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Bear
Bentlian Oldboy
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 Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: Junk Mail - Does It Work |
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We all receive junk mail and one has to assume that companies would not send out all this stuff without some return but nobody that I know will admit to using it so why do they continue ?
And what do you do with yours.
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WeAreSTFC
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: Re: Junk Mail - Does It Work |
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| Bear wrote: | We all receive junk mail and one has to assume that companies would not send out all this stuff without some return but nobody that I know will admit to using it so why do they continue ?
And what do you do with yours. |
junk mail or junk email??
I've sent spam email and spam messages before on random forums to advertise my own forum. (which, ironically, got hacked by spammers so I deleted)
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Local lass
St. Mary's Old Girl
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:45 am Post subject: |
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I delete all my junk emails.the post annoys me sometimes that all i get in the mail is junk mail.
but would royal mail survive with out it |
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Clunk
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WeAreSTFC
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| Clunk wrote: | | I pick an email address from spam at random, then forward all my spam to it. I change them once a month. |
good idea that 
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rosco
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| WeAreSTFC wrote: | | Clunk wrote: | | I pick an email address from spam at random, then forward all my spam to it. I change them once a month. |
good idea that |
Unless the spammer has picked up on some innocent person's email and is using that, in which case you are subjecting them to additional spam (and risk having your address classed as a spammer).
Far better to forward to a spam registration service, such as BAYES, that will then be used to update spam classification for the benefit of all. |
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WeAreSTFC
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| Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| rosco wrote: | | WeAreSTFC wrote: | | Clunk wrote: | | I pick an email address from spam at random, then forward all my spam to it. I change them once a month. |
good idea that |
Unless the spammer has picked up on some innocent person's email and is using that, in which case you are subjecting them to additional spam (and risk having your address classed as a spammer).
Far better to forward to a spam registration service, such as BAYES, that will then be used to update spam classification for the benefit of all. |
if it's anything like HackerWatch it's pretty much useless
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Geddi
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Joined: 29 Apr 2008
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Junk through my letter box is hellish. I am registered with MPS - free service click here...
http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/
Though this only stops mail with your name on which you did not solicit. Other junk mail which piles up on your doorstep can be stopped via the post office, all that without yoru name on it, but this also stops all the local stuff which you may like to get, e.g. Town Crier, Calne news etc..
Send it back in all the freepost envelopes is what I do if I have time.
Spam mail does not particularly bother me at all. It costs nothing and is dead easy to elliminate.
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