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1 posted on 05/01/2017 12:37:12 PM PDT by djf
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I’m still getting a ton of political spam.


2 posted on 05/01/2017 12:38:41 PM PDT by ichabod1 (I call Obama "osama" because he damaged us far more than Osama bin Ladin ever did.)
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Spam spam spam spam spam spam

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3 posted on 05/01/2017 12:39:07 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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Someone turned over your email address to the spammers. Might as well just plan on getting a new email address.


4 posted on 05/01/2017 12:39:13 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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All it takes is for one “wrong” entity to get your private e-mail address, and it’s all over. In my case, I get ads about toenail fungus.


5 posted on 05/01/2017 12:40:03 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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I get some spam emails every day. Most go into my Junk mailbox, but every so often, I’ll get one in my regular mailbox, and will have to mark it junk so my mail program will recognize it in the future as junk mail.


6 posted on 05/01/2017 12:46:53 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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I actually believe that some businesses’ main source of profit is based on selling email addresses.

And if you hit an “unsubscribe” button you’re acknowledging that it’s a valid email address that gets checked by a real person, so it’ll get sold and resold as a “verified” email that spam companies drool over. Best to just delete them. If you have a “block sender” function that may help.


7 posted on 05/01/2017 12:50:11 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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Nothing unusual here. My email provider charges me about $48 per year, but I get a huge amount of storage space and a great spam filter.


10 posted on 05/01/2017 12:52:38 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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11 posted on 05/01/2017 12:58:43 PM PDT by Delta 21
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Looks like Spamfilter sold you out.


12 posted on 05/01/2017 12:59:15 PM PDT by IC Ken
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Some advice. Have a second email address that has no private information about you and you do no personal email on. Use that email address to sign up for web services that are likely to expose you to spam instead of your real email address.


13 posted on 05/01/2017 1:02:24 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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Are you logged in?


15 posted on 05/01/2017 1:12:31 PM PDT by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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16 posted on 05/01/2017 1:12:48 PM PDT by Red Badger (Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
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You have given your email address to some business who sold the address to a clearing house. They in turn sell “hot” email addresses to spamming companies.

Same thing happens with your telephone number. This is why I still have a home phone number and a cell phone number. I never give my cell phone to a business unless it’s the auto repair place who needs to call me for approval. Routine business get my home phone, and all of the crank third party begging calls go to my home phone.


19 posted on 05/01/2017 1:16:47 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Google your email address.


20 posted on 05/01/2017 1:17:32 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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I have as well and am thinking about the problem and work around.

I suspect it has to do with info android delivers and Windoze 10.


24 posted on 05/01/2017 1:56:59 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
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I am using Outlook Express with Centurylink as an ISP, WinXP SP3.

Two of the three are, um, wrong.

First, Win XP (which I happened to like but..) is a dead fish and does not now nor will in the future receive any security updates. You might want to consider Win7 or (groan) Win10 just for the continued support from those folk in Redmond.

Second, Outlook Express is (and always was) one of the worst email programs out. You might want to consider something else.

My personal preference is Thunderbird. It will (if you want) import your contacts from Outlook Express when you set it up. It has a fairly good built in spam filter which you can set up to filter stuff to a spam folder, and if it misses something it will learn/remember it if/when you flag it as spam.

And as others have said, clicking the 'unsubscribe' in most spam emails will only validate your email address as valid and probably generate more.

Just my $0.02 worth.

25 posted on 05/01/2017 2:02:26 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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Outlook EXPRESS? Are you serious?

The most recent version came out in 2001.

Buy Office Professional 2007 used for $60.00 or less and install Outlook.

It will except spam filters.

Good luck!


27 posted on 05/01/2017 3:20:23 PM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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Same here. Most are just desperate attempts from places like Target and McDonalds to lure me, but a few of them have an unhealthy interest in the care and wellbeing of my johnson. Image and video hosting by TinyPic
28 posted on 05/01/2017 3:22:14 PM PDT by tumblindice (Shut it down. Our ancestors would be shooting by now.)
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This ONE weird trick eliminates unwanted emails...Advertisers HATE it!


29 posted on 05/01/2017 3:32:00 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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I have several email addresses. I can give the fakes to people I don’t know. Where’s the beach@ gopoundsand.com


30 posted on 05/01/2017 3:53:44 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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