I Don't Like Spam!
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Isn't that irritating? I'm sure that Hormel Foods is not at all pleased that their product has come to be associated with unwanted email, but...these things happen. There is a site by Brad Templeton that will educate you more than you could possibly want about how the term spam came to mean unwanted email. However, I won't make you suffer through any of that, let's just talk in brief how to deal with unwanted email. My first recommendation, and the way that I have found most effective in dealing with spam and also with email viruses (which is one of the main ways people get viruses, also known as 'worms') is to use web based email only. If you have a high speed connection to the internet, why must you have a special inbox for all your mail that resides on your computer itself, taking up space and sitting there in residence memory? I know that it's a neat thing that makes you feel like you're really professional or something, but really, do you need it? I know that there are some people out there that deal with LOTS of email, and in those cases, I'm sure it is important to have some way of dealing with the piles of legitimate, important email you must respond to in a timely manner. Most of us, on the other hand, maybe get one to five important email messages per day. I probably get one important one every third day. So, for me, checking my mail online is ideal. I use various mail services that allow me to filter what mail I'm getting by what site it is located at. I have a junk email address that I can give out to anyone, and on any site, because I know that at any time, all I have to do is cut that email loose, and let it go, and I'll have lost nothing. No one that is a friend of mine has that address, so I'll never miss an important email. Then again, one of my pet peeves is telling everyone that I'm changing internet providers, and telling them all my new email address, and making sure that all of my old email from my old provider is now moved to my new provider. This, to me, is unneeded stress. This is something you have to deal with when you move physically. Why should I have to deal with this virtually as well? So my recommendation to most people is to have at least two main addresses, one your junk email that you can cut loose anytime, and your email at one of the large providers, like google where you'll always be.
Failing that, if you must have a real, virtual, personal email inbox, on your computer, I highly recommend Thunderbird. It has some very powerful filtering properties that will help you deal with unwanted messages, and it is one hundred percent free.
Remember, most computer software issues can be dealt with in an effective and no cost manner. See you later.
spam spam spam spam
Isn't that irritating? I'm sure that Hormel Foods is not at all pleased that their product has come to be associated with unwanted email, but...these things happen. There is a site by Brad Templeton that will educate you more than you could possibly want about how the term spam came to mean unwanted email. However, I won't make you suffer through any of that, let's just talk in brief how to deal with unwanted email. My first recommendation, and the way that I have found most effective in dealing with spam and also with email viruses (which is one of the main ways people get viruses, also known as 'worms') is to use web based email only. If you have a high speed connection to the internet, why must you have a special inbox for all your mail that resides on your computer itself, taking up space and sitting there in residence memory? I know that it's a neat thing that makes you feel like you're really professional or something, but really, do you need it? I know that there are some people out there that deal with LOTS of email, and in those cases, I'm sure it is important to have some way of dealing with the piles of legitimate, important email you must respond to in a timely manner. Most of us, on the other hand, maybe get one to five important email messages per day. I probably get one important one every third day. So, for me, checking my mail online is ideal. I use various mail services that allow me to filter what mail I'm getting by what site it is located at. I have a junk email address that I can give out to anyone, and on any site, because I know that at any time, all I have to do is cut that email loose, and let it go, and I'll have lost nothing. No one that is a friend of mine has that address, so I'll never miss an important email. Then again, one of my pet peeves is telling everyone that I'm changing internet providers, and telling them all my new email address, and making sure that all of my old email from my old provider is now moved to my new provider. This, to me, is unneeded stress. This is something you have to deal with when you move physically. Why should I have to deal with this virtually as well? So my recommendation to most people is to have at least two main addresses, one your junk email that you can cut loose anytime, and your email at one of the large providers, like google where you'll always be.
Failing that, if you must have a real, virtual, personal email inbox, on your computer, I highly recommend Thunderbird. It has some very powerful filtering properties that will help you deal with unwanted messages, and it is one hundred percent free.
Remember, most computer software issues can be dealt with in an effective and no cost manner. See you later.
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