I mean Spam talk from our group, so I know more about the filters. I never ever never ever open anything when the address is foreign to me. This of course does not mean I make mistakes, but with my mail I always look from whence it comes. So: SPAM TALK FROM OUR GURUS HERE, as to avoid getting SPAM in the first place. Marta
On Dec 27, 2005, at 12:13, mikewatk wrote: > Marta, > > NO! You don't know what you are asking for when you say you could use > some Spam talk. I have been getting many offers to refinance my home > at 3.99%, meet hot lesbian partners, buy time-shares in property, get > cheap prescription drugs, try Viagra (and similar products), join > beastiality sites, etc. Even the things such as refinancing would > surely not be with companies I could trust! > > I never got these things until I , ONE TIME, opened a pop-up ad and > gave the site my E-mail address.... it had to do with some contest I > had supposedly won... which couldn't be true... I hadn't entered one. > I knew it was not going to turn out to be real; but I was curious as > to how they would go about getting out of it! > > Then, I began to get Spam! And Spam begets Spam. You mustn't reply, > even to tell them to stop... then they know you are reading it, and > you get even more! (I tried that.) They sell your E-mail address to > other sites, and it increases incrementally. DO NOT OPEN AND PLAY WITH > ADS YOU DIDN'T SOLICIT! > > Spam doesn't Talk to you, as David Pogue or some sites do. There's no > good information available on Spam sites. Anything you may want to > know can be more pleasantly found on Google, or such. > > I'm hoping that mine is somehow lost in cyberspace! > > Mike > > > On Dec 27, 2005, at 10:29 AM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> Bringing up Spam, do you people get a lot of it? I don't, at least >> not anything i did not order or gave my name to receive mails, like >> New york Times' e-mail ,BBC etc. I only received 2 emails in the last >> several months I did not recognize the sender and of course promptly >> deleted them. I did set up some filters, however, not knowing what I >> am doing, or how they work, I am not sure how that works, and I am >> never sure whether to put a mark in the place it asks whether I want >> to trust my IP server's filters. I could do with a little Spam Talk >> myself. >> Marta >> >> On Dec 26, 2005, at 18:54, mikewatk wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Jerry Yeager, >>> >>> I don't understand why it would make a difference, but since you >>> reinstalled my Panther system, I am not getting all the Spam that I >>> was before. It's a welcome development, to say the least. But, I'm >>> puzzled. My E-mail address didn't change. Why would this have >>> happened? I was getting a bunch of it both before and after MacTown >>> installed my new HD. If that didn't make a difference then, to what >>> do you think I can give the credit now? >>> >>> Anyone else have any ideas? I'm not complaining... just curious. >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >>> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. >> | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. > | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
