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Originally posted by CortexBomb I never even bother to try and remove myself from spam lists, a lot of times attempting a remove will encourage them even more, as it indicates that your address is still active. The best way I've found to not get spam is to only give out your actual e-mail address to friends, and then set up a secondary account with a party like Yahoo or Hotmail that you use for signing up for web sites, ordering things, etc, etc, etc. If you're currently buried in spam at your primary address the best advice I can give is to talk to your ISP and change your e-mail address so you can start over again. Once your e-mail is on the lists you'll never be free of spam again...

See the problem with that, is you dont need to sign up for anything , they just take a domain(@yahoo.com/@Hotmail/@whatever) and just email it to all possible addresses If you check the header of the email its probably also addressed to 100 people with similiar email addresses.

speaking of spam this was on /. and I thought it was pretty funny...

http://www.sltrib.com/08052002/monday/759135.htm

its a story about how the spammers feel... what a bunch of whiners...

also this is an okay way to prevent spam... I've used it before... it works okay... but it's not perfect...

http://www.cloudmark.com/

it's a distributed solution to the problem... try it out...

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Originally posted by Miss Proximus I wish Outlook had that option

hmm...dunno about the office version of outlook...but the ie/express version of outlook you can set up mail filters

goto Tools -> Message Rules -> Mail...

then u can tell it to delete emails before they even d/l...or move the email to a folder, or whatever

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Originally posted by Fraggle hmm...dunno about the office version of outlook...but the ie/express version of outlook you can set up mail filters goto Tools -> Message Rules -> Mail... then u can tell it to delete emails before they even d/l...or move the email to a folder, or whatever

Thanks!!! I did that and that might be the best solution

Fir3start3r: thanks aswell, I think you would've said the same thing

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the serious problem is that people are so gullible, they actually think by clicking "unsubscribe", that they will be unsubscribed.

the reality, kids, is that more often than not, that subscribes you.

most of those spam emails, you notice how they go to a random address like a random yahoo address if you are yahoo, etc. they dont come specifically to your email address. i mean, think about it. you go to a website, and then enter in your email. guess what? now they have your specific email that they can send all the spam they want to.

i was this stupid once, and did that. i went from getting one email every week to about 10 a DAY... all because i was stupid and did that unsubscribe thing, then realized how much of a dumbass i was. its easy to see once you think about it.

and the reality is, it wont stop. nothing you will do will do jack shit. your only option now is to learn from your mistake, and get a new email address. filters might help with some, but i still get a shitload of spam... so soon ill get a new email address too and be smarter.

I just use the mail filters in outlook, i set up a rule telling outlook if it recieves a mail containing certain words then to delete it str8 away.
the main word in my set of rules is 'sex' lol

i can't remember what site it was but it was a DJ site and i ordered something off it, from placing that order they had my mail addy and then the spam started rolling in
10 to 15 a day so in the rule i simply put in the main part of the mail addy they was coming from which was something like
opt.in.freebies
so now i don't get anything from them and my spam mail has been vastly reduced, if they change the mail addy slightly then i just set up another rule

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LOL!
I get that crap all the time also~
I just use filters in Outlook as well as my 'block senders' list is pretty extensive!

Either that, or get some people together and DOS them to death till there site is no more!
Kinda like the deal that happened with the DOS attack on the "ANTI PEER TO PEER PROGRAM COMITY" LOL!

Cheers,
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www.djcluster.com

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Originally posted by sothis the serious problem is that people are so gullible, they actually think by clicking "unsubscribe", that they will be unsubscribed. the reality, kids, is that more often than not, that subscribes you. most of those spam emails, you notice how they go to a random address like a random yahoo address if you are yahoo, etc. they dont come specifically to your email address. i mean, think about it. you go to a website, and then enter in your email. guess what? now they have your specific email that they can send all the spam they want to. i was this stupid once, and did that. i went from getting one email every week to about 10 a DAY... all because i was stupid and did that unsubscribe thing, then realized how much of a dumbass i was. its easy to see once you think about it. and the reality is, it wont stop. nothing you will do will do jack shit. your only option now is to learn from your mistake, and get a new email address. filters might help with some, but i still get a shitload of spam... so soon ill get a new email address too and be smarter.

Word. Don't try to fight it, you can't win.
1. Almost every company - even respectable ones - will sell your address for money.
2. I'm pretty confident that when you hit that unsubscribe button it removes you from that company's mailing list and transfers your address to the 'to-be-sold-to-other-companies' list straight away.
3. Never use your ISP email account on the web. I have a mail account opened especially for spam.

And if you're looking for some way to express your feelings about it, check out those hilarious spam replies pages out there...

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Originally posted by sothis the serious problem is that people are so gullible, they actually think by clicking "unsubscribe", that they will be unsubscribed. the reality, kids, is that more often than not, that subscribes you. most of those spam emails, you notice how they go to a random address like a random yahoo address if you are yahoo, etc. they dont come specifically to your email address. i mean, think about it. you go to a website, and then enter in your email. guess what? now they have your specific email that they can send all the spam they want to. i was this stupid once, and did that. i went from getting one email every week to about 10 a DAY... all because i was stupid and did that unsubscribe thing, then realized how much of a dumbass i was. its easy to see once you think about it. and the reality is, it wont stop. nothing you will do will do jack shit. your only option now is to learn from your mistake, and get a new email address. filters might help with some, but i still get a shitload of spam... so soon ill get a new email address too and be smarter.

My e-mail address used to get flooded with spam everyday. I got so mad that I decided to launch a "campaign against spam" by unsubscribing from every single e-mail. After a couple months of doing this, I only receive about 3 spam e-mails a week. I don't think there is a sure way to eradicate spam once and for all, but it's better than getting 50 e-mails a week.

thanks for the info sothis, but this kid here already new that

i actually received an email from the company that i mailed:

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If you are writing in regard to a "pop under", please be aware that these have nothing to do with your email address. These are delivered by various websites and are just another form of advertising used to support that website's free content delivery to users. If you are writing in regard to an email, please note that Carrot's ONLY sends a monthly newsletter ONCE each month. Any other emails promoting our store are sent from independent third-party affiliates. We have no direct control over their activities, but will terminate our relationship with any affiliate who uses unsolicited email (SPAM) to advertise. If you feel that you did receive an email such as this, please forward the entire email to us and we will take appropriate action. Regardless, we will double check that your email address is not on our list. Carrot Ink -------------------------------- www.carrotink.com Any brand names and/or trademarks referenced in this correspondence are the properties of their respective owners and are used solely for descriptive purposes. Carrot Bunch Companies, Inc. and Carrot Ink are not affiliated with any OEM printer manufacturers. -----Original Message----- From: Andreas Bakker / Josta Kolkman Sent: Aug 10, 2002 4:51:32 PM Subject: spam My private e-mail facility is not your advertising medium. People who use it as such abuse my resources and waste my time, which are extremely valuable. I have entered your e-mail address and company name in my corporate blacklist database. I will not do business with you now, nor will I consider other requests from you in the future. Remove this e-mail address from your junk mail list immediately and do not contact me again in the future.

hehe nice

anyway, I made that rule.....I think that was the best tip ever!! so thanks to the people that suggested it

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