My spam has dropped to almost nothing since the disastrous elections are
over.
(Both Yahoo and Gmail.)
On Dec 17, 2016 8:00 AM, "Bob Whitmire" <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I use gmail now and get zero spam. The only unsolicited mail I get is from
> people I've done business with. I promptly unsubscribe and it goes away.
> Except L. L. Bean. They are relentless.
>
> We still have the old Time Warner address, but I have unhooked it from
> mail programs, and don't bother to check it on the browser. The last time I
> did, it was nothing but crap.
>
> Now the phone is a different story. From time to time I get spam texts
> with links. I delete and block. Same with robo-calls. Delete and block.
> Since the election they have dropped to none.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> > On Dec 17, 2016, at 12:02 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On 12/16/2016 4:00 PM, Peter Klein wrote:
> >> Given all the spam I've been getting on my old personal address, I want
> to protect my new personal address from bots and Web crawlers. My new Web
> host does offer spam filtering, which I've enabled. Here are a couple of
> question for those of you who are pros or talented amateurs at this sort of
> thing. Feel free to tell me I'm being overly paranoid or overdoing it if I
> am.
> >
> > I don't think I fit your categories. I'm just a guy who uses mail
> providers with decent spam filters and the spam filter in Thunderbird. With
> Yahoo, Gmail and the ISP where I have web storage and some specialized
> email addresses, I get close to no spam.
> >
> > I do nothing special, just occasionally say a message is spam, which
> trains the filter.
> >
> > I had been getting a few from someone enterprising who changes sender
> address, subject and content with each try, in attempts to get me to click
> on an attachment. But they are few and transparent. Maybe they've gone away
> recently?
> >
> > The view from here is that you may be being overly paranoid.
> >
> > "Afloat in an unseen sea of spam, Moose traveled on, oblivious."
> >
> > Quotable Moose
> >
> > --
> > What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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