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2004-10-12 9:49 PM

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Subject: How much spam do you get?
Earlier I was bs'ing with my roommate and noticed the 'junk email' and 'spam' folders in his microsoft outlook. There were over 7,400 in the 'junk email folder' which is microsofts spam filter and over 4,800 in the 'spam' folder which is Cloudmarks pay service. When I inquired he checked how long they have been accumulating; the date was since September 12. So in one month he has received 12,200+ pieces of spam in a month. I on the other hand I have received one piece of spam in the past month. The difference is roommate hasn't switched emails in over 9 years. In 2 years I have NEVER entered my email on the internet; instead I use my sworn-mortal-enemies email address so he gets all of my spam. Coincidentally my roommate is the computer-tech-geek for my mortal-enemy so I get periodic updates as to how effective my efforts are. Enemy gets about 3,000 - 4,000 spam’s a month. Enemy and I share so many common friends that I haven't been able to tell a sole about my 'mission'. This joker really ticked me off and is such an a*hole in general that I’m doing this; I’m typically very nice.

So, how much spam do you get?


2004-10-13 6:44 AM
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Subject: RE: How much spam do you get?
Between the 3 email addy's that Wifey and I have, about 300 a month total. At least that's what SpamPal tell me it's filtering out... I rarely use my email address for anything other than ordering stuff. And since I have my own domain, I can create aliases for each of the companies that I do business with. That way, when spam starts showing up addrressed to any particular ordering addy, I know who to never give my business to again...

I still hate junk snail mail more because, poor innocent trees die for that crap. I like to restuff the postage paid return envelopes with their crap and send it back - minus anything with my name and address of course, that visits the shredder...

-Frank

Edited by scuba-punk 2004-10-13 6:46 AM
2004-10-13 10:08 AM
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Subject: RE: How much spam do you get?

I mostly use my hotmail and yahoo addresses and get very little at either one.  I never use my Comcast email addy for anything, so nothing there either.  But I once had an email address where I would get about 200 spams per day, mostly for things like Viagra and, ummmm....."reproductive organ enhancement."

I got to get my wife to stop visiting those porn sites! 



Edited by max 2004-10-13 10:09 AM
2004-10-13 10:08 AM
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OK...I confess...



Edited by max 2004-10-13 10:09 AM
2004-10-14 4:51 PM
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Subject: RE: How much spam do you get?
Mortal Enemy retaliation through spam. I love it! That is so evil. muahhhahaha. I gotta try that. Its gotta give you that warm fuzzy feeling throughout everytime you hear them griping about it.
2004-10-15 10:03 AM
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Subject: RE: How much spam do you get?
I have an account that I have had for about 9 years. I discontinued using it because of the ridiculous amount of spam I was getting. Now I have another address that I don't get hardly any spam on and put in the first email address if someone asks for it. Love the retailiation idea.


2004-10-16 10:32 PM
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Subject: RE: How much spam do you get?
I had really bad spam on yahoo (about 50 spam a day) so then i made a new account on yahoo and haven't gotten a single one!
2004-10-17 1:24 PM
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max - 2004-10-13 10:08 AM

OK...I confess...



ROFL! Work is worse than home. Some ass that got fired got even by putting in everyone's name onto a list that keeps propagating itself. I don't feel quite so bad though when the prez of the company is in the To: line and I'm cc:'d below him. I'll bet about 40-50 per day at work and another 30-40 on yahoo.
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