I keep getting these retarded porn spam emails in my GMail inbox. I have no idea how they got my email address, but it's really getting annoying having "HOT ASIAN ANAL - CLICK HERE NOW" and "HOT CELEB MILF ACTION" flooding my inbox at regular intervals.
I keep reporting them as spam, but they all come from different email addresses. Is there anything I can do about this?
Keep on blocking. I get viagra mail, and I've just learned to live with it.
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Well, that'll be handy for the future.
So there's nothing I can really do to block all the shit I'm currently getting?
Don't give your email to risky sites. I've been able to protect my inbox for about 6 years, it's not that difficult. Just don't sign up to every site you visit.
EDIT: And make a junk address for, what else, Junk.
[QUOTE=Klammyxxl;22293292]Don't give your email to risky sites. I've been able to protect my inbox for about 6 years, it's not that difficult. Just don't sign up to every site you visit.
EDIT: And make a junk address for, what else, Junk.[/QUOTE]
I do have a junk email address, which is why I'm stumped as to why I'm getting shit on my main.
I can't keep the stupid
[b]FREE DELL XPS WAITING DELIVERY CLICK HERE HEEEEEEEEY[/b] away from me without blocking the sender's e-mail a million times.
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Although less effective, you can also use a dot in your name, which counts as another email address, but it gets delivered to you, for example, [email]foo.bar@gmail.com[/email] is also [email]foo.b.a.r@gmail.com[/email] and [email]foobar@gmail.com[/email]
Here's what you can do: go to gmail>settings>filters>create new filter
then go to the "has the words" box and type words like "hot", "asian", "MILF", etc... Click next step, and the chose what you want to do with these mails... (either skip inbox or delete them, I would recommend)
I just checked my Gmail inbox and there was two emails from a pretty dodgy site...
Use word filters.
[QUOTE=SA Spyder;22361736]Use word filters.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's what I said too... ^^
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Woah, I didn't know that was possible!
That's genius.
[QUOTE=RaDiVaX;22366416]Woah, I didn't know that was possible!
That's genius.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's damn good...! Thanks for letting us know!
SpamFighter if you have Thunderbird, or Outlook.
[QUOTE=nicatronTg;22296188]Although less effective, you can also use a dot in your name, which counts as another email address, but it gets delivered to you, for example, [EMAIL="foo.bar@gmail.com"]foo.bar@gmail.com[/EMAIL] is also [EMAIL="foo.b.a.r@gmail.com"]foo.b.a.r@gmail.com[/EMAIL] and [EMAIL="foobar@gmail.com"]foobar@gmail.com[/EMAIL][/QUOTE]
That has the advantage of being compatible with more websites though.
[QUOTE=gparent;22374597]That has the advantage of being compatible with more websites though.[/QUOTE]
This - poor (and sadly common) email checking regexes don't accept anything but dots and alphanumeric characters before the @ sign.
[QUOTE=Pandamobile;22294372]I do have a junk email address, which is why I'm stumped as to why I'm getting shit on my main.[/QUOTE]
Too many ways that could happen, could be as simple as one of your friends getting a virus that sends all their msn contacts emails to someone who sells them. The only thing you can honestly do is see if your email has a way to block emails that contain certain phrases.
I just use a fake Yahoo! account.
don't sign up to loads of sites and make your e-mail hidden
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