For JimH
 

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:25:38 -0000, Tim wrote:



That's what I like about gmail, it has a tremendous spam catcher.

Like, about a thousand a month. OH some still get though, but once
you've labeled them as spam, it pretty well filters them out.

Whoa. Never saw it that bad.

I'm using my AOL acct at the moment, and spam creeps into viewing way
more than necessary.

I probably should have said that nearly all the spam I get with Yahoo
goes into a "bulk" folder, so the spam guard works ok.
My main use of email is on-line verifications, shipping notices, etc.
The only personal stuff is the occasional pics my kids send.
I've got one each in Hawaii, Australia, and Spain.
When I want to talk with them - or anybody else one-on-one, I just
pick up the phone.
When I call Australia, I use a phone card so have to plug in a bunch
of numbers, but you can talk for hours for 5 bucks.
I might have to use a card for Spain too. I'll see when I get my
phone bill.
Some comedian had a line about these kids using text messenging that
went something like this:
"You're pushing these tiny buttons to slowly have a sometimes
intelligible conversation with somebody. Hey, dummy. You've
got a phone in your hand!!"

--Vic

For JimH
 

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:25:38 -0000, Tim wrote:

On Sep 14, 6:04 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:42:26 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing





wrote:

LOL
I'm starting to wonder if my "newsgroup posting email" works.
I only check it about once a week to find out how many millions I have
waiting in lottery winnings and Nigerian bank accounts.
I probably got quite a bit wealthier since I last checked.

Heh.

I did an experiment a couple of months ago by putting a dummy account
in the email on my server.

It was up for one post on one day.

Fifteen minutes until the first spam showed up.

To date, 23 per day is the average.

And I seem to be very popular in Nigeria.

I mispoke about the account above. It was empty
since I dumped it last week.
The one that gets the most junk is the yahoo account
I use for on-line ordering.
It seems spamming has dropped off a bit as people wise
up to it. Or maybe it's because they threw that guy in the can last
year - he was prolific.
Doesn't take but a couple criminals to cause a "crime wave."

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That's what I like about gmail, it has a tremendous spam catcher.

Like, about a thousand a month. OH some still get though, but once
you've labeled them as spam, it pretty well filters them out.

I'm using my AOL acct at the moment, and spam creeps into viewing way
more than necessary.

Tim, "Mailwasher Pro" is a great product for use in conjunction with your
home email account.

http://www.firetrust.com/