How do you block someone from sending you emails?
For a while I’ve been recieving annoying emails from some South India Commercial Directory 2006. I have no idea how htey got my email address, and the “to delete ur name from futur emailings” thing doesnt work.****
Re: GMail users..
go to settings...top right corner of gmail page... select filters and ther u create a new filter.....enter the email address and then select delete it :)
Re: GMail users..
did u see the icon report spam i hope it will work
Re: GMail users..
For a while I've been recieving annoying emails from some South India Commercial Directory 2006. I have no idea how htey got my email address, and the "to delete ur name from futur emailings" thing doesnt work.****
Another thing you want to avoid is clicking the "to delete your name from future mailings". I haven't needed to do it before, but I would suggest selecting the messages from the sender in your inbox, then click the report spam button.
Re: GMail users..
hmm ..ok
thanks
Re: GMail users..
whats different and special about Gmail
how is it better than the good ole Hottymail
they have now increased the inbox to 1000 MB I think
Re: GMail users..
i dunno.. :p
Re: GMail users..
Word of caution: NEVER click on link "click here to unsubscribe from future mails/mailing list".
Re: GMail users..
^ Why? It seems to work (unless they have programmed something else that happens OTHER THAN removing you from the list)
Uncle One of the things I like about gmail is that it groups your e-mails of the same subject. If you and I are going back and forth in an e-mail, instead of having 10 different e-mails, you will have 1 e-mail and in the () it will say the number of messages for that subject.
Not only that, you can also search within the mail. It helps me a lot because I don't delete mails and when I have to look up an old e-mail, instead of going through so many pages and reading e-mails and looking for the sender's name, I just type a few phrases in the search box and it brings up the e-mail that contain that word.
The interface is nice, not to mention about 3 GB of storage. Spam filter works pretty good and many more things.
Re: GMail users..
It’s one of the fundamental rules of dealing with spam… if you click that link, you’ve just validated that your email address is legitimate and more spam can be sent to it (as opposed to a dormant account). A lot of the spammers act as email collectors and they can now sell your email address to other spammers.
Also, recently, there was an exploit revelead by CERT labs to which certain browsers are vulnerable… more here: Click here to become infected • The Register
The best way to deal with spam regarless of the service provider is to report it as spam… there’s usually a link/button provided in the interface of your email client for this.
Re: GMail users..
^ That's what I do: Report spam. The only reason why I don't remove myself from their list is because I simply don't want to take my time to open the e-mail and then find the link and click on it. I simply select the message and report spam. But I am glad to know and I now know the reason why one shouldn't do it.
Re: GMail users..
If you clicked on that link then you're doomed :p
by clicking on any such link in any spam email, you make sure they send you more and more spam.
Because by doing so, you confirm to the spammer that YOUR email is a valid and active email address, so they can get to work, and your email is then permanently added to their spam database.
SO! remember.. never EVER reply or respond to any spam yo receive. Add it to blocked senders and just delete it. Thats all.
Re: GMail users..
coz u can go to Orkut thru it 