On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:29:05 -0800 Ben Koenig <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's just peer pressure guys. Didn't you pay attention to the videos > in school? > > "Just say NO" when confronted with drugs, alcohol, sex, and facebook. > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 4:49 PM m <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug you mean Facecrack? -- __________________________ / We're all in this alone. \ | | \ -- Lily Tomlin / -------------------------- \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\\ ____ \_ _/ / / / * * \ /^^^] \_\O/_/ [ ] / \_ [ / \ \_ / / [ [ / \/ _/ _[ [ \ /_/ _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
