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Old 08-10-2007, 02:01 PM
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E-mail spam, needs to be a law against this crap.

I have a Comcast account that I 'never' use but it was a default account created for my Internet service. Here is what ticks me off, I check it out today to see what it collected and in the last 2 days I have received about 45 'boner' pill or 'sex' emails. How the hell do these people get a Comcast email address that isn't socialized???

GRRRR. Someone needs shot.
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:06 PM
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I agree. Are there any filters that actually work?
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:07 PM
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I've tried blocking it, forwarding it to junk, bouncing it back, marking it as spam....here is the thing, if I happen to open this account at work I don't need:

"Increase your Penis size by 3 inches"

In huge font across my email account.
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:12 PM
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Probably because they gave you the [email protected] and that is a popular addy with almost every spam list. Change it to something else and notice the difference.
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:13 PM
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That isn't my e-mail address, that is the funny part. Though, I will take your advice and see what happens.
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:25 PM
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That's odd. I RARELY get spam in my Comcast account. *knocking on wood*
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:27 PM
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My yahoo account is my catch-all for all my email accounts. In the past 7 days I have accumulated 2457 new emails in the "Spam" folder
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:30 PM
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I never get spam on my yahoo personal email. At work I get 3-4 pages of user quarantine reports daily with all kinds of garbage
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Old 08-10-2007, 02:48 PM
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The only spam I get on my Comcast account is the occasional fake credit union account warning. For the most part it is spam free with no special filter software.
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Old 08-10-2007, 03:40 PM
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There are actually laws against this crap.

Remember this:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,11...1/article.html
Spammer Sentenced to Nine Years in Jail
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