Stop Spam: How To Escape The Spam Hell-Hole

[takanomi]

Stop Spam: How To Escape The Spam Hell-Hole


If you're anything like me, you're pretty sick of it, and
just want it to stop. What? Spam, of course. This article
gives you a solution to radically, and quickly, reduce the
amount of spam messages you receive to a bare minimum.

Personally, I get hundreds of unsolicited spam emails every
single day, inviting me to enlarge this, reduce that, pay
off my debt with another debt (how does that work?)... you
know the type.

I'm also subscribed to dozens of ezines as part of
continuing research and keeping my 'finger on the pulse' -
and apart from those that stand out from the crowd and
offer really valuable information, I've mostly forgotten
which ones I'm subscribed to, and which ones are
unsolicited.

The danger is of course that by clicking the unsubscribe
link on pure spam messages, you're often just confirming
your existence to the spammer. So unless I'm really sure
it's a genuine unsubscribe link, I steer well clear, which
of course doesn't help my email levels.

The issue is really about email messages I want to read,
versus those I don't - and what to do with those that I
don't want to read.

Sorting through them manually would take hours every day,
which for most people is clearly impractical - so I looked
for solutions that would help me out, and came across one
that works very well for me.

As a result, I now get just a few relevant emails that I
actually want, or need, to read, ready and waiting for me
in my Inbox - with the rest already deleted off in my
'Deleted' folder.

So, what's the solution?

The secret is to use Artificial Intelligence. No, not
robots and sci-fi warriors, but the artificial intelligence
of your very own PC. Sounds crazy? No, it's very real, and
very effective.

In fact, it's your very own Spam-Sniffing Cyber-Pet, that
stops spam in its tracks - you don't have to feed, water or
walk it, you just need to spend a bit of time training it
to distinguish between the messages you do, and don't, want
to read.

It can take a couple hours at first, and then you'll start
noticing your spam dropping rapidly. Take a few minutes a
day for a week or so, and I can practically guarantee your
spam will have dropped by 98-99%. That's what I call an
excellent investment of your time.

After that, you'll only need to spend a few minutes every
now and again to keep your Spam-Sniffer's training up to
date. For example, if you get a message in the wrong place,
just tell your Cyber-Pet, and it should filter it correctly
next time.

Most of the time, this filtering is over 95% accurate - the
more consistently you train it, the higher this accuracy
level is. In fact, I can now go weeks without doing a thing
- and my spam levels stay the same, i.e. exceedingly low.

The good news is that this solution is one-hundred percent
free, and works on pretty much any operating system.
According to New Scientist magazine, it "...does a
wonderful job".

All you need is a modicum of technical knowledge to set it
up, and the patience to let it work its magic on your
Inbox.

Here's the URL: http://popfile.sourceforge.net/.

It's a free download, and for once, after months of using
it, there doesn't seem to be any sort of 'catch'.

What's more, it's literally saved me hundreds of hours over
the past year, and is well worth the small investment of
time and effort up front.
------------------------
Steve Shaw is the developer of PopUpMaster Pro, which
allows you to add unblockable popups to your web site
quickly and easily, specifically designed to sign up
subscribers to your list, and fast. =>
http://popupmaster.com.


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[dcanfield]

In my opinion "unblockable popups" are still a form of spam.

The email program could be very promising though. Any members out there used this or a similar program like it to help fight spam?

[sim]

aol spams me with cd's in the mail i should sue them and banks for sending me unwanted mail

[POR-15 Depot]

Originally Posted by sim

aol spams me with cd's in the mail i should sue them and banks for sending me unwanted mail

There is a differace here.. Spammers don't pay to send out millions of emails, AOL pays the postage for each CD they send and also the manufacturing of the CD. Just like junk mail. The senders pay to have it mailed and printed. email Spammers pay nothing in most cases. they also steal bandwidth from other peoples networks by using open servers, forging headers, and using false from lines.. The ISP also has to pay for the bandwidth, storage, and hardware it takes to recieve the spam ( postage due).

I deal with this stuff for a living, I've heard it all...

[dcanfield]

Check out this site Sim for your AOL cd problems. These guys were featured on Tech TV
www.nomoreaolcds.com/

[sim]

People who spam pay, they pay for there internet, its not there fault some servers are open to let them mail from anoynmously. Some spammers even pay for mailing list, or software.

So there is no difference between junk email and junk mail.

dc, been there. Everytime i go to the post office, i grab like 30 AOL CD's

[POR-15 Depot]

Originally Posted by sim

People who spam pay, they pay for there internet,

Most spammers DON'T pay for access. Most spammers use stolen credit cards and sign up for 20+ accounts on services that let you sogn up for instant access via the web. Once one get's closed the just move to the other until they run out of accounts. Other spammers get a $9.95 a month account for the sole purpouse of spamming to hell and pack knowing it's going to get closed. But they are paid $500 for the spam job so they make money doing it.

Originally Posted by sim

Its not there fault some servers are open to let them mail from anoynmously.

On this view it's not a thiefs fault the guy left his window open and he got in and placed $1000 worth of long distance calls on their phone is it. They should have locked the window. Hey ! he left the car unlocked, he didn't care I used it to drive around for a while, or he would have locked it..

Originally Posted by sim

Some spammers even pay for mailing list, or software.

And this makes it alright ? I can collect 1 million email addresses from a USENET group called alt.cats.the.other.white.meat (yes it is a real new group) and then spam every address about a new fea collar for cats and called it a targeted list right?

I've worked for an ISP in the abuse dept. for 5 years. I deal with spamming scum every day, all day. I've heard every excuse and con that a spammers has tried and it's all crap.

Originally Posted by sim

So there is no difference between junk email and junk mail.

If you think this is true you have never run a mail server. Or you don't live out of the US. Most overseas ISPs charge by the minute to down load spam.

Lets see. It cost a spammer at most $9.95 to send a few million emails to AOL if they used a legit credit card. AOL has to pay the bandwidth to get this crap, store it, and the man hours at $25/hr (average) to handle all the compaints from their users. A normal spam run will get 400-500 complaints in an 8 hour shift. ( from experiance). AOL blocks the poor little ISP in nowhere ville who was lucky enough to have the spammer use their ISP for his one time spam run. Now, the ISP has to send all day ( another 8 hours) trying to get ahold of an AOL rep ( good luck) who can remove the block so their users can send mail to AOL again.

The Junk mail side ? AOL sends out 1 Million CDs, They pay postage for each and every CD sent. It arrives in your mailbox, you trash it. who has paid the higher cost ? AOL the sender.. Not the Post Office ( ISP) they got paid to deliver it to you.

It's not the same.