecomunications and the arts.
They appear to be coming from a female who is threatening me with posting copies of emails (that I have not sent) and expressing the view that I have to be carefull who I sleep with because I never know who is reading them and If I don't stop sending emails (that I'm not sending anyway) she is going to post them etc etc with some choice language thrown in just to make the point.
I did respond to the first one and very politely suggested she may have the wrong adress but the reply was even more offensive...
I don't mind a snyde gybe but this is beyond a joke, it's getting to the point where I'm contemplating a change of ISP....

I would contact her ISP,will probably find them or their home page will have contact details. If she's posting from Hotmail etc you may be able to find her ISP by checking the full header of the e-mail and using:

wq.apnic.net/apnic-bin/whois.pl

to look up her IP address.

You could also ask your own ISP to change your account details (they should do this free of charge in abuse cases) from Basil@isp.com.au to something else and that should get rid of her.

Sorry to hear about this Fawlty - being the subject of consistent persecution can be very wearing. Frankly, if she ignored your initial response regarding the wrong address she is probably a nutter.

Mike Harding

For some strange reason this site filters e-mail addresses between "greater than" and "less than" characters!!!!????

In the first line, above, after "ISP" it should read "abuse@isp.com.au".

greater than and less than symbols are used to embed things such as pics and things Mike thats why it gulps when u use them. But i agree Fawlty with mike go via their ISP or change your address via your ISP, I had to do that a while back when a rogue goatherder was pestering me

I told you at the time; Mildred is a "one herder" goat - but would you listen to me...?

I heard-her tho! hahahaha

Easy fixed download a program called Mailwasher its free. it checks the emails at the ISP before you get them in your inbox. You can then tick a box for blacklisting or best of all "bounce" it sends the email back to them with no such address!

Satirical humour = 1
Bonz = 0

:)

This is what I would suggest has happened. You'd be surprised the volume of junk mail that we get - and as a result we are pretty clued up on what's real and what's a bait. Never respond - as PeteS says, this simply validates that your email address is real and that confirms you on their hit list. Now, just ignore. It will eventually go away.

Try messages . Errol

One way round that, is to remove any email links from your pages, and just have an image in its place with text only on it with your email addy on it if people want to contact you.. bit late when they already got your current email addy :(

You don't need an email link on your page Truckster.

I own 2 domains neither of which have a page on the web (try www.nenke.org). I just use them for mail an storing photos at the moment. I regularly see spammers run through all the likely email addresses:

admin@nenke.org
mail@nenke.org
sales@nenke.org
help@nenke.org
sysadmin@nenke.org
contact@nenke.org

etc etc.

I now have my mail server to bounce anything not addressed to the actual mailboxes on the domain.

Hey, my spell checker (ieSpell) wants to replace "Truckster" with "Trickster." It IS a smart machine. :o)

Cheers

Pete

Nup it's personal, whoever is doing this knows my real name and uses it. Also this is going to my real email adress, if it was going to my hotmail account I would not be worried. Since posting a mate has offered me the use of some nasty software of "questionable legality" that can be used to do unpleasant things to the senders PC, of use to those of us who get this sort of mail....
In the interests of self defence I'm gonna give it a go. I'll report back in due course.

Just a little hint...
...to avoid spam like that, get yourself a disposable email address (eg. with spamgourmet, just google it). They're great little helpers, as you don't have to disclose your real address when registration requires one.

AFP Another Female Protagonist?

Maybe u should tell us her details and send pics of your tryst and we could send her our best wishes

LOL glad you got that sorted out old bean .... ooops ... sorry, Basil :)))))))