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I too use Verizon
DSL, and unlike you, I do not have the same issue with the spam folder as you. My
spam folder is not a copy of my Inbox and it automatically empties instead of
filling up. Check your settings on the options page. I get over 400 spam
e-mails a day and have never had my mailbox fill up. And I have only a 10MB
limit. As for the insecure login, I do agree somewhat, with the exception that
of all of the people I know who use it I have not heard of one of them being
compromised. Can’t say the same for Yahoo and the other
freebies. -----Original
Message----- Observations from a
Verizon customer (emphasis is mine): >>Recently switched to Verizon's dsl service. Following experience should be >noted by present and prospective Verizon email users.>>Today, after returning from a 2 day weekend away from downloading email >from the server, got a warning mesage that my inbox (which holds 30 meg!) >was close to being full.>>Reason: my 'spam filter box' -- which I had disabled as it is useless >-- held 24 meg! of mail (basically copies of my inbox). As my 'spam >filter box' which is supposed to automatically be cleaned out every 2 days >has not yet been cleared, I was close to my limit. As I get about 130 spam >messages every 12 hours! such double counting of incoming messages by >Verizon can quickly fill up most user's inbox and start bouncing messages.>>The warning suggested that I go to Verizon's web based email >(netmail.verizon.net) to delete unwanted messages. I did that.>>What I found when I went there was not comforting.>>Unlike Yahoo, and other popular web based email providers, Verizon does >not provide a 'secure' sign in option to its web based email system. Nor >is its sign in automatically encrypted. Such ommision is hardly consonant >with Verizon's publicly stated concern for the privacy and online security >of its users. >ahp |
