Around the 7th I got a reply from card services (had a card passport card) requesting they remove me from their db, got a reply saying they have, just login after couple of weeks not checking emails to see 2 further emails grrr.
Just emailed original sender a email grumbling, then went to internal affairs and emailed the anti spam depth a copy of the original request to stop and the reply to ask them to put pressure on Mastercard to do what was asked by myself. When I hear back i'll let ya'll know Maybe a pointless exercise but..... Chrs ----- Original Message Follows ----- > On Wed 14 Dec 2016 22:29:36 NZDT +1300, Peter Simmonds > wrote: > > > Trademe > > Green Party "Greenweek" > > VM ware symposium or whatever > > AA deals that don't actually work... > > > > Neither one of these ba$t@rds give any option (that > > work) of opting out of this spam! > > That's the perfect reason why you need a gazillion email > addresses. Or at least one for each half dozen max online > shops, and anpther one for each bigger thing. Basically, > you want to be in a position to change/delete any address > at any time without loosing anything you care about. I'm > routinely getting spammed suddenly twice a week after > years of silence because I ordered a PC part there once. > When I tell them to stop it (no need to be friendly) the > sh*ts tell me about their new website 2 years later... and > take that as an opportunity to start it up again... Secret > email address for online banking is the number 1 phishing > protection (unless you're clueless on Microsoft or Android > and get your address book swiped all the time). > > You have one gmail for absolutely everything? Why not let > google track you every single email of the way and allow > everone else to link you into everything you do...? > > Thunderbird has native (no plugin) filter tools that allow > you to match emails and take certain actions. I advise you > to never delete, but move into a separate folder. You will > get your filters wrong... And some actions plain don't > work, like forward with attachments included if you set > download-attachment-on-demand. Been buggy for 7 years. > > The downside of getting too carried away with TB filtering > is that you then become dependent on TB. You can still > only access your email from one client place. That's why I > prefer to do my filtering with procmail, which is far more > elaborate and capable than any mail client, and then I can > choose which MUA I want to use and not create a > dependency. All MUAs suck so flexibility trumps. procmail > has been stable for 20+ years, or try maildrop. Do save a > copy of all incoming email into a folder named year-month, > even when you think you have your filters right, you'd be > surprised what use you find for it, but you can't do that > with TB. > > Other methods include phoning AA 0800, explaining why > you've had enough, threatening a few complaints to xyz and > making it crystal clear that you do not ever wish to get > spammed again. Or collect evidence and make a formal > complaint to the watchdog if you can be bothered. In my > experience only talking to them fixes it. I used to tell > them yearly I don't want their newsshit, they got it, and > with every membership renewal it was back to newsshit. > That's a deliberate system design!! With NZ businesses I > adopted a policy of emailing them friendly once, and > afterwards letting rip in a rude way with whatever means > available - I've damn well had enough. They do tend to get > the point after that. If I give them a bad day then they > should have put the legally required procedures into place > earlier. No sympathies. > > Surely the Greens have a no-spam party policy? > Faceplanting that they don't follow it themselves might > get some interesting entertainment... > > HTH, > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann > http://volker.top.geek.nz/ Please do not CC list > postings to me. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
