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Title: they got me :(
Post by: brummie on August 09, 2006, 17:33:37 PM
after years of using my email account spam free, someone has sold me out :(
Now getting 20 per day and expect to see that rise. My old lineone account gets 100s every week  :cry:

i friggin hate spam
Title: they got me :(
Post by: Privateer on August 09, 2006, 17:39:22 PM
Quote from: brummieafter years of using my email account spam free, someone has sold me out :(
Now getting 20 per day and expect to see that rise. My old lineone account gets 100s every week  :cry:

i friggin hate spam
Think of it as being popular.
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: Miss_Kinky on August 09, 2006, 17:53:02 PM
They have just been bidding their time stalking u in the darkness  :ptu:  ;)
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: Serious on August 09, 2006, 18:51:18 PM
If its a hotmail or yahoo account use the filter and report every spam you get. My hotmail one is set to ditch anything that isnt in my known sender list into the spam bin and I report anything that isnt mail I want.
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: brummie on August 09, 2006, 19:07:58 PM
it is hotmail and ive been reporting them but still they come :(
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: snellgrove on August 09, 2006, 22:11:11 PM
I use GMail here

never had to report anything... nowt has ever made it to my inbox, only the spam folder.

dunno why people use the likes of hotmail  :roll:

...must say, title of thread made me think that Brummie had a NIP on the way after cruising through a camera too fast or something :lol:
Title: they got me :(
Post by: maximusotter on August 09, 2006, 22:14:07 PM
I get plenty of gif spam in my Gmail inbox. :( 717 pieces of junk in the spam folder. :shock:
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: brummie on August 09, 2006, 22:17:59 PM
Quote from: snellgroveI use GMail here

never had to report anything... nowt has ever made it to my inbox, only the spam folder.

dunno why people use the likes of hotmail  :roll:

...must say, title of thread made me think that Brummie had a NIP on the way after cruising through a camera too fast or something :lol:

LOL yeah maybe the title wasnt the best

I use hotmail still as ive given that out over 6 years or there abouts IIRC

but mainly give out gmail now as its size means i can store more  :D
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: Serious on August 09, 2006, 22:18:53 PM
Quote from: brummieit is hotmail and ive been reporting them but still they come :(

Then its just as likely that one of the spammers found you than someone gave your mail addy over. I regularly get a few but with everything arranged as it is I normally just look at the list and click report and delete for each one.

Occasionally I do have a look into one, being curious, or for phishing spam I visit and put in some nasty words...  :twisted:

Out of the thousands of spam mails that have been delivered to me I have never bought anything so I guess spammer hope springs eternal :/
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: brummie on August 09, 2006, 22:22:20 PM
looks like ill have to start the process of closing that account down :(
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on August 09, 2006, 22:59:27 PM
Use outlook or Thunderbird, and POPFILE.

Can vouch for this, just installed it on my dads works laptop. Hes been getting 100s of spams a day on his email account for some reason, but now after a little bit of training he gets nowt :) well.. none that he has to deal with at any rate.
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: brummie on August 09, 2006, 23:01:40 PM
Quote from: M3ta7h3adUse outlook or Thunderbird, and POPFILE.

Can vouch for this, just installed it on my dads works laptop. Hes been getting 100s of spams a day on his email account for some reason, but now after a little bit of training he gets nowt :) well.. none that he has to deal with at any rate.


great if you dont use hotmail  :lol:

but alas....

anyway i use imap for the rest so no can do :cry:
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on August 09, 2006, 23:12:51 PM
you can get plugins to download hotmail, and imap is supported too.
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: Chaostime on August 10, 2006, 12:14:26 PM
Poop down a tube?
Title: Re:they got me :(
Post by: Badabing on August 10, 2006, 14:10:21 PM
i never get spam with gmail... hotmail is utterly, utterly useless, apart from using the addresses to register for junk etc.