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randall
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 Posted: Sun May 09, 2004 8:40 pm Post subject: spam
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im having a problem with spam, it getting to my nerves.. i get tons of junk mail everyday! i need help. i went to www.firebreach.com to try mailwasher pro. my friends say that i should download it because it works really good. what u guys think? have u guys ever tried mailwasher?
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etee
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 7:39 am Post subject:
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I haven't personally tried mailwasher. However, I do have several layers of defense against spam, which are:
1) My ISP uses Postini to filter out various types of UCE (hate mail, sexually-oriented stuff, GetRich Quick! offers, general junk),
2) and I also use the built-in filtering present in my mail client (Thunderbird) to help clean the stuff up.
3) Also, before the recent increase, I would take "interesting" examples of the spam I received, and skewer them on this website for my own and others' amusement. However, the recent crops of crap aren't too much fun to ridicule.
Oddly enough, the amount of spam I received jumped dramatically after the passage of the (You) CAN-spam act at the Federal level.
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BobCat
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 1:50 am Post subject: Re: Spam
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Not to be a PITB (pain in the butt) but SPAM in all capitals is a licensed trademark of Hormel. Spam is what you're talking about.
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| im having a problem with spam, it getting to my nerves.. i get tons of junk mail everyday! i need help. i went to www.firebreach.com to try mailwasher pro. my friends say that i should download it because it works really good. what u guys think? have u guys ever tried mailwasher? |
I recommend having two email addresses.
1) Your real email address. This one will NOT be given away to anyone except to those you trust. I recommend getting a mail.com address for it has lots of domains (like playful.com, consultant.com, etc.) which are not targetted by spammers.
2) a second email address for "offers" and other stuff. Use this to sign up for things that require an email address, and just let it get spammed to death.
3) Get a despammed.com email address which redirects to your real email address, and use that for posting on message boards, newsgroups, public places, etc. www.despammed.com
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"Spam is used by lusers who don't want to do business with you ethically."
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etee
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 1:34 pm Post subject: Re: Spam
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| BobCat wrote: |
| Not to be a PITB (pain in the butt) but SPAM in all capitals is a licensed trademark of Hormel. Spam is what you're talking about. |
Agreed. I edited the original post and changed the title.
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I recommend having two email addresses.
1) Your real email address. This one will NOT be given away to anyone except to those you trust. I recommend getting a mail.com address for it has lots of domains (like playful.com, consultant.com, etc.) which are not targetted by spammers.
2) a second email address for "offers" and other stuff. Use this to sign up for things that require an email address, and just let it get spammed to death.
3) Get a despammed.com email address which redirects to your real email address, and use that for posting on message boards, newsgroups, public places, etc. www.despammed.com
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Actually, if you have the ability to control the creation of email aliases, I would suggest you use the aliases vs. actual mailboxes. Then simply route stuff from Alias #2 into a "possible spam" folder for review.
Also, I would suggest creating a "spamtrap" alias. This is NEVER used for legit email, but is posted on web board etc. along with a warning "if you send me email at this address, I will blacklist you forever." Then, do it.
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NealT
3133T BSD d00d
Joined: Nov 11, 2003
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Location: In Front of My Computer - Same as You
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject:
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The sad thing is that there is absolutely NO FOOLPROOF method to avoid Spam...except to not have an email address...and that would be no fun at all...
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etee
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 6:58 am Post subject:
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Un, Neal -- those are strange avatars/signature graphics. Think that Angelfire has done something here.
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NealT
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Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 7:08 pm Post subject:
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Yea...they are blocking the off-site links on all the forums...even though I have the stuff linked on my own site as well...
Not sure how to get around this one...
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BobCat
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 9:01 am Post subject:
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Yea...they are blocking the off-site links on all the forums...even though I have the stuff linked on my own site as well...
Not sure how to get around this one... |
So use Photobucket. www.photobucket.com Upload your images and then link to them from there.
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Spicey Chicken Cartel (tinSCC)#23, Lumber Cartel (tinLC)#1606
"Spam is used by lusers who don't want to do business with you ethically."
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