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Dec 10, 2008 5:44 PM CST Spam
Jan1305
Jan1305Jan1305Sunshine and vino, Murcia Spain170 Threads 5,319 Posts
Well I use a computer, like most of you, every day and I produce complex excel spreadsheets, word documents etc, but spam in my mailbox is a mystery to me.

In laymans terms, why do I get so much of it, and more worrying, why is much of it addressed to me personally, like - Janis (my name) would you like blah blah..... I have never opened them and always report them as spam to my email provider.
Dec 10, 2008 6:11 PM CST Spam
phoenix
phoenixphoenixparis, Ile-de-France France81 Threads 4 Polls 3,669 Posts
Jan1305: Really? What do you mean, re-set my email account? Change my user name and open a new account?



Cut to the quick...are you on billy boy gates, mac or linux...
Dec 10, 2008 6:20 PM CST Spam
Jan1305
Jan1305Jan1305Sunshine and vino, Murcia Spain170 Threads 5,319 Posts
phoenix: Cut to the quick...are you on billy boy gates, mac or linux...


I use two laptops, the old one is windows XP, the new one is the dreadest vista, so both billy boy. My email provider is yahoo.
Dec 10, 2008 7:19 PM CST Spam
phoenix
phoenixphoenixparis, Ile-de-France France81 Threads 4 Polls 3,669 Posts
Jan1305: I use two laptops, the old one is windows XP, the new one is the dreadest vista, so both billy boy. My email provider is yahoo.


The only reason i asked for you Op. Syst..is 'cause i'm nosey..nothing else..

SPAM is more or less 'Door to Door' ...'Cold Calling'....with in yahoo, you should be able to switch off 'spam'...

Although the quickest way is to change your 'address'..and give your new 'addy' to those who count...Stay with yahoo and change a '_' or '.' in your address..Don't loose sleep over it...And then once you've changed your address give it to those who count...I change mine twice a year....
Dec 10, 2008 7:21 PM CST Spam
phoenix
phoenixphoenixparis, Ile-de-France France81 Threads 4 Polls 3,669 Posts
PS...................

Nothing wrong with Vista..but Windows 7 is better....
Dec 10, 2008 11:06 PM CST Spam
The term spam actually "comes from a Monty Python television show in which one particular episode made so many references to the canned meat product that the rest of the show was overshadowed by the spam motif." It is considered to be a serious violation of netiquette and many ISPs are utilizing anti-spam tools and methods fight and pursue spammers.

check out the video

Dec 10, 2008 11:15 PM CST Spam
ghost007
ghost007ghost007swieqi, Majjistral Malta52 Threads 4 Polls 885 Posts
you should put in a good spam filter and get an address which is not hotmail etc .but one of the propriety ones .......
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