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Comments

[athlongeek.livejournal.com]

I never unsubscribe...I just usually change email addresses every so often and be insanely careful with the one I have. There really is no way to tell them apart...I mean, if you get something from Sony or Amazon.com or some company like that, I'd figure it's safe to unsubscribe, but anything else I wouldn't chance.

[pyran.livejournal.com]

The problem is that half the time, from what I'm told, "unsubscribe" means "Yep, this email address is valid."

My solution is to use a hotmail account for every place I may give an email to that's not for some official business.

tmda

[brer-vole.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that it matters anymore (if you click or don't click). You may have notices that a lot of messages have a CODE at the end of the subject line. My guess is this is used to identifiy delivered vs undeliver mail.

For the past 2 weeks I've been using TMDA on my primary mail account (too much spam after 10 years...) Zero spam since then!

TMDA works by blacklisting everyone by default. I have a short white list of friends, the domain of nearby universities, etc. Everyone blacklisted gets an automated message - which says your not allowed to send me spam, and if it affirm its not spam, then do such and such to release it.

Its not perfect - but missing a few messages (due to people that get confused easily) is better than the problem.

[(Anonymous)]

Where spam comes from (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2969783.stm)

[gustavolacerda.livejournal.com]

Would you mind identifying yourself?