minx Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 Is it impossible to unsubcribe from spam mail? grrrrrrr! i didn't want their e-mails in the first place, now they're going to send me a confirmation e-mail that i've asked not to receive anymore e-mail?!?! AND i get to keep receiving their e-mails for 1-2 more weeks? what's up w/that? "Thank you. We have received your email change or delete request and we will send you a confirmation email. Please note that your change may not take effect for 1-2 weeks. Please click here to return to jcrew.com. " Quote
erik Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 spam them back sometimes i get all irrate and shit. my email program will send out timed delivery, so set it up for like every minute or so. though at work this increased traffic could result in some techy guy lookin at you! Quote
jon Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 Never reply to spam. Get rid of your preview window in Outlook or other mail client, spammers have gotten pretty sophisticated embedding user specific images to know whether your account is active. If it from someone reputable like Jcrew, CALL THEM and tell them that you are going to report them to the Washington Attorney General for spam abuse. Could be worse, you could run a website. Quote
erik Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 jon said: Could be worse, you could run a website. or two of them. jon, you ever going to link us to the other site? Quote
gapertimmy Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 also be sure to never post your email address on any website in plain text, spam bots look through sites for email addresses as well, thats why you see things like: gapertimmy aht cascadeclimbers daht com Quote
Thinker Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 I like fastmail.fm because it has a 'bounce' feature that makes your email account look invalid if you use it. Quote
iain Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 I have many nigerian friends thanks to spam and they are always sending me money Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 Hey, we must know some of the same Nigerians! Someone from the Ministry of Finance sent DFA a fax just the other day! Quote
iain Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 unfortunately they always seem to be in trouble. I don't know how they manage over there. Quote
Paul_K Posted February 25, 2003 Posted February 25, 2003 If you've got some time, any of these are a hoot! Letters to Nigerian scammers Quote
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