ONE OF LIFES MYSTERIES

[Bobbisox]

When you get a junk email from God knows where, and they have ...unsubscribe on the bottom of the page
I can never remember subscribing in the first bloody place
CHEEK!!!

[squarebear]

Whatever you do, DO NOT CLICK ON THE UNSUBSCRIBE LINK. This only confirms your email address is genuine and you will receive more spam.

[mccfluff]

mark it as spam

[Bobbisox]

bloody hell I never knew that, I have been marking it as SPAM but was still getting it!!

[squarebear]

Have you been clicking on "unsubscribe me"?

[Bobbisox]

yes I have

[squarebear]

Oops! You will get more and more of this stuff. When it becomes too large to handle, you will need to get a new email address.

[Bobbisox]

oh hell, well now I know ;-(

[mazie]

You should try Googlemail Bobbi, it's a much better system iin my opinion. Once you delete it as spam it blocks that sender from sending any more... do you use hotmail?

[Bobbisox]

I may do a full system resore to factory setting, I am have lots of niggling problems with this at the minute

[ttfn]

Including caps lock sis? ;o)

[Bobbisox]

that is me shouting
arghhhhhhhhhhh"""

[boxtops]

I'm sorry but I think it's horses for courses, you can't say the same things for all unexpected emails. Anything in my spam box just gets deleted, zap, no looking, don't tell 'em you're a real person. Marketing stuff from people where I know (sort of) how they came by my address, gets unsubscribed. Phishing stuff (especially from banks where I don't have an account) gets forwarded straight to that bank's phishing email address.

[Bobbisox]

I have a separate phishing for my bank, courtesy of HSBC, I think all banks do this now

[McMouse]

Bobbi just send me your full name and bank account details, credit cards etc and I'll track these spamming bounders down and have them thrown in jail.

[boxtops]

yes I think they do bobbi, I have about twelve addresses in my address box for phishing stuff, including the tax man who keeps saying he owes me £380 but I have to give him my bank details first....

[Bobbisox]

Even my c disc needs scanning now...I might throw this thing at the dog,,,lol or Bill, it's on its way McM...lol

[squarebear]

"Phishing stuff (especially from banks where I don't have an account) gets forwarded straight to that bank's phishing email address. "

With all due respect, that makes you as bad as the spammer. Just delete it. Nobody will look at this stuff when you forward it on.

[boxtops]

Hmmm SB - the banks always say thank you and that they are looking into it, we take this stuff seriously, etc...?

[squarebear]

I think you will find that's an automatic email before your spam gets deleted.

[boxtops]

Fair dos SB, if it's doesn't do any good then I will save myself an email.