Spam Question

LSainsbury · 13-10-2007, 10:29

My partner has a Gmail account and since she signed up for some "voucher" on the Channel 4 / Big Brother News site she has been getting a tonne of spam claiming to be from ASDA (but not ASDA).

Any way to stop this??

jellybaby · 13-10-2007, 10:41

click report spam, and it should stop

Halcyon · 13-10-2007, 10:48

Isn't there an option in Gmail to filer out unwanted E-mail ?
That might work.

LSainsbury · 13-10-2007, 11:00

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Originally Posted by jellybaby

click report spam, and it should stop

That's what she's been doing - but I think it keys the sender address - and we all know what happens with that...

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

Isn't there an option in Gmail to filer out unwanted E-mail ?
That might work.

Well yeah - some goes to Inbox and Spam folders - but not all...

**Russ B** · 13-10-2007, 11:23

I'm sure gmail has a feature which allows you to block email if it contains certain keywords which you can define.

bw41101 · 13-10-2007, 11:45

I know that it's a bit late to provide this advice but it may save you more hassle in the future. Click on this link:

http://www.temporaryinbox.com/?l=en

and register for temporary forwarding (it's free) and you'll be able to get mail delivered to your usual E Mail address. the beauty of this is that if you start getting spammed you simply delete the temporary inbox and viola the spam dies.

Incidentally, if you're running Firefox there's a pukka toolbar extension for same.

Cheers and Si thee.

LSainsbury · 13-10-2007, 16:16

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Originally Posted by Russ B

I'm sure gmail has a feature which allows you to block email if it contains certain keywords which you can define.

Any ideas where that is? Had a look in GMail settings - couldn't find anything that might relate...

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Originally Posted by bw41101

I know that it's a bit late to provide this advice but it may save you more hassle in the future. Click on this link:

http://www.temporaryinbox.com/?l=en

and register for temporary forwarding (it's free) and you'll be able to get mail delivered to your usual E Mail address. the beauty of this is that if you start getting spammed you simply delete the temporary inbox and viola the spam dies.

Incidentally, if you're running Firefox there's a pukka toolbar extension for same.

Cheers and Si thee.

That's quite good - except you end up with a silly email address like j6qz1k3rpbcd57s@temporaryinbox.com - suppose that's the price we have to pay these days!

homealone · 13-10-2007, 16:24

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury

Any ideas where that is? Had a look in GMail settings - couldn't find anything that might relate...

have a look at the filters tab, in settings, you can specify things like from/to addy, contains keywords, etc..

**Maggy J** · 13-10-2007, 16:30

Actually I found the gmail filter quite effective.

LSainsbury · 13-10-2007, 17:01

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Originally Posted by homealone

have a look at the filters tab, in settings, you can specify things like from/to addy, contains keywords, etc..

Ahhhhhhhhhh......

User re-training required!

bw41101 · 13-10-2007, 23:22

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Originally Posted by LSainsbury

That's quite good - except you end up with a silly email address like j6qz1k3rpbcd57s@temporaryinbox.com - suppose that's the price we have to pay these days!

Methinks you've got a wee bit confused ow cocker.

As you've said you do get a rather innocuous E Mail address, but that's if you use temporary inbox - which is great if you just want to register on a site which requires a "one time" registration.

What you should looking for is Temporary Forwarding, which will allow you to have mail "forwarded" to your own E Mail address - basically a proxy mail server. This is the one you want - but you'll have to register (for this service), which is free.

I've been using this service for quite a while now and it's the dog's danglers, because if you start receiving SPAM you simply either change the (Temporary Forwarding) E mail alias (to something else) or delete the account - which ever option you use the SPAM dies.

Splendid stuff indeed.

Si thee

The Hitman · 14-10-2007, 10:59

mmm spam

**Maggy J** · 15-10-2007, 22:39

I have to say how efficient Gmail's spam filter is...Yes the occasional spam gets through about 3 to 4 a day but it nails the rest.It's better than 20 -30 which I get with my addy that I use for online buying.