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I don't know how, but it seems one law of the internet is that it's impossible to use the same email address for more than a few months without getting junk mail. Especially if you're a little careless with your email address.
On form of said junkmail is porn-by-mail. Hot Asians, Naughty Teens, etc. All well and good I suppose, but for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, the pictures in the emails aren't very good. They're only advertising websites (And don't pretend you've *never* looked at the mail before deleting it). Secondly, and rather more importantly, my university monitors (to an extent) all incoming and outgoing mail.
This doesn't really do me any favours. I need to get rid of them.
So, unsubscribing is the way forward. Or is it?
Firstly, what's to ensure they actually do bother to unsubscribe me?
"Your request may take up to 72 hours to be processed"
72 hours? Why the hell does it take three days to delete an address from a database? It could be done instantly if they wanted it to.
But no, they want three days notice so they can forward my email address to every other bloody company under the sun before actually deleting my address. Then of course, one of those companies will forward my address back to them, and I'll be added again. Bloody hopeless.
Blocking messages then, seems to be the only option left. Even though this only really puts them in my deleted item box after recieving them.
Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn.
On form of said junkmail is porn-by-mail. Hot Asians, Naughty Teens, etc. All well and good I suppose, but for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, the pictures in the emails aren't very good. They're only advertising websites (And don't pretend you've *never* looked at the mail before deleting it). Secondly, and rather more importantly, my university monitors (to an extent) all incoming and outgoing mail.
This doesn't really do me any favours. I need to get rid of them.
So, unsubscribing is the way forward. Or is it?
Firstly, what's to ensure they actually do bother to unsubscribe me?
"Your request may take up to 72 hours to be processed"
72 hours? Why the hell does it take three days to delete an address from a database? It could be done instantly if they wanted it to.
But no, they want three days notice so they can forward my email address to every other bloody company under the sun before actually deleting my address. Then of course, one of those companies will forward my address back to them, and I'll be added again. Bloody hopeless.
Blocking messages then, seems to be the only option left. Even though this only really puts them in my deleted item box after recieving them.
Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn.
Yeah, I used to have a big problem with junk email on Btinternet. It seems just about everyone on BTinternet (BTopenworld) was affected by junk mail, my sister getting up to about 120 emails a day and me getting about 60.
We didn't even sign up for anything, it seems the companies managed to get hold of BT's mailing list. Everyone on newsgrouops also were having the same problems
Luckily, (and coincidently?) it seems they've decided to do something about it and have introduced a spam filter. Got no junk emails today, went to the BT site to find out what it had blocked, 60 emails in the spam file.
Wahoo!
We didn't even sign up for anything, it seems the companies managed to get hold of BT's mailing list. Everyone on newsgrouops also were having the same problems
Luckily, (and coincidently?) it seems they've decided to do something about it and have introduced a spam filter. Got no junk emails today, went to the BT site to find out what it had blocked, 60 emails in the spam file.
Wahoo!
Hotmail has a great junk mail filter.
I never get spam in my inbox now. And if i do i get i block em.
I never get spam in my inbox now. And if i do i get i block em.
never click on unsubscribe it just subscribes you to more junk
just block addresses if you can't block'em just delete them, they are really easy to spot by the subject lines anyway
using these i get very little spam in the spam trap anyway just a few few mortage and credit applications and 2 porn things all of which can't be blocked due to rotating addresses so they get deleted once the subjectline has been read
finally never give out your isp address to anyone you don't know, use free services like hotmail to trap the spam instead.
just block addresses if you can't block'em just delete them, they are really easy to spot by the subject lines anyway
using these i get very little spam in the spam trap anyway just a few few mortage and credit applications and 2 porn things all of which can't be blocked due to rotating addresses so they get deleted once the subjectline has been read
finally never give out your isp address to anyone you don't know, use free services like hotmail to trap the spam instead.
