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RE: Emails @msgplus.net available again! by RebelSean on 09-16-2004 at 01:46 AM
Sorry. Just thought that would be the best thing to do Sonic Boom...And I HOPE we get spam filtering, I need it 
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RE: Emails @msgplus.net available again! by marissa on 09-16-2004 at 03:47 AM
thats an easy fix, dont sign up for stupid news letters and pr0n 
RE: RE: Emails @msgplus.net available again! by Hank on 09-21-2004 at 12:45 AM
quote:
Originally posted by marissa
thats an easy fix, dont sign up for stupid news letters and pr0n
pr0n?
RE: Emails @msgplus.net available again! by CookieRevised on 09-21-2004 at 02:09 AM
quote:leet talk for "porno"...
Originally posted by Demandred
pr0n?
quote:The most spam comes from just publishing your email on the net though... spamcrawlers search for emails on the net, just like searchrobots (like google) search for pages...
Originally posted by marissa
thats an easy fix, dont sign up for stupid news letters and pr0n
RE: Emails @msgplus.net available again! by RebelSean on 09-21-2004 at 02:28 AM
Question for you CookieRevised, you sorta, well to me, act like you get NO spamm. How is that? You have your sig just like mine, a image to click for a email to send to me to my @msgplus.net email...?
RE: Emails @msgplus.net available again! by CookieRevised on 09-21-2004 at 03:26 AM
I do get spam, +- 15 mails a day, but I know that that is normal when you have a public mail on some public board, so I don't fuzz about it, or make a big deal out of it 
Also, they are automaticly filtered/moved. Not with some spamkiller or anything, just the normal filters in my mailclient (Netscape). And if a spam gets past the filter (very very rarely these days) then it's only 1 click of the button to teach the filter that it is also spam. And for each spam I recieve my filter gets more and more intelligenter....
In short, I don't need a special serverside filter. In fact I like to know what is send to my inbox, even if it is spam. A serverside filter would be handy in general. But for me, personally, it isn't needed. And that's also why I previously said that using your local mailclient's filters will work perfectly, etc...
oh, and one MAJOR tip: don't click on things like "click here to unsubscribe" or "go here to remove you from the mailinglist"....
By clicking on those things, you will only confirm that your email is a valid email!! So, maybe they will stop mailing you, but they also sell your email to other companies who again sell your mail to others, etc... etc... So, just ignore those spam mails and those "click here to remove" and only, (repeat: only!) when you notice that a spammail keeps coming from the same sender then you can click on those links, as in 99% of the cases, you WILL be removed then, but all others: just ignore....
RE: [split] Emails @msgplus.net, prevent spam by RebelSean on 09-21-2004 at 12:49 PM
Hmm, lets see. I use Internet Explorer and the webmail to check my email...It has NO filter things, wait it does, I make a "filter" thing to automticaly delete things in the first line of the subject like Hey, RE:,FWD:,re: and stuff like tthat,but then I log off and it takes the filter off...
RE: [split] Emails @msgplus.net, prevent spam by CookieRevised on 09-21-2004 at 01:35 PM
Like I said, use a proper mailclient... @msgplus.net is a POP3 email, so use it in that way, instead of turning it into a crappy webmail like Hotmail.