Re: OE/Hotmail

From: Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\) (mike.hall.mail_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 02/15/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:44:50 -0500

My primary e-mail ID is with Sympatico.. other than the mail server falling
over occasionally, I have no problems..

With Hotmail and Yahoo, I submitted almost everything as spam, and after a
few days, Yahoo mail was filling up again faster than Hotmail.. I hardly use
either account for anything.. and as said, I don't really care.. both have
increased mailbox size which means a weekly visit instead of daily.. big
deal, eh..

As with flyers that appear on one's mailbox, you pick and choose what you
want and throw the rest out.. it can be a little frustrating at times but
has been a way of life for so long.. the funny part is that when one thing
in a thousand does get through and is ok, everybody who has complained and
campaigned about spam/flyers want one and feel put out that they didn't get
the same deal/offer/chance.. you can't have it all ways.. 

-- 
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
"Vanguard" <use_ReplyTo@domain.invalid> wrote in message 
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> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote in message 
> news:uTVuxk3EFHA.624@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> After three days, I have in excess of 400 entries in Yahoo compared to 
>> three in Hotmail.. I don't care either way as I only have Yahoo and 
>> Hotmail as a backup mail box
>
>
> Did you make sure to opt OUT of Yahoo's marketing lists?  During the 
> signup, there is a short line with a link that takes you to their 
> marketing preferences page.  EVERYTHING is checked by default so get all 
> that crap.  Go look at your account definition and check your marketing 
> preferences has ALL items unchecked.  They claim it will take 10 days 
> before the changes are effected.
>
> Of course, if you have been divulging your unmunged Yahoo e-mail address 
> everywhere (since that is your primary account) versus not divulging your 
> Hotmail account (because you don't use it) then that would account for the 
> increased levels of spam in your Yahoo account.  Whenever registering to 
> use a web site, as many game sites do, or a forum, or whenever divulging 
> your e-mail address, you should start by giving them an e-mail alias 
> instead.  Create a unique e-mail alias that is dispensed to only one 
> yet-to-be-trusted recipient.  Then when you get spammed through that 
> unique alias, you'll know exactly who spammed you or sold your e-mail 
> address.  I use Sneakemail.com to create e-mail aliases on-the-fly. 
> Rather than just a forwarding service, any replies you make to a message 
> received through a sneakemail alias goes back through their server and all 
> your mail server's headers are stripped out.  Your reply looks like it 
> originated from Sneakemail's domain.  Later when you find that you don't 
> get any spam through that alias, like 3 to 6 months later, you can update 
> your account with them to give them your real e-mail address.
>
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