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Old 06-02-2002, 04:51 PM
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How do I get rid of the annoying crap? The unsubscribe link doesn't work. Is there a trick to it?

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Old 06-02-2002, 08:43 PM
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Use filters, if you've got that option, and never respond to them! Even if it's to "unsubscribe" The link usually doesn't work, and if it does, it's usually more ads or to target your e-mail address for more spam.

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Old 06-02-2002, 09:21 PM
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Dr. Kuoh is right, if you respond to them they know they've hit upon a good address. In other words, so many people change addys, give false ones, etc. and if there's no response nothing further happens. However if you do respond...

I know this doesn't help now but in the future if a site requires an e-mail address either give a false one (1@2.com is one of my favs) or open a hotmail account and use it for garbage like that. At least that way you won't have to sort through the spam to find your 'real' mail.
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Old 06-03-2002, 08:47 AM
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Ok, I'll just start deleteing them when I get them and see what happens. Gotta check about that filter thing.

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Old 06-03-2002, 11:46 AM
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Ignoring them won't stop them either, but at least it won't increase their frequency. As for the filter, that depends on your mail client or server. It doesn't stop them from coming, but makes it goes straight to the trash can.


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Old 06-03-2002, 12:51 PM
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If you have Outlook or Outlook Express as a mail client you can set a message rule to delete all mail from any specified server from your server before you see it. This works fine for trash sources like "freeporn.com". For servers that MIGHT send valid mail like AOL or Yahoo, I set a rule to delete it and just check my deleted mail folder occasionally. I NEVER open unsolicited email, just right click, add the source to my long list and delete it. Phew
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Old 06-05-2002, 10:05 AM
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Use filters, if you've got that option, and never respond to them! Even if it's to "unsubscribe" The link usually doesn't work, and if it does, it's usually more ads or to target your e-mail address for more spam.
I'm not a MAC user but I like one of the anti-spam features included in the mail client in OS X. You can reply to the spam with a generic bounce-back message making the sender think that the e-mail address is invalid and remove it from their list.
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Old 06-05-2002, 10:19 AM
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Most spam have forged FROM addresses anyway, so a NDR from you would probably also bounce. The best option is to ignore/filter the spam or blackhole the sender's IP.

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Old 06-05-2002, 11:14 AM
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Most spam have forged FROM addresses anyway, so a NDR from you would probably also bounce. The best option is to ignore/filter the spam or blackhole the sender's IP.

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How do I do the 'blackhole' thing?
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Old 06-05-2002, 11:42 AM
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You can't blackhole unless you run your own mail server.

If you're e-mail sits on an ISP's server, then the best thing you can do is to filter them.

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