Try putting your friends' email addresses into the BCC column and
spammers wont get our addresses to bombard us with junk. Just a
thought. Actually it isn't necessary to put any address into the 'TO'
column.
Second Avenue
THANKS for stopping by, I do my best to acknowledge when someone leaves a comment,you do not have to be a member here & everyone is welcome. Ps: This site is monitored but not actively posting on a regular basis. Mostly these are stories & some photos saved from a defunct site known as Verdun Connections which was on MSN Groups initially then on a social network called Multiply.
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I get on average 10 to 15 'new' junk mails per day. The older ones are sent immediately to my junk mail box, which I highlite all of them at once and bounce them back to the sender with one click. These spammers are in the business of collecting email adresses either to sell, to use, or both.
By putting all your friends email addresses into the BBC column when forwarding jokes, spiritual messages etc, the address remains our private business. Actually it isn't necessary to put any address into the 'TO' column. I'm positive all of you are aware of this but just in case.
Peace and love,
Biking
Would someone mind putting the above attachment onto a response message we can all enjoy. I do not have that capability.
S.A.
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"bouncing" those emails back to the senders gives them confirmation that they are indeed sending to a valid email address, (now they have a good address to sell)! It is best that you just put the sender on your blocked senders list and ignore them. Hotmail does require an email address in the "to" space. This is where I put my own address. This way I also can confirm what I have sent.
Actually Maggie with my email provider what the recipient recieves is an email from the provider which states there is no such email address. try it. Send me an email and I'll bouce it back to you just to test.
S.A.
Thanks for posting the attachment. Lets slow these spammers down a tad or two.
Maybe the bounce isn't as effective as I thought.S.AA.
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.5/extra/using-junk-control.html#bounce
Just delete the old addresses. They're all in one place and it takes one second. Ed
Maggie, that's a good idea putting your own address on the "to" line to confirm what you have sent, but isn't it any easier looking at your "sent" box? Just wondering for myself to making things easier. Have a great St Patty's day Claroleca
I erase everything except the message -- if it's good. I remove the addresses, the >>> marks, and the 'Send This to Ten of Your Friends or You'll have Bad Luck'.
It's easy b/c most aren't worth forwarding. By pasting the entire email to my word processor, and then cleaning it up there, which makes it suitable for my friends. When I do send it on, it includes the above attachment.
S.A.
Does hotmail have a "sent" box or folder? going to check now after I post this message.........
Thanks Carole, I just found it! Now that I know that hotmail does not require an adress in the "to" space, I will start my "sent" folder.
Bill, When it says send to ten of your friends or you'll have bad luck, you should send it to all your friends. I always send it to both of them. Ed
I hope I'm one of the two Ed.
S.A.
Thanks Bill, That made me feel good. Ed
Here's one I considered worth cleaning up.
S.A.
One morning, three Newfoundlanders and three Albertans were in a ticket counter line at a train station. The three Albertans each bought a ticket and watched as the three Newfie bought just one ticket. "How are the three of you going to travel on only one ticket?" asked one of the Albertans. "Watch and learn," answered one of the Newfies.
All six boarded the train where the three Albertans sat down, but the three Newfies crammed into a toilet together and closed the door. Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around to collect tickets. He knocked on the toilet door and said,"Ticket, please."
The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on.
The Albertans saw this happen and agreed it was quite a clever idea. Indeed, so clever they decided to do the same thing on the return trip and save some money. That afternoon when they got back to the station, they bought a
single ticket for the return trip and watched, while to their astonishment, the three Newfies didn't buy even one ticket!
"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" asked a perplexed
Albertan. "Watch and learn," answered the three Newfie boys in unison. When they boarded the train, the three Albertans crammed themselves into a toilet and the three Newfies crammed into another toilet just down the way. Shortly after the train began to move, one of the Newfies left their
toilet and walked over to the toilet in which theAlbertans were hiding. The Newfie knocked on the door and said, "Ticket please.
Below is the warning window I receive prior to bouncing spam. Since I've been bouncing recently I have been receiving fewer spam. It works for this emailer.
Second Avenue
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Returning unwanted email
To discourage someone from sending you email, you can reject, or "bounce" their message, as long as their return address is valid. When you bounce a message, it appears to the sender that your address is invalid. This is useful for rejecting mass mailings from companies whose mailing lists you've been added to after buying products from them.
If you use the bounce feature for unsolicited email ("spam"), the mail will come back to you as undeliverable, because the return address on spam is usually not valid.
In Mail, select the unwanted message, and choose Message > Bounce.
The sender receives a reply indicating that your email address is not valid and that the message could not be delivered. The message is moved to your deleted messages folder.
You can also create a rule that automatically deletes mail from a specific sender. Or, use the junk mail filter to remove messages that are likely to be junk mail.
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junk mail
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