Comments on: Do you know why you get so much spam? http://www.peterfilias.com/2004/07/27/do-you-know-why-you-get-so-much-spam/ The ramblings of Peter Filias, aka, Computer Ninja. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:25:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: JTMoney http://www.peterfilias.com/2004/07/27/do-you-know-why-you-get-so-much-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-227 JTMoney Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.peterfilias.com/wordpress/?p=548#comment-227 I use COTSE (cotse.net). They do all the mail for my entire domain, and they rock. $5.95 a month. I tried mailblocks, but didn't like it. Kludgy interface, slow site, IE support only, and you still had to go through your spam box every day or so and look for false positives. I use COTSE (cotse.net). They do all the mail for my entire domain, and they rock. $5.95 a month.

I tried mailblocks, but didn’t like it. Kludgy interface, slow site, IE support only, and you still had to go through your spam box every day or so and look for false positives.

]]> By: JTMoney http://www.peterfilias.com/2004/07/27/do-you-know-why-you-get-so-much-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-228 JTMoney Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.peterfilias.com/wordpress/?p=548#comment-228 Forgot to say...using COTSE, I didn't have to change my email address. Forgot to say…using COTSE, I didn’t have to change my email address.

]]> By: Jesse http://www.peterfilias.com/2004/07/27/do-you-know-why-you-get-so-much-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Jesse Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.peterfilias.com/wordpress/?p=548#comment-229 Worked great for me. There is the initial hassle of sending out your new email address to people, and there is the occassional friend that didn't get it, but it was worth not getting the 50ish spam messages per day that I was having to deal with. Some new spam is starting to trickle in now, since I used my actual email account (kinda stupid) to sign up for a beta test. The bottom line is never give your email account to anyone you don't know, or to an organization. If you want to sign up for magazines, games, etc. create an email account made specifically for that, and watch the spam trickle in. Love, Jesse Worked great for me. There is the initial hassle of sending out your new email address to people, and there is the occassional friend that didn’t get it, but it was worth not getting the 50ish spam messages per day that I was having to deal with.

Some new spam is starting to trickle in now, since I used my actual email account (kinda stupid) to sign up for a beta test.

The bottom line is never give your email account to anyone you don’t know, or to an organization. If you want to sign up for magazines, games, etc. create an email account made specifically for that, and watch the spam trickle in.

Love,

Jesse

]]> By: Alex http://www.peterfilias.com/2004/07/27/do-you-know-why-you-get-so-much-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Alex Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.peterfilias.com/wordpress/?p=548#comment-230 I don't mind deleting 200 extra emails a day. I give my right index finger an extra 3 minutes work out each morning. I don’t mind deleting 200 extra emails a day. I give my right index finger an extra 3 minutes work out each morning.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.peterfilias.com/2004/07/27/do-you-know-why-you-get-so-much-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Kelly Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.peterfilias.com/wordpress/?p=548#comment-231 I actually sent an email to someone (work related) and got that "please reply that you are a human and I will send this on..." email! it was cool! Once I clicked on the link it sent me ANOTHER email letting me know that my original email was sent! I actually sent an email to someone (work related) and got that “please reply that you are a human and I will send this on…” email! it was cool! Once I clicked on the link it sent me ANOTHER email letting me know that my original email was sent!

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