How not to receive spam in your inbox?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by zeekstern, May 15, 2009.

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  1. #1
    Is there a setting or something that prevents me from receiving PMs that are nothing but spam?
     
    zeekstern, May 15, 2009 IP
  2. masazies

    masazies Active Member

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    #2
    very hard to avoid spam nowdays, for me just ,mark as spam so when you get same email they will go to junk folder and dont share your email in public
     
    masazies, May 15, 2009 IP
  3. henrychai

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    #3
    hey there,
    it's true that is hard to avoid spam nowadays...

    my suggestion are:
    Dont try to unsubscribe your email from the email you received... it will only get worse... because the advertiser know that this email user is an active email...

    trust me they will try even harder next time...
     
    henrychai, May 15, 2009 IP
  4. Gallito

    Gallito Peon

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    My solution is to not read PM's that have any kind of number or typo in the title, problem solved ;)
     
    Gallito, May 15, 2009 IP
  5. choice

    choice Prominent Member

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    #5
    just forward any spam pm`s to the mods they will then be banned
     
    choice, May 15, 2009 IP
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    goalpower Peon

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    #6
    Great idea. Thanks for telling me how to do this - It should cut down on pm spam if we all start doing this. :)
     
    goalpower, May 16, 2009 IP
  7. gbit

    gbit Active Member

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    #7
    You can minimize it but cannot stop it :) .....
     
    gbit, May 16, 2009 IP
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    coreygeer Notable Member

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    #8
    In my personal e-mail the only spam I get is some Oprah crap and the Nigerian Scammers.

    I have quite a few other e-mails set up for signing up to people's lists and receiving their spam. Don't use your main e-mail to sign up to anything.

    As for receiving PMs on a forum: No, there's nothing to my knowledge you can do about that, just delete it when you see it and report it.
     
    coreygeer, May 16, 2009 IP
  9. BelissaC

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    Just ignore it. Can't really get rid of them. Even in emails they proliferate. I guess we just have to live with them, eh?
     
    BelissaC, May 16, 2009 IP
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    bhtex71 Guest

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    I always just check and delete my spam folder at least 2 times per day. I hate spam too. I really don't know how you can really get around it though... I have a yahoo account that I did not keep up with for a while and I checked it one day and it had about 3000 spam emails..
     
    bhtex71, May 16, 2009 IP
  11. couchsurfer06

    couchsurfer06 Peon

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    Yep mark them as spam. who loves spams anyway? If I were you, open an account that is for public use, so that all spams will go there. I myself, have a personal email and a public one.
     
    couchsurfer06, May 16, 2009 IP
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    #12
    Delete them. There's no way you can prevent them from spamming your inbox. I got loads every day and I simple delete them all.
     
    jasonxav, May 17, 2009 IP
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    lol.. ya ya sometimes the professional spammers is hard to prevent...no choice...
     
    henrychai, May 17, 2009 IP
  14. mr_mahesh_in

    mr_mahesh_in Well-Known Member

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    Delete them. No way to avoid spam!
     
    mr_mahesh_in, May 17, 2009 IP
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    Tell the moderators about the spam, whey will check and if the person is spamming they will be banned the only way to stop spammers is to get them banned. Just make sure to place the username of the person spamming.
     
    kbeus21, May 17, 2009 IP