i find gmail to be a good spam meter. just never read or delete what goes in spam - then the spam folder count tells how many you got in the last month (they get auto-trashed after a month).
it was 600 last may, after i'd been using gmail exclusively for a month. it peaked at 2300 around xmas and is fell below 1700 this week. my paper junk mail is fun to. all my mail *should* go to my PO box. so the stuf that goes to be residence is 95% junk and the mail box is near the recycle bin (i did find a largish dividend cheque on shares i didn't know i owned the other day - so i do a brief scan). brucee On 2/5/06, Skip Tavakkolian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the depressing stats. For a time I got into the habit of > sending junk back in the self-addressed return envelopes that usually > accompany junk mail. Make sure to blackout any identifying > information on the envelop (e.g. barcode) I used to send newspaper > clippings or coupons found in other junk mail. > > as for reading mail, very occasionally i need to read mail over slower > links (dialup); this is when a webmail or mail agent might win over > drawterm/acme/Mail. drawterm/nedmail is pretty reasonable, even at > those speeds. > > andrey mirtchovski wrote: > > > > "Junk mail is an ongoing problem for the average American. > > Here are facts and figures, as well as ways to reduce junk mail at home… > > > > THE FACTS: > > - The average American receives 677 sales pitches per year. This uses > > 28 billion gallons of water and more than 68 million trees! > > - 44% of unsolicited junk mail is never read or opened. Most of this > > waste isn't recycled. > > - Eight months of the average American life is spent sifting through junk > > mail!" >
