I deleted my Facebook account several months ago (should have done it years before), and so far, no "please come back messages".
On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 12:59 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > After an irksome hour of frobbing, I finally managed to > delete a 12 year old facebook account. Password long > lost, so I had to jump through MANY hoops. > > If your setup is like mine, copy /etc/postfix/main.cf > to a backup file FIRST. > > Facebook's email address for me is my personal server, > which has many spam barriers (though not enough). > > Facebook sends its emails from a zillion different > servers with different URLs - that trips up greylisting, > so I deleted that stanza in /etc/postfix/main.cf . > > I temporarily removed ALL the spam filter stanzas. This > works like connecting the sewer line through a fan into > your home ventilation system. > > My email address ( keithl AT keithl DOT com ) has been > out there for more than two decades; I am on every spam > list in the solar system. I still have a copy of the > very first internet email spam ever sent, from some > immigration lawyers in Albuquerque IIRC. > > Ick. Much to clean up after my brief spam exposure ... > > Anyhow, I requested a password-change confirmation code > from facebook, and finally found the email from facebook > with the code, in a spam folder. I used it to log in > to facebook (for the first time in a decade), smell the > malodorous accumulation, and follow the instructions here: > > https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674/ > > ... and FINALLY delete the account. A decision they > allow me to change until a month from now. Mid December > would be a good time for a "facebook free" party. > > Of course, I immediately restored /etc/postfix/main.cf > > I did NOT download a backup of the account, which they > allegedly permit you to do. I want NOTHING from facebook > (and Russian crackers, perhaps) stored on my computers. > > There may be many "please come back messages" from > facebook in my spam folder for the next decade or two, > but I hope greylisting and DKIM will stop them first. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
