micmic66
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posted on September 27, 2002 04:24:58 PM
I purchased the PC I am using now after my trusty ol' NEC took a lightning strike May 1st. I had this one by May 3rd. As of right now I have deleted 3060 emails. I have decided 2300 of them are junk mail from people or websites/offers I have never heard of. I bet I delete 25-35 junk mails a day. Is this alot??
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stonecold613
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posted on September 27, 2002 04:58:39 PM
Welcome to AOL.
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ptimko
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posted on September 27, 2002 05:24:34 PM
Not sure if it's a lot or not...
I usually receive only 2-3 pieces of junk email a day. The ones I do receive are mostly forwarded to me from an account that I use only for newsgroups and other places like that...
I read a news article recently where it was stated that the powers that be expect the amount junk email to double over the next few years. I feel that the biggest problem with junk email is that it uses up system resources around the internet and this additional (and unnecessary) network traffic costs companies money since most data networks charge a rate based upon the amount of information being sent. I suspect that if network costs continue to rise then companies will eventually decide to try recovering their costs by charging a fee for every email sent, kinda like sending a letter in the regular post...
Personally, I really hate junk email. I feel that the sending of such junk email should be made a crime punishable by sterilization. If the desire to send junk email is a genetic defect this is one gene we don't want propagating thru the species... 
[ edited by ptimko on Sep 27, 2002 05:25 PM ]
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twelvepole
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posted on September 27, 2002 05:28:48 PM
I get 10-15 a day on average.
If you buy ONE thing over the internet or let your email out to a public site such as a "sweepstakes"; then expect lots of junk mail. 
Also some of it maybe caused by a disgruntled buyer, that signed you up for alot of stuff just using your email.
Ain't Life Grand... 
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uaru
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posted on September 27, 2002 05:43:55 PM
I've learned to delete quickley. Between Viagra, pills to grow longer (men's product), mortage rates ads (4.5%, yeah right), and "Hi, want to see my girlfriends having fun," email is a bit of a pain. They are predicting it's going to be getting worse also. The feds will have to get into the picture like they did with unauthorized faxes, just a matter of time.
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ptimko
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posted on September 27, 2002 05:57:13 PM
Unfortunately, given the global nature of the internet, I'm not sure that there is much that any one government could do. From time to time I look at the headers of the junk email to see where it originates from. The trend I've been seeing lately is that more and more email appears to be routed through mail servers outside of North America...
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capotasto
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posted on September 27, 2002 06:43:07 PM
There are solutions. Or at least methods to make it less time consuming.
One of my accounts I use ONLY for BUYING on ebay.
I read those emails pertaining to purchases.
EVERYTHING else gets dumped without being read.
Another account I use for general purposes, but I dump EVERYTHING without reading from senders I do not recognise, or those with RE: in the subject line, or those with 100K+ messages. etc.
Vinnie
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gina50
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posted on September 27, 2002 06:54:31 PM
They were talking about this on talk radio this morning
Since different states are starting that no call list were you sign up not to get telemarketing calls on the phone, they said they will be terrorizing us thru email instead!!!
That it will get worse everyday
Oh well , I guess that is better than having to run for the phone while your making dinner, etc !
Not gina50 on ebay
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twelvepole
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posted on September 27, 2002 07:06:01 PM
Think about wireless people who will be charged for each email received.
I think then there will be some power play put into action.
Ain't Life Grand...
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Roadsmith
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posted on September 27, 2002 08:49:16 PM
We signed up for a little ISP here in the mountains of Southern California about 3 months ago and have had absolutely NO junk mail since! Not one stitch. They have filters, and so far nothing important we were waiting for has been filtered out. We each used to get 15-30 a day, and I hated it. We now have "easyfeed," God bless 'em.
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JACKSWEBB
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posted on September 27, 2002 09:47:25 PM
I SEND THEM A REAL NASTY E MAIL,,,,EVEN NAUTIER THAN THEIRS.....THEY ARE SHOCKED!!!!
AND THE BEAT GOES ON.......
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kolonel22
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posted on September 28, 2002 07:12:40 AM
Because I have a commercial web site I get lots of spam. I found a great product ( I have no association, affliation nor do I make any personal gain from telling you about the site. I am user of it only)the software is called iHateSpam. It takes care of 98% of the spam that comes in to my e-mail box and if I set it higher it would do even more. What I liked about it is you do not have to configure all kinds of filters to get it to work it does for you.
Check it out at:
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/
Health & Happiness
"The Colonel"
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lioncarol
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posted on September 28, 2002 08:47:59 AM
Turn them in before you delete them. I also have about 30 a day and I really got ticked. I don't know that I'm getting any less but it sure does make me feel good after I turn them in and then "just in case" I add them to my junk mail list. My junk mail does seem to be getting less spam.
Not very hard to do - let me try to explain. 1. Open email 2. go to View bar at top of screen - click on it 3.Scroll down to options - click on it - Then go to the return path - you want to copy this - go to it - click control A (to highlight all) then control C (to copy it). 4. Close this window. 5. Go to forward and paste (Control V) the copied information. 6. Look at the top line and see what is after @ (like @aol.com) type abuse@ (what ever follows the @) in the TO: and send it.
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