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keltic63
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 Posted: 07/22/03 - 18:52 Post subject: are those just dummy windows?
I have "unsubscribed" several spam emails. I click on the link, go to their "unsubscribe" pages, fill them in. I still get a ton of spam. so the question is, when I unsubscribe and they claim to remove my addy from their database, are they really doing it, or am I just wasting my time with a fake site?
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omega lambda
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Posted: 07/22/03 - 19:09 Post subject:
I think I read in Consumer Reports that if you respond to spam email in any way, shape or form, you confirm that your email address is a good one and you will get more spam. They recommend you don't even open 'em, just delete 'em. And they recommend you get good spam filtering software.
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gretriever
Hipster Doofus
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Location: A moving target in a firing range.
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Posted: 07/22/03 - 20:27 Post subject:
| omega lambda wrote: | | I think I read in Consumer Reports that if you respond to spam email in any way, shape or form, you confirm that your email address is a good one and you will get more spam. They recommend you don't even open 'em, just delete 'em. And they recommend you get good spam filtering software. |
Yup. Some say it may take a week to ten days to remove your name, but after a little time, they just come right back.
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Floridaboiler
POTFH
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Location: Jacksonville, Florida
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Posted: 07/22/03 - 22:07 Post subject:
I read the same thing in CR and I went right out and downloaded the software from bloomba.com and it is working pretty good so far. It doesnt get it all but it gets a nice chunnk of it.
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