Emails

QUOTE(garydebs @ May 28 2003, 11:35 PM)This is something I was gonna consult with Shandog and Pauligan....

Set up the account for the web site I created and I am getting XXX mail.

How am I getting these....I have Never been to one of these. All I need is the kids to come across these.

Do not understand how they can arbitrarily send out stuff.
Gary:

Who is your ISP Provider? Contact them and see if there are any email "filter" settings you can apply that you may not be currently using.

Also, create a bogus email account on yahoo - that way when you come to those forms that are "required" to give an email address, you can give the "other" email versus your primary email. Yahoo has some junk email filters in it which you can use to help weed out the bs.

Additionally, I get porn in my mailboxes for MetroEateries all the time - and I think the same thing - Sometimes they have pictures that pop up w/out me even opening them that pi$$e$ me off too - I don't want my kids seeing that stuff either.

Good Luck!!

Well in that you have some good news. If you have a POP account that means you are almost certainly using an email client such as Eudora, Outlook Express or Netscape mail.

You can use your email client to filter out email based upon a wide variety of parameters. Providing an authoritative response to your inquiry would take all day to write, but if you call me I will walk you through the steps to set it up.

Now as noted earlier - Almost every ISP and service provider will "sell you out". That's why services are free or very low cost. Keep this in mind when you are buying services. ISP's can EASILY monitor where you go, who you email, EVERYTHING. This info is often proved packaged up for marketers and voila. Often boilerplate service agreements will suggest otherwise but they actually leave a back door for spam etc. as it is a very lucrative business. One "spammer" was recently quoted after being harassed as saying hey, AOL gladly sells me their list on a regular basis. Why? Because they make a lot of dam$ $$$ off of it (you). Also note that while YOU may be offended, there are many who are not hence market economics keep the spam market alive and well.

Bottom line - If you use judicious use of rule based email handling you will be better off but don't expect it to catch everything or you will end up losing something you want.

Right now I have 1852 pieces of junk mail in my deleted box (waiting to hit 2000) and most of it I did not even see.

If you have other questions, feel free to contact me, I'd be glad to help out with a few questions here and there.

Gary and Shandog - If you have your own domain/website and have set-up access to it, then you have more options available. Use a catchall email address that points nowhere. If you are unix or linux you can point it to dev/null. You could also have a regular email addy account for your catchall and have everything received through it get deleted. A catchall account accepts email that is not addressed to a recognized recipient. IE If you send mail to [email protected] the catch all email address will receive it. If you have your own domain, your catchall is probably your mail/admin email there and you will be getting everything. Why? Because whoever sold you your domain or hosting is getting even more $$$ for your email addy that the rest.

Some people also recommend changing your email frequently, but that is a whole other animal.

Good luck!!!

QUOTE(Shandog @ May 29 2003, 08:05 AM)QUOTE(garydebs @ May 28 2003, 11:35 PM) This is something I was gonna consult with Shandog and Pauligan....

Set up the account for the web site I created and I am getting XXX mail.

How am I getting these....I have Never been to one of these. All I need is the kids to come across these.

Do not understand how they can arbitrarily send out stuff.
Gary:

Who is your ISP Provider? Contact them and see if there are any email "filter" settings you can apply that you may not be currently using.

Also, create a bogus email account on yahoo - that way when you come to those forms that are "required" to give an email address, you can give the "other" email versus your primary email. Yahoo has some junk email filters in it which you can use to help weed out the bs.

Additionally, I get porn in my mailboxes for MetroEateries all the time - and I think the same thing - Sometimes they have pictures that pop up w/out me even opening them that pi$$e$ me off too - I don't want my kids seeing that stuff either.

Good Luck!!
Yes and you can bet that each of those images is dynamically generated from a DB which means that they KNOW someone using that email addy saw it hence they know you are a LIVE person.