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Neemer

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Bluegrass!
I know everyone gets their fair share, but my damn box is gettin' more chit by the day!! I always send a "UNSUSCRIBE" back to the originating email, but I've found out that a lot of the times, they just pass my address on to other degenerates like themselves...

Is there anywhere that you can unsuscribe to all this chit that you get in your box? I threaten them with bodily harm but it seems to do no damn good....
 

Neemer

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Also, I've noticed the A-holes are now telling you to cal a specific phone number to be removed from their mailings. Most of these #'s are long distance calls. What in the hell do you do when this particular situation happens??
 

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BEAM ME UP SCOTTY!
Im GETTIN FUKIN PISSED TOO NEEMER...

Im EXPOSING THESE SPAMMERS AND CALLING FOR A BOYCOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Many of them dont even allow you to "REMOVE"..

The worst....

Grand CEntral (I love the book, but please stop sending the free 25 dollar email's as if I am not a member, and not 3 a fukin week, you are pissing alot of people off)

Every time I get one I will post it here from now on.
 

Neemer

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Iron....

Bet ya you've seen a couple like this....Just so happened I got another one iCould your website use more traffic?

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To Be Removed Send E-Mail to get_2_the_top@yahoo.com
IF THIS IS NOT DONE OUR LIST MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE WILL NOT KNOW TO
REMOVE YOU.


A few out there have made it so damn difficult to get your email address removed, I said the hell with 'em
 

SixFive

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Neemer, add the senders to your blocked email list. That will cut down on some of the spam. However, the more unscrupulous spammers resort to a different email address every day such as NVT5609456@yahoo.com That's the kind of crap I get. Anyway, block those senders and unsubscribe from everything. If u have hotmail and msn messenger, u can dial long distance for free up to 5 minutes if they want u to call. Neemer, shoot me an email clintnotclinton@hotmail.com I tried to email u, but your email addy is not listed. I have some info for u being that u r a Kentuckian! Good luck!

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It's far better to be LUCKY than good.

[This message has been edited by SixFive (edited 05-23-2001).]
 

BahamaMama

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don't know about the *truth* in this, but i have always been told NEVER to hit the unsubscribe on spam, and not to even open them. if you unsubscribe, it just confirms to them they are sending things to a valid e-mail addy, and it gets worse.

the stuff gets mighty old tho, eh?

oh, and six-five...... MSN doesn't offer the free calls at all anymore...pout

first unlimited, then limited to 5 minutes, and now non-existant
 

fletcher

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yahoo im does,and it works great
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DOGS THAT BARK

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Neems & Six-Five Did you happen to read article in Park City News yesterday on that subject?
Like I stated previously wish the hackers would do something constructive and launch attack on spammers.
 

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mama is right! never respond and never click on their links they provide. it will make it worse!

i gave up. i just roll my eyes and use the delete button.
 

SixFive

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Hmm, I've had good luck unsubscribing. Blocking the sender works the best though unless they change email addresses. Bummer about msn ditching the free calls, that really stinks! DTB, I don't get the Daily Snooze, so if there are good articles like that, let me know. I don't read it unless somebody points out interesting things.

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Neemer

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DTB...

NOpe,...I hadn't read anything about it. I'm in the process of moving so the only local news I get is from the TV set...

65...

I'll send one your way...

Thanks for the info. fellas, I'll start to use just the delete button. I can't tell you how many I've replied to. You're right though, it has gotten much much worse...
 

BahamaMama

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SixFive, the things that you have *unsubscribed to* that you have had good luck with......could they possibly be things that you had subscribed for in the first place, just by checking a box at a site that you registered at, saying "send me info on ******" ? Those kind, i would think it would work to use unsubscribe, cuz it is usually from a legitimate site.
 

bmc

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Look, we don't want to waste your time or ours;-)

Here are some anti-spam resources (all www.):

abuse.net
samspade.org
spamcop.net
suespammers.org
cauce.org
stopspam.org
 

Neemer

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Bluegrass!
MUCHO gracious for the web addresses. Gonna check 'em out tonite. And Fletch, thanks for the "block" sender tip, never knew it existed..
 

Neemer

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Bluegrass!
Some info. that probably will be very helpful...
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To unsubscribe or not to unsubscribe?

If you have signed up for a newsletter or product updates, or otherwise agreed to receive email from a legitimate company, you owe it to the sender to at least try the removal process provided in the email before you cry "spam!" It is very difficult for a legitimate sender to remove you from their list if they learn about the problem from SpamCop. So it's generally much more effective to remove yourself using the sender's procedure. If you have tried unsubscribing to no avail, but you think the company normally makes an honest attempt to remove people, then you can file a spam report, but please include a note stating what you have done to try to be removed in the comments section of your spam report - you will have an option to add comments to all your spam reports. This will lend credence to your claim of spamming

The dangers of unsubscribing

However, if the email is not from a legitimate organization that you have had prior communication with, then following the removal instructions in the spam usually just gets you more spam. By using the removal instructions, you have verified that you received the spam and read it. That makes your email address even more valuable to the spammer, and you will just get even more junk in the future. Normally, we recommend that you never reply to spam email, or trust any of the information in the spam unless you really know what information you can and cannot trust. For instance, if you get a spam from john@aol.com, you should not reply to john@aol.com, nor should you report the spam to aol's abuse administrator (abuse@aol.com). Usually, most of the information in the header of the spam is "forged." Just as you can put any return address on a normal paper letter, spammers can put any return address they want on their email. Usually, the return address belongs to someone the spammer wants to annoy with a bunch of erroneous complaints.
 

BahamaMama

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to anyone on AOL, i have a question about *blocking senders* of e mail.......... do you happen to know if you block a an address by specific name, rather than by domain, do they know they are blocked....(or do they at least get something returned to them saying their mail did not go thru) ..... or is their mail just lost in cyberspace, and as far as they know you received it?
 

Neemer

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Bluegrass!
BM....(oops, that doesn't sound good
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Ya still using AOL? I wouldn't give ya 2 cents for it! Especially in this area, it's as slow as a 14.4...
 
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