Strangest thing happened to me... I stopped getting Spammed

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by fireboat, Mar 17, 2008.

  1. #1
    Oddest thing happened to me this week..... I'm not complaining... not at all... but I am baffled.

    One of my email accounts was getting spammed like crazy. Sometimes it would get 50 or more spam messages a day.

    I've wanted to delete/change the account for sometime, but I'd get an occasional business-related mail in there so I never did.

    And... just this week.... it stopped getting spam messages.

    I didn't change email filters or anything. There's no messages going into deleted items or junk mail. And only good email seems to appear now.

    You don't think all 50 spams per day came from ONE spammer, do you? And... if so,... do you think he stopped?

    Peculiar. Good. But peculiar.
     
    fireboat, Mar 17, 2008 IP
  2. fuzzbuzz

    fuzzbuzz Active Member

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    #2
    is that with a web host?
     
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  3. SEOBusiness

    SEOBusiness Well-Known Member

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    #3
    I'd say do not give your email to meaningless business.
     
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  4. Abhik

    Abhik ..:: The ONE ::..

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    Are you using and free email provider?
     
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  5. digitalduke

    digitalduke Notable Member

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    #5
    Maybe its getting ready to spam HEAVILY this time :D

    J/K...:)
    be careful when you register sites. don' give them your regular emails.
    Make one and start registering.

    Digital
     
    digitalduke, Mar 17, 2008 IP
  6. snowbird

    snowbird Notable Member

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    Maybe the guy spamming you is the same one listed in this article. :)
     
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  7. jagannath_4all

    jagannath_4all Peon

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    hahaha nice catch snowbird :D ;)




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    jagannath_4all, Mar 18, 2008 IP
  8. fireboat

    fireboat Active Member

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    Lol! Yeah, I guess that must be him! It would explain why he stopped spamming me. :)

    To answer people above-- no, it wasn't a free account. It was an account I've had for five + years. And, yes, I did register domains with it.
     
    fireboat, Mar 18, 2008 IP
  9. ardit217@gmail.com

    ardit217@gmail.com Well-Known Member

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    I wish that would happen to me
    look my spam box is evil...
    [​IMG]
     
    ardit217@gmail.com, Mar 18, 2008 IP
  10. timothius

    timothius Active Member

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    Looks pretty good to me... right now I have 2,393 spam emails in my Gmail account.... lol. Of course, I forward email there from like 7 different account, so that makes it a little less impressive... :rolleyes:
     
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  11. gusthedog

    gusthedog Active Member

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    I recently set up a catchall on my Google Apps account just out of curiosity. I got about 200 spam messages per day, mostly to email accounts that have never existed. However there were some accounts I canceled years ago because they were receiving too much spam, but they are hardly receiving any now. I guess spammers come and go and so too do their email lists. I can't wait for the day that spam is illegal here as it is in the UK.
     
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  12. maste`

    maste` Peon

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    wow lucky you. I'm still receiving spam emails all day long :( i'd want to hunt them down
     
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  13. llamafier

    llamafier Peon

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    Glad I'm not the only person with a spam box like that. :)
     
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    tzau Well-Known Member

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    50 spam messages could came from 1 spammer..
     
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  15. tradeya

    tradeya Notable Member

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    i got less than 50 a day maybe because i seldom give out my email to any service or public.
     
    tradeya, Mar 19, 2008 IP