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Junk Emails?
#12849579
08/01/18 03:46 PM
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Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 9,444
Smurfs
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TFF Celebrity
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TFF Celebrity
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Does unsubscribing from each piece of advertising email you get really work, or does it just cause more. It's getting out of control!
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Smurfs]
#12849580
08/01/18 03:46 PM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,280
I'm The Dude
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Smurfs]
#12849582
08/01/18 03:47 PM
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 28,102
Uncle Zeek
aka "Mom"
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aka "Mom"
Joined: Sep 2005
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I use one email address for anything that could lead to marketing emails, like when I shop on Amazon, Ebay, etc. The "regular" email address is the one I use for people I actually want to hear from (including doctors offices, TX licensing agencies, etc)
"Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries --but it is a force stronger than crime" ~ Robert A. Heinlein Artim Law Firm, PLLC Estate planning & tax attorney AND 07/02 FFL 2250 Morriss Road, Suite 205, Flower Mound, Texas 75028 972-746-0758 mobile zac@artimlegal.com
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Smurfs]
#12849587
08/01/18 03:49 PM
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 19,719
COFF
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 19,719 |
I always click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. However if the link takes you to a site requesting you to fill in your email address don't do it.
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#12849590
08/01/18 03:55 PM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 61,742
LoneStarSon
Private Dancer
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Private Dancer
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 61,742 |
I use one email address for anything that could lead to marketing emails, like when I shop on Amazon, Ebay, etc. The "regular" email address is the one I use for people I actually want to hear from (including doctors offices, TX licensing agencies, etc) I have multiple addresses for this very reason. One for work, one for ebay, Amazon, Walmart, and Paypal, one for bills, and one for family and friends. Makes life easier.
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Smurfs]
#12849598
08/01/18 04:01 PM
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Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 45,093
CCTX
mapquest
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mapquest
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 45,093 |
Reporting/marking them as spam works better than unsubscribing.
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Smurfs]
#12849604
08/01/18 04:07 PM
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Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 33,044
Scagnetti
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
Joined: Jan 2006
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Any decent email provider should block 95% of all spam emails. I don�t get more than 5 a month if that and I do a LOT of online activity and have for eons
To me, having multiple email addresses creates more problems then it solves
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Scagnetti]
#12849614
08/01/18 04:15 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 95,327
Bob Davis
Bunkeroid Bob
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Bunkeroid Bob
Joined: May 2002
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Any decent email provider should block 95% of all spam emails. I don�t get more than 5 a month if that and I do a LOT of online activity and have for eons
To me, having multiple email addresses creates more problems then it solves I think this actually worked finally for the AOL site. I've seen a huge reduction in spam since I kept filling up the "Spam" folder. There were at some times 500+ spam emails in the folder. This hits AOL in the "disk space" pocketbook. So they finally started to filter it better. Now only a few unwanted junk and spam emails. I didn't choose AOL either, Verizon pushed us there when Frontier took over.
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Smurfs]
#12849633
08/01/18 04:40 PM
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Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 3,115
Ted Martin
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
Joined: Jul 2005
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i unsubscribe if its a legit company that i do business with and they just added me to receive marketing emails.
if it is pure unsolicited spam from some entity i have never heard of, then i never click anything on their email and block the address.
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Smurfs]
#12849674
08/01/18 05:15 PM
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 52,098
grandpa75672
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 52,098 |
It seems to be working although the results take 10 days or more to notice. Each spam has multiple addresses and you have to unsubscribe to each one.
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.... W.C.Fields
I know a little about a lot of things but not a whole lot about anything....CGD
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Re: Junk Emails?
[Re: Smurfs]
#12849769
08/01/18 06:53 PM
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Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 295
BMowatt
Angler
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Angler
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 295 |
I don�t use the unsubscribe feature. I mark it as spam and block the email address. I get a spam report once a week and at times it will have 200+ addresses that have been blocked.
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