Amittedly I haven't been 100% careful with it... I signed up for a load of junk mail back about two years ago now, after I signed up with mailround.com
The deal was that I got paid to recieve emails. I made about £30 from this over the course of a few months before deciding it really wasn't worth it. I then tried in vain to unsubscribe from everything. My email address has been passed from company to company for around two years now, and just a few months ago things took a turn for the sordid. First it was ViagreOnline who got my address, shortly followed by some kind of 'extensions', and now a few companies advertising pictures of naked girlies.
The deal was that I got paid to recieve emails. I made about £30 from this over the course of a few months before deciding it really wasn't worth it. I then tried in vain to unsubscribe from everything. My email address has been passed from company to company for around two years now, and just a few months ago things took a turn for the sordid. First it was ViagreOnline who got my address, shortly followed by some kind of 'extensions', and now a few companies advertising pictures of naked girlies.
I had one that lasted for about a year now gets 100 a day full of porn, house insurance and maternity advice.
Had a new one for about 11 months, no spam.
Hurrah
Had a new one for about 11 months, no spam.
Hurrah
I've had my hotmail account for 6 months, and I get no spam.
Clearly you sign up for all the wrong things.
Clearly you sign up for all the wrong things.
Heh
A van and a mate called Ugly.
Excellent
A van and a mate called Ugly.
Excellent
I know, its really frustrating.
I manage the company ISP main account, and the worst offenders are the ones that open a new browser windows and immidiately foprward you to a site, more oftern than not, "the bang bus".
Click. Thats me straight on to the porn offenders list on the monthly report for the MD.
I still havn't found a good way of stopping these damn messages
I manage the company ISP main account, and the worst offenders are the ones that open a new browser windows and immidiately foprward you to a site, more oftern than not, "the bang bus".
Click. Thats me straight on to the porn offenders list on the monthly report for the MD.
I still havn't found a good way of stopping these damn messages
I don't know how, but it seems one law of the internet is that it's impossible to use the same email address for more than a few months without getting junk mail. Especially if you're a little careless with your email address.
On form of said junkmail is porn-by-mail. Hot Asians, Naughty Teens, etc. All well and good I suppose, but for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, the pictures in the emails aren't very good. They're only advertising websites (And don't pretend you've *never* looked at the mail before deleting it). Secondly, and rather more importantly, my university monitors (to an extent) all incoming and outgoing mail.
This doesn't really do me any favours. I need to get rid of them.
So, unsubscribing is the way forward. Or is it?
Firstly, what's to ensure they actually do bother to unsubscribe me?
"Your request may take up to 72 hours to be processed"
72 hours? Why the hell does it take three days to delete an address from a database? It could be done instantly if they wanted it to.
But no, they want three days notice so they can forward my email address to every other bloody company under the sun before actually deleting my address. Then of course, one of those companies will forward my address back to them, and I'll be added again. Bloody hopeless.
Blocking messages then, seems to be the only option left. Even though this only really puts them in my deleted item box after recieving them.
Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn.
On form of said junkmail is porn-by-mail. Hot Asians, Naughty Teens, etc. All well and good I suppose, but for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, the pictures in the emails aren't very good. They're only advertising websites (And don't pretend you've *never* looked at the mail before deleting it). Secondly, and rather more importantly, my university monitors (to an extent) all incoming and outgoing mail.
This doesn't really do me any favours. I need to get rid of them.
So, unsubscribing is the way forward. Or is it?
Firstly, what's to ensure they actually do bother to unsubscribe me?
"Your request may take up to 72 hours to be processed"
72 hours? Why the hell does it take three days to delete an address from a database? It could be done instantly if they wanted it to.
But no, they want three days notice so they can forward my email address to every other bloody company under the sun before actually deleting my address. Then of course, one of those companies will forward my address back to them, and I'll be added again. Bloody hopeless.
Blocking messages then, seems to be the only option left. Even though this only really puts them in my deleted item box after recieving them.
Damn Damn Damn Damn Damn.