Spam unsubscribe

[RobFrost]

Originally Posted by id10t

Clicking the link only lets them know your address is real and actually looked at. Makes it more valuable next time they sell it.

What I do is run my own mail but many other providers support this to some degree or another. Anyway, I use "address extensions" (RFC5233) and so every company I do business with gets their own unique email. IE id10t+pelicanparts@mydomain

GMail supports this BUT messages only go to "all mail" - not your inbox.

Another gmail trick is that they ignore . in addresses, so some.user@gmail is the same as so.me.us.er@gmail - you can maybe play with that one.

One thing to be aware of with the + extension thing is that some dumb front end designers don't know RFC822 and what really make a potentially valid email address and so there are lots of broken validators out there... so I use a - instead of a + on my domain's config.


When I start getting spam (my local tax collector and florida fish/game licenses are the top guilty ones) I can start having fun l like sending rejects, or my personal favorite is to look up the CEO etc. of the guilty company that sold my info or got hacked and redirect all the email to them.

I'm glad you posted this. I often contemplated doing the same as I was really curious which addresses would make it out into the wild. Note that it can easily be some unscrupulous employee, not necessarily the CEO selling them. The CEO might be interested in preventing it, if you contacted him and let him know. A data theft may be easily proven if an employee moved or works in two places, and your email moves with them.

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[RobFrost]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

There's also a whole bunch of scammers active on "X" & IMO most of them appeared shortly after Musk bought Twitter.



I get around 4 new "Follows" a day followed up with at least two new messages.

(I'm not verified, I've been on Twatter for about 6 years & I rarely post or comment).

Same problem. I always have a good look at their pics before I mute them, just to make sure it really is spam, you understand.

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[id10t]

Originally Posted by RobFrost

I'm glad you posted this. I often contemplated doing the same as I was really curious which addresses would make it out into the wild. Note that it can easily be some unscrupulous employee, not necessarily the CEO selling them. The CEO might be interested in preventing it, if you contacted him and let him know. A data theft may be easily proven if an employee moved or works in two places, and your email moves with them.

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When you get spam for a traffic school before you get a receipt for the ticket you just paid ... the government agency is selling your info

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Good stuff on here, thanks for posting.

I'm using my company email for everything and SP used to be good about spam. I should open a ticket with them and see what they can do.

[id10t]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

Good stuff on here, thanks for posting.

I'm using my company email for everything and SP used to be good about spam. I should open a ticket with them and see what they can do.

If nothing else you can probably at least get some new email accounts created, use one for things that will likely attract spam, one for real business stuff, and one for friends/family only

[Shaun @ Tru6]

If only I had friends and family...

[WolfeMacleod]

I hate spam. So much that I helped put one of the world's foremost spammers in prison. I testified at his trial...or hearing, or whatever it was.
For a long, long time I was heavily involved in the anti-spam community.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Soloway

[id10t]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

If only I had friends and family...

Want shaun@itsjustcrap dot com ? I know a guy

[greglepore]

What was said above. Don't verify you're live. The larger problem is spam calls as voicemail verifies its a real #.

What sucks right now is ERC spam. My number is associated with a business I've been out of since 2009, but I get, no joke, 5 calls a day about filing for my ERC credits. Luckily the IRS knows about the scam industry and is looking carefully at submissions, but why the Congress can't legislate this crap out of existence is beyond me.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by WolfeMacleod

I hate spam. So much that I helped put one of the world's foremost spammers in prison. I testified at his trial...or hearing, or whatever it was.
For a long, long time I was heavily involved in the anti-spam community.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Soloway

Very cool!

Originally Posted by id10t

Want shaun@itsjustcrap dot com ? I know a guy

Ha!

Originally Posted by greglepore

What was said above. Don't verify you're live. The larger problem is spam calls as voicemail verifies its a real #.

What sucks right now is ERC spam. My number is associated with a business I've been out of since 2009, but I get, no joke, 5 calls a day about filing for my ERC credits. Luckily the IRS knows about the scam industry and is looking carefully at submissions, but why the Congress can't legislate this crap out of existence is beyond me.

maybe a gofundme to create a K Street lobby is in order?

[asphaltgambler]

So does blocking spam email have same effect as unsubscribe- where your email is identified as legit?

[id10t]

Originally Posted by asphaltgambler

So does blocking spam email have same effect as unsubscribe- where your email is identified as legit?

Depends on how you block it.

My mail server is configured to do a lookup on the sending hostname and IP in various blacklists, also checks various anti-spam features like SPF and DKIM records.

If anything triggers the "this is spam" the sending mail server is told "hey, this message was rejected for delivery..." and that is all they know.

If you are marking it as Spam in your mail client, that is training your mail client filters, so that is all local-to-you and the sending service doesn't know anything about it.

[911 Rod]

At my office we use Outlook for emails.
When I had my website/domain hosted with GoDaddy I received as many as 100 spam emails. Many of them inappropriate. GoDaddy shut me down because they said I was hacked and wanted me to jump through hoops that my IT guy said were ridiculous. I switched my hosting to my web guys site and now get 5 a day.