What do you do with unwanted email?

**JeffK** · 25 Nov 2004, 12:03 PM

Not posting as a moderator.

Despite my reasonably long involvement with the forum, this is the first poll I have ever posted.

I just want to talk generally here, not get action taken with specific spam as that would be against the forum rules.

I just want an idea of how people generally treat unwanted mail eg do you try to report it or do you let it come and just delete it manually and so on.

Thanks,

Jeff

Killer · 25 Nov 2004, 12:26 PM

I would report it if the mail comes from a local or well known source.

SAS · 25 Nov 2004, 01:09 PM

I use MailWasher, so I bounce anything that I don't want.

pyedka · 25 Nov 2004, 01:45 PM

I'll block the sender's address/domain.

25 Nov 2004, 02:50 PM

Delete without reading, automatically if possible, and greylisting on one disposable address I used twice and don't yet want to delete.

I didn't vote.

fmnewbee · 25 Nov 2004, 03:01 PM

Delete without reading.

sometimes if I get very unsure of if it is an important email I open it but almost always get amd about them fooling me to open.

Trew

**Sherry** · 25 Nov 2004, 03:35 PM

I'm another one that just deletes it after checking just the subject.

Sherry

xmailer · 25 Nov 2004, 04:56 PM

I didn't respond to the poll, since no one answer applies. I try to automatically block or divert as much spam as possible, through the use of bluebottle with some of my most heavily-spammed but otherwise little-used accounts, in somewhat complex combination with a number of other means, which together insulate me from ever seeing most of it.

Of those relative few which actually make in into my inbox, I report as many as I have time for to spamcop, assuming that the perpetrators of these messages which were able to elude my dragnet are potentially clever enough to be dangerous and therefore warrant "special treatment".

guillaume · 25 Nov 2004, 05:09 PM

I report and delete it

redmyrlin · 25 Nov 2004, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sherry
I'm another one that just deletes it after checking just the subject.

Sherry

Me too.
(or should that be "I also"?

)

**psalzer** · 25 Nov 2004, 09:48 PM

When using either Fastmail or Gmail I click on Report Spam. That's a very convenient feature. Before that was available I just deleted it.

anotherJeremy · 25 Nov 2004, 10:32 PM

Between fastmail's implementaion of spamassasin and thunderbird's baysean filter, very little spam makes it to my inbox. If I find any there, I mark it as junk to train thunderbird and then I trash it.

dragon1 · 29 Nov 2004, 05:41 PM

If it's in my Inbox and the feature is available, I report it as spam which then gets deleted from the Trash or Junk folder.

If it's already in the Spam/Junk/Bulk folder, I review the subject and sender text only and look for known, acceptable senders. If there aren't any valid senders, then the folder is emptied. In the case of Hotmail, anything going into Junk is automatically deleted from the account.

Bamb0 · 18 Oct 2024, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fmnewbee
Delete without reading.

sometimes if I get very unsure of if it is an important email I open it but almost always get mad about them fooling me to open.

Trew

I get spam in my safe-mail account. I just tick delete and remove it w/o looking.....

They are wasting thier time...I am sure hardily anyone looks at the crap they send out!!

**CyberSmurf** · 18 Oct 2024, 04:16 PM

Wow! Reviving a 20 year old poll?

View Poll Results: What do you do with unwanted email?
Discard it automatically without viewing it	8	30.77%
Try to bounce it back to the sender	2	7.69%
Report it (eg to Spamcop or ISP etc)	3	11.54%
Manually delete it without review	6	23.08%
Review it and then delete or action it	2	7.69%
File it somewhere	1	3.85%
Use Challenge/Response	2	7.69%
Other	2	7.69%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

25 Nov 2004, 12:03 PM	#1
JeffK Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kingaroy, AU Posts: 3,179	What do you do with unwanted email? Not posting as a moderator. Despite my reasonably long involvement with the forum, this is the first poll I have ever posted. I just want to talk generally here, not get action taken with specific spam as that would be against the forum rules. I just want an idea of how people generally treat unwanted mail eg do you try to report it or do you let it come and just delete it manually and so on. Thanks, Jeff

25 Nov 2004, 12:26 PM	#2
Killer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,762 Representative of: Killer.kkk.sg	I would report it if the mail comes from a local or well known source.

25 Nov 2004, 01:09 PM	#3
SAS Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 736	I use MailWasher, so I bounce anything that I don't want.

25 Nov 2004, 01:45 PM	#4
pyedka Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 737	I'll block the sender's address/domain.

25 Nov 2004, 02:50 PM	#5
Daniel S Guest Posts: n/a	Delete without reading, automatically if possible, and greylisting on one disposable address I used twice and don't yet want to delete. I didn't vote.

25 Nov 2004, 03:01 PM	#6
fmnewbee Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,135	Delete without reading. sometimes if I get very unsure of if it is an important email I open it but almost always get amd about them fooling me to open. Trew

25 Nov 2004, 03:35 PM	#7
Sherry Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: USA Posts: 8,687	I'm another one that just deletes it after checking just the subject. Sherry

25 Nov 2004, 04:56 PM	#8
xmailer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: USA Posts: 5,485	I didn't respond to the poll, since no one answer applies. I try to automatically block or divert as much spam as possible, through the use of bluebottle with some of my most heavily-spammed but otherwise little-used accounts, in somewhat complex combination with a number of other means, which together insulate me from ever seeing most of it. Of those relative few which actually make in into my inbox, I report as many as I have time for to spamcop, assuming that the perpetrators of these messages which were able to elude my dragnet are potentially clever enough to be dangerous and therefore warrant "special treatment".

25 Nov 2004, 05:09 PM	#9
guillaume Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Paris, FRANCE Posts: 486	I report and delete it

25 Nov 2004, 09:48 PM	#11
psalzer Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 2,654	When using either Fastmail or Gmail I click on Report Spam. That's a very convenient feature. Before that was available I just deleted it.

25 Nov 2004, 10:32 PM	#12
anotherJeremy Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Japan Posts: 226	Between fastmail's implementaion of spamassasin and thunderbird's baysean filter, very little spam makes it to my inbox. If I find any there, I mark it as junk to train thunderbird and then I trash it.

29 Nov 2004, 05:41 PM	#13
dragon1 Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: California Posts: 674	If it's in my Inbox and the feature is available, I report it as spam which then gets deleted from the Trash or Junk folder. If it's already in the Spam/Junk/Bulk folder, I review the subject and sender text only and look for known, acceptable senders. If there aren't any valid senders, then the folder is emptied. In the case of Hotmail, anything going into Junk is automatically deleted from the account.

18 Oct 2024, 04:16 PM	#15
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,043	Wow! Reviving a 20 year old poll?