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Gmail and SPAM |
amagab
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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So I was very happy today when one of our fellow Esato members sent me an invite to Gmail. I opened an account right away.
Five hours later I received my first Spam mail!!!!!
I hadn't even used my Gmail yet.
How crazy is that!!!
Has anyone else had this problem???
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whizkidd
Joined: May 14, 2004
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From: India
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I had! But now i rarely use gmail. So it doesn't bother me much.
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EastCoastStar
Joined: Dec 07, 2003
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From: orlando fl US
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I have had gmail for about 4 months now... and no spam goes into my inbox... it automatically goes directly into my spam folder, and i just delete it, its not so much a problem for me. I do have AOL so i rarley use it... but it is still pretty cool.
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Davo_169
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
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From: perth/thredbo
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yeah the same as what eastcoaststar said, it just goes stright to the spam box, but i still check the spam in case the bast*rds screw up.
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amagab
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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Well, yes, mine goes to the Spam box too but it is very ODD that I got spam 5 five hours after I opened the Gmail account. And I haven't even sent or received any email yet. Very weird!!!
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EastCoastStar
Joined: Dec 07, 2003
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From: orlando fl US
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i understand what your sayin better now, but when u signed up, maybe they never said they wont sell ur e-mail address.... so maybe they cold it to their advertisers so they send u spam, and google still gets paid... maybe thats it |
Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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I'm getting spam in my gmail account- and I've never given that to anybody!
However, it goes straight into the spam folder for me too, not a problem, just surprising they've got the address, they must send spam to every possible letter combination
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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milay
Joined: Oct 18, 2004
Posts: 20
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well hwne you sign up to gmail it does say that they will send you spam in there conditions.
They send you spam according to what mail you receive. Like i suscribe to pc reviews and now i get spam to buy pc parts.
Although this all appears in the spam section not the inbox. |
Davo_169
Joined: Sep 06, 2004
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From: perth/thredbo
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just lucky they dont spam the email addy you used to sign up with gmail 
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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@milay- I doubt that gmail would spam me with offers of penis extensions, prescription meds and pirated software, which are the ones I got! 
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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Jools
Joined: May 21, 2003
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You are aware that spammers generate random email addresses at known domain names?
i.e. They'll try every name they can think of @gmail.com in the hope that some of them are active valid email addresses.
That's why you got spam so quickly after opening your account. Even though you've never used or published your email address, you can't avoid this kind of spam!
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amagab
Joined: Oct 29, 2002
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They must really be after Gmail then because I don't get it to my Yahoo address.
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milay
Joined: Oct 18, 2004
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well they send you emails according to what you read or content. Obviously that won't spam you porn, LoL.  |
rrojas260
Joined: Dec 13, 2003
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From: Valencia, Venezuela
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An advice, if u make a long email name u wont get spam or at least not too much, If you open 2 accounts in the same day, 1 ex. joe001@gmail.com and 2 joesantispamaccountnumber1@gmail.com the first account will get a lot more spam that the second account. I have a 3yrs old hotmail account (with a very long name) and ive NEVER recived a single spam mail. My others accounts (with short names) get more than 3 spam mails a day.
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namal
Joined: Nov 07, 2004
Posts: 279
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Well, i used gmail for 3 weeks now but havent got any spam. But i check gmail using outlook, so i dont know if there are any spam on spam folder. Im gonna check it out now.
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Posted: 2004-12-08 04:47
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