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"


JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
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?

wrote in message
ps.com...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
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.

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

wrote in message
ups.com...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
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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"JohnH" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:16:54 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

wrote in message
oups.com...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
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

The whole thing makes me wonder why we ever did away with the pillory and
rotten vegetables as a form of public punishment.



--
"In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost
every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination." - Mark Twain

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:53:26 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:


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

wrote in message
roups.com...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
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

The whole thing makes me wonder why we ever did away with the pillory and
rotten vegetables as a form of public punishment.

While living on the farm, as kids, my brothers and I would walk up to the
Nesbitts farm. For some reason, many of their chickens would lay eggs in
the hayloft of their huge barn. The eggs would get abandoned (or the
chickens eaten 'cause they weren't laying eggs in the hen house) and we'd
find nests with a dozen or so eggs therein. Mind you, these eggs were
rotten, for the most part.

We would then use the eggs for an egg fight in the barn. Rotten vegetables
wouldn't hold a candle to rotten eggs when it comes to throwing things at
those in a pillory. I think we should do it for lane changers on I-95!
--
John H

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

wrote in message
ps.com...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
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

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************
Try sending yourself some email to yahoo and hotmail with key words and
see if you dont see more of the same kind of ads.

On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 13:53:08 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

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

wrote in message
ps.com...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
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

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************
Try sending yourself some email to yahoo and hotmail with key words and
see if you dont see more of the same kind of ads.

Nope, nothing close. Real estate ads and hairspray. I wrote about
motorcycles and cameras.

Besides, Yahoo is only for this group
--
John H

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***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
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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
ups.com...
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

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

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.


wrote in message
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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
ups.com...
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

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************