The issue really isn't spam. It's the fact that gmail scans your email and
sticks ads on the page based on what it sees in your messages. This is a
clever way of getting around the fact that many people block all cookies,
except from sites that really need them, like banking & shopping sites where
you WANT to be recognized.


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Actually John, I've found G-mails SPAM filter to be pretty good. If
somebody reports spam to gmail, it's automatic spam, and gets thrown
into the spam file. My gmail spam file catch's anywhere from 5-20 SPAMS
a day, and will hold them there for 30 days before automatic deletion.
and yoyu can open up the SPAM file to see whats in there and will tell
you from whom it came. Just in case something got caught that you
didn't want to. I think it's kind of neat.

I haven't had any problems with it.


JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:16:54 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

wrote in message
ups.com...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
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I've had Google for a while, and I haven't experianced any of those
types of problems. I can pretty well detect SPAM seeing that I
don't
really get much mail from there anyhow. . and if I saw that I sent
one
to myself, I wouldn't open it . I'd junk it.


You've had Google WHAT? Which product are you referring to?



pardon me, "G-mail"



Well, I think it's odd that a for-profit company uses the content of
your
email to generate income. All email is potentially subject to
surveillance,
but Google's routine is odd, to say the least. I wonder how many people
don't even notice.


That was the point of my original post. I agree with all the folks that
say
email is subject to being intercepted, read, etc. But, I don't know of
any
email providers who scan every message looking for key words which will
be
used for targeted advertising (or for anything else the company wishes).

Thanks, but no thanks.
--
John H

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