Help in reducing spam email messages. Here's a couple things to keep in mind to prevent receiving spam messages.
Never use your main email address to fill out forms on the net, or on paper. These usually get sold to companies who then send out mass mailings either selling something or invite you to join their porn site. Make yourself another yahoo account that I call a spam account. Everytime someone wants you to put an email address down to view a web page, or to join a web page, etc. use that 2nd account. Save your Main account for friends ONLY. A couple things happen. Your email address gets sold to two groups of people. One group who buy ANY email address, and another group who only purchase VERIFIED emails. Once those people get your address, they in turn sell it to others, etc. etc. If you've ever seen a sentence at the bottom which says "click here to be removed from the mailing", what you are usually doing is telling that person that you are REAL and that you have a verified working email. My suggestion is NEVER click the button to remove yourself from a mailing list. Another thing that happens is people use "gofer" programs. These programs go out and search the internet (including Groups like this one) for email addresses. Then sell them for a profit. I know it sounds like a pain, but this is what I've done. I have 3 email addresses. One is my main account which only my friends have. One is my spam account which I use when a site tells me I MUST put down a valid email address. The third is the email address I use if I have to purchase something online. That way I have my confirmations, order, and tracking information if needed. As was said here earlier... anything you get but don't want, MARK as spam. If you feel you are receiving the same email from the same person over and over, then BLOCK that email address. Good Luck. In [email protected], kathy kendall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been getting them too. I usually report them as spam. That is the only thing I know to do. Have good week. > Kathy > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: beth bunch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:33:58 AM > Subject: Re: [Y!M] Spam and vulgar messages > > > I have been getting the same things and I am sick and tired of it, but I don't know how to stop them if you find out let me know please and I will do the same. [EMAIL PROTECTED] com > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: larisanageli <larisanageli@ yahoo.com> > To: Yahoo_Messenger@ yahoogroups. com > Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 4:31:18 PM > Subject: [Y!M] Spam and vulgar messages > > > I continually get vulgar requests coming into my mail. Most times the > email used doesn't match my name exactly such as my email is > larisanageli@ yahoo.com but it will be addressed to > larisagraig@ yahoo.com. The messages in the subject line will be ones > such as "come watch me shower", "I just bought sex toys, watch me use > them at....". I am embarrassed by them and now I am starting to become > irritated and angry over them. They don't come from the same persons. > Does anyone know if I inadvertly invited such messages and if there is > any way, except to change my address, to get them to leave me alone? >
