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Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Harbourboy, Jul 28, 2004.

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  1. Taza

    Taza Weird Modmaker Veteran

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    Remove all ads!
    Well, actually i use Hotmail as my "spammail" adress, and the odd point is that it does _not_ receive any spam. No matter where i register it.
    Also note that some spam viruses or anything like that will not send mail to any hotmail.com adress... so, for some odd reason, Hotmail adresses are quite spam-free.
     
    Taza, Jul 29, 2004
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    Did that with GameSpy twice: once a year back, to try FilePlanet downloads (yack), and again a few weeks back to get a CD-key for Tribes 2 (another yack). "No newsletters", and thus far I haven't received a single one. ;)

    Must be a change in their policy, them being a *commercial* site. Generally speaking those fan-forums and similars are pretty spam-free, IMO.
     
    Wordplay, Jul 29, 2004
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  3. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    I have a long unused e-mail address registered for fake data. I'm some farmer aged over sixty IIRC.

    We used it with my friend and sometimes I for registering for some stuff for my brother or other people, but rarely. Sometimes there are 500 items of spam there.
     
    chevalier, Jul 30, 2004
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  4. Maertyn

    Maertyn There's nothing I cannot embrace! Veteran

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    Flip around the letters, Big Bald Ranger. Especially the middle ones. Kids go to bed now...
     
    Maertyn, Jul 30, 2004
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    @Maertyn: :doh: - I must have been asleep while I was reading that - bloody LAN parties... | anyway, thanks for pointing that out.
    :borg:
     
    Hugo, Jul 30, 2004
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  6. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    And another thing, why do the spam messages I receive always have a line of crazy random words at the bottom? The latest one I received has these words at the bottom:

     
    Harbourboy, Aug 2, 2004
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    Those programs do not spam only emails, but also boards, "top-sites", and link-pages. Since Google rates sites by the amount of links and the match of searched words, the more they spam the higher they are rated. Ironic, isn't it? :rolleyes:

    Already some seaches in Google are made almost impossible due of this fact (like torrents and, of course, pr0n :D ). Sadly, no one in their end has done anything to prevent this abuse, and it needs only a few spammers adding EVERY kind of words to their links to make Google completely useless... :toofar:
     
    Wordplay, Aug 2, 2004
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