I have been getting spam from SimFly.EU since the hack, like so many others and like so many others I have never visited their web site let alone requested contact from them. Spam = delete. I suggest we start a drive here at AVSIM. All we need is nine hundred and one members to pitch in a dollar (euro?), buy the people out, delete all of their files especially email addresses and then pull the plug. Next we make the check bounce and see if Mr. whats his name wants to come back to the U.S. to collect. :( Cheers,Mel

This was one email I was only too happy to receive from them. Good riddance.Hopefully the bidders have done their research especially before parting with any cash. To say simfly.eu is tainted would be somewhat of an understatement.

All we need is nine hundred and one members to pitch in a dollar (euro?), buy the people out, delete all of their files especially email addresses and then pull the plug. Next we make the check bounce and see if Mr. whats his name wants to come back to the U.S. to collect. :( Cheers,Mel

Haha, I like it Mel!

Hopefully the bidders have done their research especially before parting with any cash. To say simfly.eu is tainted would be somewhat of an understatement.

Unfortunately no amount of research will uncover things that they should know before even considering buying. Poor, poor bidders.

===Sold at Public Auction $6,350 Bidding History: 3 bids Started:Sat, Jan 15, 2011Completed:Wed, Jan 19, 2011===well the stolen data is now in another's hands ... look forward to new and creative spam in your inbox :( :( :( --

Tom A./AVSIM if you wish to file a complaint about the sale -

• formal DMCA process using the form at https://flippa.com/static/pdf/dmca_form_1.pdf

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There's no use complaining to flippa about the sale, they can't do crap now.Though, the guy taking over runs a couple of freewebs websites with about 50 members. You can either be relieved that he won't touch anything because he has no idea what he's doing, or extremely worried that he'll do the exact opposite for the same reason... Haha.

Bond with your mouse and say nice things to it. It's hard when someone is holding your body down and dragging you around all day :smile:Also playing music never hurts...or so I hear. And when your mouse really gets the best of you, feed it chocolate. It really helps, or so they say in Harry Potter.

I fed my mouse half a cup of cocoa once. I don't suppose that's quite the same thing though as it never worked for me again.The other half went into my sleeve, maybe I should have been more generous.

The spam didn´t end. Just deleted a new unwanted newsletter from them. It seems that the new owner is the old one.

A while ago I took a punt and clicked on the unsubscribe link in the Simfly spam I was getting.It seemed to work and I haven't received any more spam from Simfly since.

Personally I never use the "opt out" option that is sometimes available in a spam type message.As I understand it, if you do that, all you are really doing is confirming to the spammer that your e-mail addres is a valid one and you seldom actually get taken off their "mailing list"..It is so much easier just to add the source to your "blocked senders" list. I presume that most, if not all, e-mail programs have a blocked sender list option.It works for me.Just my two cents worth.

Good advice Opa and you should never click on unsubscribe for suspicious emails as it will lead to just more spam.However, unsubscribe should work with reputable companies. I have in the past signed up for newsletters from various companies and used their unsubscribe option just fine. I had assumed that simfly was a reasonably reputable company (notice I said "reasonably" :) and that they would honour my choice to unsubscribe. Which they did.

As I understand it, if you do that, all you are really doing is confirming to the spammer that your e-mail addres is a valid one and you seldom actually get taken off their "mailing list"..

Yep. It confirms that not only are you a valid address, but you actually read spam and click links in said spam. It makes your address very valuable to the spammers, and they will immediately sell it to other spammers.

It is so much easier just to add the source to your "blocked senders" list. I presume that most, if not all, e-mail programs have a blocked sender list option.

The problem with this is that the vast majority of sending addresses are innocent people whose addresses are being forged by the spammers. All you do is grow your block list. The spammers almost never use the same sender address twice.Email filtering technology is the best option.

Email filtering technology is the best option.

No doubt! I've got an extensive list of "keywords" that -if present- will send the email to the spam bucket. Every few days I'll scan the "from" fields to see if any have addresses I recongnize. If so then I can open and read quickly, otherwise the spam bucket gets flushed...I've probably missed some good "jokes" along the way, but... :(

No doubt! I've got an extensive list of "keywords" that -if present- will send the email to the spam bucket. Every few days I'll scan the "from" fields to see if any have addresses I recongnize. If so then I can open and read quickly, otherwise the spam bucket gets flushed...I've probably missed some good "jokes" along the way, but... :(

Anything with an exclamation mark on the end of the subject goes automatically into my 'spam bucket' (as well as obvious keywords). Spammers can't resist using them, and it does catch an awful lot of them.Individuals who persist in mass-forwarding jokes have anything sent from their addresses dumped in a bore bucket