29 Mar
2005
29 Mar
'05
10:55 p.m.
unfortunately, it is true that i signed noah up for
spam - after
receiving a bunch of spam yesterday, and with my troll-like rage still
brewing over our exchanges, i expediently blamed noah and signed him up
on one of the pages the spam led to.
Why are you using real email addresses on a mailing list in the first place?
www.sneakemail.com
for other spam purposes:
www.spamgourmet.com
listed as similar but I haven't explored in depth:
http://www.mytrashmail.com/
http://www.mailinator.com
29 Mar
29 Mar
11:33 p.m.
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 20:55, Jon B wrote:
Because it's rude not to?
Honestly, are people's spam filters that bad that they can't handle this, or
is mine so bad in the other direction, that unbeknownst to me, I'm missing
most of the private mail I get?
I always use my real email address on all the email lists I'm subsrcribed to,
and also on usenet, and also on all web based message boards.
And yet, I at most I get about 20 unsolicited commercial emails per day, more
typically only about 5 per day.
Again, since I seem to be the only one not worried about this problem, I
wonder if I'm somehow missing valid emails. But I don't think so, because I
haven't had any such complaints.
So, what gives? What's the magical difference about my ISP that I don't have
to make life difficult for other people by mangling my email address, and
making them go through contortions to reply to me?
Larry
lt(a)westnet.com
lt(a)westnet.com
lt(a)westnet.com
^ See, I'm not afraid!
unfortunately,
it is true that i signed noah up for spam - after
receiving a bunch of spam yesterday, and with my troll-like rage still
brewing over our exchanges, i expediently blamed noah and signed him up
on one of the pages the spam led to.
Why are you using real email addresses on a mailing list in the first
place?
30 Mar
30 Mar
12:18 a.m.
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 20:33, Larry Troxler wrote:
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 20:55, Jon B wrote:
Because it's rude not to?
Honestly, are people's spam filters that bad that they can't handle this, or
is mine so bad in the other direction, that unbeknownst to me, I'm missing
most of the private mail I get?
I always use my real email address on all the email lists I'm subsrcribed to,
and also on usenet, and also on all web based message boards.
And yet, I at most I get about 20 unsolicited commercial emails per day, more
typically only about 5 per day.
Again, since I seem to be the only one not worried about this problem, I
wonder if I'm somehow missing valid emails. But I don't think so, because I
haven't had any such complaints.
So, what gives? What's the magical difference about my ISP that I don't have
to make life difficult for other people by mangling my email address, and
making them go through contortions to reply to me?
I seem to be in about the same shape. I only get one or two a day
that get through the spam filter. Probably on the order of five per day
total. I've only found two emails in the last year that ended up in my
spam filter that were valid.
Jan
unfortunately, it is true that i signed noah up for spam - after
receiving a bunch of spam yesterday, and with my troll-like rage still
brewing over our exchanges, i expediently blamed noah and signed him up
on one of the pages the spam led to.
Why are you using real email addresses on a mailing list in the first
place?
12:35 a.m.
I don't seem to get any spam on this gmail account, and I'm subscribed
to a few lists.
If anyone would like a gmail account, I have 50 (!) invitations left.
I suppose everybody that wants one has one. I think it's a good
account for mailing lists. Except that it encourages top-posting. :)
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:24:48 -0600, Jan Depner <eviltwin69(a)cableone.net> wrote:
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 20:33, Larry Troxler wrote:
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 20:55, Jon B wrote:
Because it's rude not to?
Honestly, are people's spam filters that bad that they can't handle this, or
is mine so bad in the other direction, that unbeknownst to me, I'm missing
most of the private mail I get?
I always use my real email address on all the email lists I'm subsrcribed to,
and also on usenet, and also on all web based message boards.
And yet, I at most I get about 20 unsolicited commercial emails per day, more
typically only about 5 per day.
Again, since I seem to be the only one not worried about this problem, I
wonder if I'm somehow missing valid emails. But I don't think so, because I
haven't had any such complaints.
So, what gives? What's the magical difference about my ISP that I don't have
to make life difficult for other people by mangling my email address, and
making them go through contortions to reply to me?
I seem to be in about the same shape. I only get one or two a day
that get through the spam filter. Probably on the order of five per day
total. I've only found two emails in the last year that ended up in my
spam filter that were valid.
Jan
unfortunately, it is true that i signed noah up for spam - after
receiving a bunch of spam yesterday, and with my troll-like rage still
brewing over our exchanges, i expediently blamed noah and signed him up
on one of the pages the spam led to.
Why are you using real email addresses on a mailing list in the first
place?
12:50 a.m.
On Tuesday 29 March 2005 22:35, Paul Coccoli wrote:
I don't seem to get any spam on this gmail
account, and I'm subscribed
to a few lists.
If anyone would like a gmail account, I have 50 (!) invitations left.
I suppose everybody that wants one has one. I think it's a good
account for mailing lists. Except that it encourages top-posting. :)
ROFL! Ok, it was only a matter of time I guess until someone pulled the gmail
joke.
It's still funny, though!
Larry
3:06 a.m.
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:35:31 -0500, Paul Coccoli <pcoccoli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I don't seem to get any spam on this gmail
account, and I'm subscribed
to a few lists.
If anyone would like a gmail account, I have 50 (!) invitations left.
I suppose everybody that wants one has one. I think it's a good
account for mailing lists. Except that it encourages top-posting. :)
Yes, I find that pretty annoying. In private emails I just gave up
though and let it top post. Everyone does it that way now. It is
stupid, but nobody else seems to think so.
5:34 a.m.
Hi Same here and have done for years , I get spam but use evolution and
it learns quick, as a webmaster it's just part of online life.
Use the tools that are there, If your on Windoze it will be harder!!
cheers
Bob
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 21:33 -0500, Larry Troxler wrote:
I always use my real email address on all the email
lists I'm
subsrcribed to,
and also on usenet, and also on all web based message boards.
9:16 a.m.
Last Wednesday 30 March 2005 03:33, Larry Troxler was like:
I always use my real email address on all the email
lists I'm subsrcribed
to, and also on usenet, and also on all web based message boards.
Me too.
And yet, I at most I get about 20 unsolicited
commercial emails per day,
more typically only about 5 per day.
ditto.
Again, since I seem to be the only one not worried
about this problem, I
wonder if I'm somehow missing valid emails. But I don't think so, because I
haven't had any such complaints.
No, you're not the only one.
So, what gives? What's the magical difference
about my ISP that I don't
have to make life difficult for other people by mangling my email address,
and making them go through contortions to reply to me?
I don't know. My ISP uses spamassassin at source, so all the junk comes in
nicely labelled. I can ignore / delete most of it. Personally I've never
found the need to block any particular person, although I might use the
'ignore thread' function in kmail just to cut out the discussions I'm not
interested in. Some days I lose entire mornings just reading email. My
choice, but it's much more of a problem than spam or individual attitudes.
Isn't this more of a problem for people who still use Windows?
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
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