I don't want a big manhood....

[Aliya]

... I don't want to "meet her for marriage", I don't want a dodgy degree and I don't need viagra. I don't want your millions in some dodgy account and I most certainly do not think my internet access is going to be cut off and I will not "message you".

These message are going into my junk inbox but I am still getting upwards of 40 a day which is a pain. If I dont clear them out regularly then my private email address memory gets clogged up. I cant ban them because they change their freakin names and I cant automatically delete junk as sometimes my normal email gets sent there because of some word it has picked up.

What am I to do?????? Am very pissed off if I ever meet a terrorist or a scabby junk mail sender I shall strangle them

[baloo]

What am I to do??????

Stay off the Internet.

Am very pissed off if I ever meet a terrorist or a scabby junk mail sender I shall strangle them

Not all junk mailers are scabby.

[Burbage]

Get a new email address.

Use a disposable email address for all dodgy contacts.

Seems like hassle, but it is the only way.

[BFG]

Burb is spot on the button.

Once a disreputable person has your e-mail address it's game over as they are saleable items.

Keep one e-mail for friends only, another for when you go e-shopping and use your work e-mail for....work....

There is a chance that you will still get hit if your e-mail address is in a database/contacts list that has been hacked/stolen - but you can reduce the chances of it happening by doing the above.

PS - Mrs BFG wants to know if she can have your big manhood if you're not using it?

Not sure what she wants it for, after all, she has me.

Oh. I see....

[Lady Uppercrust]

I'm pretty sure, that almost all the people who have my email address are disreputable, but it's more fun that way.

[Aliya]

I do keep my personal email for my friends and my work for work. Dont have a separate one for internet buying that makes sense. Dont want to get rid of it as it is Aliya@surname.com so a really good one. Fec.

[baloo]

only if they can spell your surname correctly.

[Possum]

Not all junk mailers are scabby.

Yes they are!! I have no interest in the crap that they send me. I also do not like my children receiving said crap. Hang them

[baloo]

When you start posting your email address on open websites where scrapers can harvest it like there is no tomorrow, you get what you deserve.

I feel sorry for your email provider.

[Possum]

That is like saying if I wear a short skirt I deserve to be raped My email provider is a kind caring sole and I don't believe I have posted it on an open site...except once when I was treasurer of a club but it was listed without my knowledge!

[baloo]

That is like saying if I wear a short skirt I deserve to be raped

Not at all. What you are trying to say that if you wear a short skirt, you don't want anyone to look at your legs.

[Possum]

Looking at my legs does not impact my life. Using my legs in any way without my permission does.

[baloo]

Spam doesn't impact your life.

Don't forget, the internet and email isn't a right. it's a free service with very little regulation.

[sluggo]

With all the penis enlargement spam I get I just want to know who ratted me out.

[Burbage]

Funnily enough, if any of the penis enlargement methods were any good, is it not about time we saw spam for super sized condoms and straps for tying your enormous penis to your leg?

[Aliya]

I've never posted my email address on an open website.

[Possum]

Of course it impacts my life!! It costs me in both time and lost productivity. It is annoying, clogs my inbox and creates for many additional costs to try and stop it. It opens a door into my computer for viruses and exposes my children to stuff I would rather not have them read. Spamers are the dregs of society who get rich on others misery.

[baloo]

Of course it impacts my life!! It costs me in both time and lost productivity. It is annoying, clogs my inbox and creates for many additional costs to try and stop it. It opens a door into my computer for viruses and exposes my children to stuff I would rather not have them read. Spamers are the dregs of society who get rich on others misery.

I'll try and reply concisely.

It costs me in both time and lost productivity - then don't open and read them
It is annoying, clogs my inbox - use a spam filter
creates for many additional costs to try and stop it - bullshit
It opens a door into my computer for viruses - see above
exposes my children to stuff I would rather not have them read - don't let them read your email. If it's their own email, move to an email provider that has better spam filtering.
Spamers are the dregs of society who get rich on others misery - What rot. You might be miserable but they make no money from you.

It's so easy to protect yourself from unwanted email if you choose too. Do something to stop the spam and you'll win the battle. Trying to blame someone else for it is not going to get you anywhere and you'll lose the battle. Are you a winner or a loser ?

[Mabel]

I don't think I've ever received one to my gmail address that hasn't been sent directly to the spam folder. I like to look at them occasionally for a giggle, my current favourite arrived a few weeks back; "Want Bigger Organisms?"

[Burbage]

New emiail address possum and only give it to people you trust. Use a disposable Hotmail address for all the internetty dodgey stuff.

Aliya, the problem is that if smeone includes you in a mailing list and they forget to BCC it, your email gets exposed to everyone on the list. I'll bet that's how it got out.

[Aliya]

Burb, yes that must be right. Really bloody annoying though to be getting emails from those idiots although some of them are so funny (the titles - I dont open them) that I have to have a giggle...

[Burbage]

One thing I have thought of is having an individual email address for each person I know. Then I'll know who buggers up, and it's easy to change.

For example, your email would be: Alyiatoburb@burbage.com

My domain allows me 1000 emails, so I won't run out in this lifetime, unless I get really famous, but then I'll have a secretary for dealing with that shit.

PS: I bet aliyatoburb@burbage.com is on 500 mailing lists five minutes after this message is posted.

[baloo]

I've been doing a similar thing for ages. Each place i register an email I use the name of the site as the email address. i.e.expatsingapore@mydomainname.com. I then easily work out where the spammer got my email from.

[slinky]

I keep getting (seemingly dodgy) job ads in my email. No idea how I got on that list.

[Burbage]

I've been doing a similar thing for ages. Each place i register an email I use the name of the site as the email address. i.e.expatsingapore@mydomainname.com. I then easily work out where the spammer got my email from.

web1@burbage.com
web2@burbage.com
web3@burbage.com

I wonder which poor bugger owns burbage.com