Re: OT: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-29 Thread Joseph Sinclair
One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that you can, if you're REALLY motivated, setup a local SpamAssassin filter that uses the IMAP interface to GMail to filter your email. Have SpamAssassin just transfer suspected spam into the junk folder (or delete the message, which actually sends it to

Re: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-29 Thread Charles Jones
- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Josef Lowder Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:07 PM To: Plug Subject: OT: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others? In the past, I have pleaded for help with this issue

RE: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-29 Thread Bob Elzer
- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Charles Jones Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:12 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others? Bob Elzer wrote: Nobody has asked

Re: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-29 Thread mike havens
Of Charles Jones Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:12 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others? Bob Elzer wrote: Nobody has asked what your email account is, is someb...@gmail.com ??? Or Do you have gmail receiving the j...@actionline one

Re: OT: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-28 Thread Joe
I can't help you Gmail specifically (their filter works 99.9% of the time for me), but what I can suggest is unsubscribing from any lists you get. That is, any email you get with an unsubscribe link on the bottom, make sure you click it and ask to be removed from all mailing. Someone told me to

Re: OT: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-28 Thread Dazed_75
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Josef Lowder j...@actionline.com wrote: In the past, I have pleaded for help with this issue, and some have responded with frustration that I brought this up again ... so I apologize in advance for bringing this up again now. But the problem has worstened to

Re: OT: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-28 Thread Blake Gonterman
I'm seeing new spam with unsubscribe links that take you to a malware site... be sure you watch the links and make sure they look legit or you may end up with a lot of other spam...Joe li...@joefleming.net wrote:I can't help you Gmail specifically (their filter works 99.9% of thetime for me), but

Re: OT: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-28 Thread Richard Wilson
Josef Lowder wrote: In the past, I have pleaded for help with this issue, and some have responded with frustration that I brought this up again ... so I apologize in advance for bringing this up again now. But the problem has worstened to an enormously frustrating extent. More than 2,000

Re: OT: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others?

2009-05-28 Thread Kurt Granroth
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Josef Lowder j...@actionline.com wrote: In the past, I have pleaded for help with this issue, and some have responded with frustration that I brought this up again ... so I apologize in advance for bringing this up again now. But the problem has worstened to an