+1 for gmail.... I've never had legitimate mail end up in the spam folder, myself.... excellent spam handling. On Mar 28, 2011 8:22 PM, "Debbie Doerrlamm" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well the one thing I will tell you is almost never EVER reply and say > stop sending this crap :) 99% are forged or hacked mail accounts > that are sending that stuff.. I will say I feel gmail does a fairly > decent job of keeping up with that is and what isn't, who I do find > legit mail in my spam box there occasionally. It is a full time job > fighting the bad guys :) > > In the past 40+/- hours my server received just under 7000 emails - > more than half - 4250 - of them were marked as spam and trashed > > The SPAM button doesn't work because these people jump from server to > server, from faked email address to fake email address faster than > you can click SPAM. I have always contended that was a waste of time. > I have investigated enough hacked hosting accounts to find their warz > that generate these emails to know .. and they get smarter every > day.. used to be you could detect the true originating IP address, > now that is being spoofed also.. One hacked domain I looked at had > 4-6 text files, 1 with thousands of email addresses to be used as the > TO address, another with thousands of addresses to use as the FROM, > another with hundreds of IP addresses to spoof that too.. then there > was the actual program that built and sent the mails.. > > The other issue is where your email address is posted.. mine - all of > mine - are everywhere.. I am a major target.. Maz.. yours in in tons > of places now too.. more than ever.. oh and people getting their AOL, > yahoo msn accounts, FB accounts hacked is totally out of control and > the bad guys grab your addresses from those places also. > > My best advise - choose 1 or more: > 1. change your email address > 2. get a gmail account > 3. trash the mails and forget about it > > At 06:06 PM 3/28/2011, you wrote: >>In all the years since I set up this mail account I have NEVER been >>inundated with SPAM like I get at other addresses. >> >>Until recently. >> >>I'm kinda over all the invites for F***book and offers for >>prescription drugs that will apparently help me gain and maintain >>things that I don't really have the anatomy for to begin with. >> >>So I'm coming to my best source of Internet info-- YOU GUYS!-- >>asking if anyone knows how to STOP getting all this stuff? Hitting >>the "SPAM" button does not, apparently, block the addresses effectively. >> >> >> >> >>Maggie Franklin: >>Owner & Artist, <http://artofnailz.info/>The Art of Nailz, Visalia CA >> "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." >><http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/>Maggie Rants [and Raves]@Nails Magazine >><http://www.facebook.com/onykophile>Facebook >> >>-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>Groups "NailTech" group. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > > Regards, > Debbie ^v^ ^o^ //\o/\\ ^o^ ^v^ Webmaster - System Admin > > [email protected] > (AIM - NailGdsss, GTalk wkdwich p-631-981-1273) > Ronkonkoma, NY & Rocky Mount, VA > ONLINE STORE http://www.beautytech.com/shoppe > > www.nailtechconnect.com for Professionals > www.beautytech.com for Professionals > www.beautytech.INFO for Consumers > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. >
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