Another vote for Gmail here! I have never had a problem with spam with my gmail acct. They do a great job filtering, and rarely do I get a valid email go to spam.
On Mar 28, 9:25 pm, Becky <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for gmail.... I've never had legitimate mail end up in the spam folder, > myself.... excellent spam handling. > On Mar 28, 2011 8:22 PM, "Debbie Doerrlamm" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well the one thing I will tell you is almost never EVER reply and say > > stop sending this crap :) 99% are forged or hacked mail accounts > > that are sending that stuff.. I will say I feel gmail does a fairly > > decent job of keeping up with that is and what isn't, who I do find > > legit mail in my spam box there occasionally. It is a full time job > > fighting the bad guys :) > > > In the past 40+/- hours my server received just under 7000 emails - > > more than half - 4250 - of them were marked as spam and trashed > > > The SPAM button doesn't work because these people jump from server to > > server, from faked email address to fake email address faster than > > you can click SPAM. I have always contended that was a waste of time. > > I have investigated enough hacked hosting accounts to find their warz > > that generate these emails to know .. and they get smarter every > > day.. used to be you could detect the true originating IP address, > > now that is being spoofed also.. One hacked domain I looked at had > > 4-6 text files, 1 with thousands of email addresses to be used as the > > TO address, another with thousands of addresses to use as the FROM, > > another with hundreds of IP addresses to spoof that too.. then there > > was the actual program that built and sent the mails.. > > > The other issue is where your email address is posted.. mine - all of > > mine - are everywhere.. I am a major target.. Maz.. yours in in tons > > of places now too.. more than ever.. oh and people getting their AOL, > > yahoo msn accounts, FB accounts hacked is totally out of control and > > the bad guys grab your addresses from those places also. > > > My best advise - choose 1 or more: > > 1. change your email address > > 2. get a gmail account > > 3. trash the mails and forget about it > > > At 06:06 PM 3/28/2011, you wrote: > >>In all the years since I set up this mail account I have NEVER been > >>inundated with SPAM like I get at other addresses. > > >>Until recently. > > >>I'm kinda over all the invites for F***book and offers for > >>prescription drugs that will apparently help me gain and maintain > >>things that I don't really have the anatomy for to begin with. > > >>So I'm coming to my best source of Internet info-- YOU GUYS!-- > >>asking if anyone knows how to STOP getting all this stuff? Hitting > >>the "SPAM" button does not, apparently, block the addresses effectively. > > >>Maggie Franklin: > >>Owner & Artist, <http://artofnailz.info/>The Art of Nailz, Visalia CA > >> "Visionary rebel dreamer; obviously way ahead of my time." > >><http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/>Maggie Rants [and Raves]@Nails Magazine > >><http://www.facebook.com/onykophile>Facebook > > >>-- > >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>Groups "NailTech" group. > >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>[email protected]. > >>For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > > > Regards, > > Debbie ^v^ ^o^ //\o/\\ ^o^ ^v^ Webmaster - System Admin > > > [email protected] > > (AIM - NailGdsss, GTalk wkdwich p-631-981-1273) > > Ronkonkoma, NY & Rocky Mount, VA > > ONLINE STOREhttp://www.beautytech.com/shoppe > > >www.nailtechconnect.comfor Professionals > >www.beautytech.comfor Professionals > >www.beautytech.INFOfor Consumers > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NailTech" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected].> For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en.
