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Nothing new here. already have a free account to redirect "spam" there. You will want to set the spam filter to the highest setting or face the inflow of some 100 junk mails daily with the free accounts. That stuff will just keep coming and coming and... until you go...:eek: :eek: :eek:
 
PC eye said:
Nothing new here. already have a free account to redirect "spam" there. You will want to set the spam filter to the highest setting or face the inflow of some 100 junk mails daily with the free accounts. That stuff will just keep coming and coming and... until you go...:eek: :eek: :eek:
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huh?
so free accounts give you spam?
 
footballstevo75 said:
huh?
so free accounts give you spam?
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Not that I know of. I've had my account for just under half a day and I've had no junk email.

PC eye, I think perhaps you signed up for something when you registered, because I have no spam at all...

AMD said:
But when i try the link you gave for screenshot though i get...
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I'm glad you said that actually, because now I have learnt about the photo feature. Basically, you can set permissions on the photo so the public can view it, or it's private, or you can set temporary invitiations/passwords to see the picture(s).

You get your own link so people can view your pics:

http://my.inbox.com/photos/ramidge/

That's the public viewing space :)
 
You will surprised fast when you start seeing a ton of spam ad mail coming in. At first you won't see it until you start using it awhile and the sponsors give you a few ads or you give out the address at just one site to divert junk from your usual email address if you have one. On one occasion of not reading the mail for a few days something like 137 junk mails saw the block sender button being pushed!
 
PC eye said:
You will surprised fast when you start seeing a ton of spam ad mail coming in. At first you won't see it until you start using it awhile and the sponsors give you a few ads or you give out the address at just one site to divert junk from your usual email address if you have one. On one occasion of not reading the mail for a few days something like 137 junk mails saw the block sender button being pushed!
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Well, I'll keep you posted, but I don't think I'll get any...

:)
 
Don't rule it out. It looked good at first and then all ..... broke loose with pile after pile of junk emails everyday. :eek: That was without even setting up a contact list! Once you get your own made up set the spam filter to only those on your safe list and watch the spam folder instead of inbox fill up. They won't like that when you are not the one with an "overload"?! :P
 
Well the contact list is now actually... empty! :P But that spam was still coming in by the truck loads. If you have any contacts there they wouldn't be accessed by spammers. Something that gets onto your system like a virus will go through your Outlook contacts. :eek:

The problem there without the spam filter set high was the same ads repeating themselves after you blocked the sender several times. How's that done you may wonder? When you have a thousand spam accounts setup you can rotate to another easy enough when others get blocked! :mad: infuriating! I always did prefer the "block domain" option when available. :D
 
Now go somewhere to try out a shareware or freeware where they ask for... ? an email address just like yours to send an activation code for the trial period. Once "anyone" knows the account exists it is forever on the "spam" target list and you will get blasted. If you simply "play dead" and never even click on an ad sometimes all you have to do is simply delete anything that comes in. But it only takes one active x confirmation that someone looked at a site when the initial "probe" type emails were sent to add you onto ..."The Llist". :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
Gmail has free hosting too. Download Gspace, and you have the rest of your unused space for other things. As well, Gmail has a great spamblocker.
 
Jet said:
Gmail has free hosting too. Download Gspace, and you have the rest of your unused space for other things. As well, Gmail has a great spamblocker.
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That will help. Most free accounts are on sites where sponsors rule. I found one that never had any ads at one time now sees them built right into the page itself. But you don't get hammered with "JUNK" mail. http://www.nospammail.net :D
 
No spam yet. Had the account for just under 1 week... How long until I receive these junk emails, then...? :P
 
Once you go to some site and give that out while trying some shareware where you need an address for a temporary activation code or simply leave it at some site it won't take long even if you uncheck the options to receive updates or regular newsletters. The address then becomes a spammer's dream since you have validated that email address by giving it out.

And don't say that one site doesn't share lists of addresses. Host tracking and data miners will give that out too at times. If you use it often you'll see it since it only is a matter of time for that. Some first ads you receive and look at and allow active x downloads will be tracked by a host site. Make sure you have a spam folder ready.
 
PC eye said:
Once you go to some site and give that out while trying some shareware where you need an address for a temporary activation code or simply leave it at some site it won't take long even if you uncheck the options to receive updates or regular newsletters. The address then becomes a spammer's dream since you have validated that email address by giving it out.
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But then surely that's outside of inbox.com? You're saying if I sign up for something (anything), then I'll get spam. Then surely this is the case with ANY email address...? I fail to see how it is a fault of inbox.com.
 
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Another thing that a tracking host uses is batch spam where if you open an email to see what it is you end up downloading something you don't see. That tells the sending host there's an email account at a certain address. Then you will start seeing stuff coming in bundles. This is the type of thing businesses put up with when an account can see hundreds in one day. Their IT professional battle with this often.
 
PC eye said:
Another thing that a tracking host uses is batch spam where if you open an email to see what it is you end up downloading something you don't see. That tells the sending host there's an email account at a certain address. Then you will start seeing stuff coming in bundles. This is the type of thing businesses put up with when an account can see hundreds in one day. Their IT professional battle with this often.
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And how does this relate to inbox.com?
 
When you suddenly start seeing a 100 or more ads coming in you won't need to ask that one. Once some hidden indicator finds a valid and active account the spam starts rolling in! :eek: what is all this crap?! where did it come from? Free email accounts are "sponsored by"? who else but commercial interests. The next thing you know everyone else knows too.
 
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