Gmail is a very popular email service, and thousands of people use it. I've always wondered if Google sold people's emails and told the advertisers that it would go into the spam folder. I think they do, because one time I started a new gmail account and got spam in it very quickly, and I hadn't told ANYONE about the email. So, how much do you think it's worth to get your website or whatever put in everybody's gmail spam folder. I don't know what I would do, but I know sometimes I look in my spam folder and click some of the stuff and see what it is just out of curiosity, I just doubt many other people do that.
I was astounded how long it took me to get spam to my gmail account despite using it on directories and forums - literally months. Even now I get very little and google picks up most of it. As for reading spam - well, duh, that's how you let the spammers know your email addy is live.
Why do people say email addy? I see people saying it and I don't know what it means, and I HATE IT! Email addy... just sounds so bad.
Aaaah, touche I usually complain because people use text speak in forum posts and here I am using abbreviations. slap on hand firmly delivered:
I receive ~100 spam emails every day usually I go once a week and delete everything from Spam folder . Thanks god gmail has a good spam filter . But sometimes I open some of them . And WTF ? at least 30% are in chinese / japonese or whatever language is that and I never gave my addy to a chinese/// website . I they so dumb , they must target only chinese... websites to get emails not all if they send spam in these languages . Dumbs .
You have failed to add Rusian special offers and candian pharmacies I get hundreds of spam mails everyday.
and afghani widows with millions Afghanistan is the new Nigeria speaking of which we just had the episode of the Apprentice where they were flogging a new singer and one team kept going on about how cool it was that their guy was from Nigeria. Made me wince. Africa sure, but I'd downplay the Nigerian bit. apologies to all the good Nigerians, but your fellow countrymen and women have tarnished your international reputation.
How common was your email? It very well could've been a spammer just going through and guessing millions and millions of gmail accounts, and the ones that didn't bounce got sold by that spammer to other spammers? Sounds semi-logical(so I think).
I own a corporation that rents data center space(colocation) and rents dedicated servers. I once had a client that was spamming literally 100+ million e-mail addresses. He blatently broke my policy and I was pissed. I stole his e-mail lists and tried to auction them on e-bay! They closed down my listing and I didn't even try to sell them after that-- I realized it was unethical, my anger originally got in the way of that.
i get 500+ spam monthly dont know why myself also just browse spam folder and cliks on some link such as you have Won! emails i would not go for spam folder payment even if gmail is offering Free
Give me your email address, I will forward you all the crap I get about viagra, cialis, hoodia and 100 other wonderful topics... I have no interest in reading it, but maybe you will find something interesting...