email spam question

Kriista · Post by **Kriista** » March 9, 2004, 3:42 am

i recently migrated to a 'real' email adress after many years with the samel yahoo account

ive had hte account for a week now, and have gotten 3-4 spam emails, and ive not posted/inputed the adress anywhere

i know yahoo has that spam blocker shit, but even after having it for years and using it to sign up to shit, i rarely, if ever, get spam, much less lame viagra type crap

its a bellsouth adress, is there something i should know about them selling email adresses or something like that?, or is there a 3rd party(or an option in it) for outlook express to block shit

i just find it hard to believe that id start getting spam after switching to a legit adress

thanks in advance

Mak · Post by **Mak** » March 9, 2004, 4:15 am

Yeah, I get e-mail at addresses I've never given out, not even a single time. Never put it on a web page, nothing, and I still get spam on it. I can only assume comcast sold the addy or got hacked or something.

I actually paid for a premium yahoo addy, and I use that mostly now. The spam blocker there is actually the best I've seen.

To help with your problem, I'll assume you're using a POP3 email client like Outlook or Eudora? If so, you should be able to set up some filters to get rid of some of the spam.