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Some Ways To Avoid Spam On Gmail

Posted by timothy on from the mutant-sharks-are-too-good-for-'em dept.

jafo writes "In general, Gmail has been extremely spam-free. More recently, however, it's gotten dramatically worse. I've written up some thoughts on Gmail spam and keeping the spam down. Want less spam on Gmail (and likely others)? Try generating an account name using "apg -M L -t"."

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  1. Password generator by ajs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For an account name, apg is fine. For passwords, I've created a far more flexible system which I distribute with documentation describing password generation from my site.

    The key to good password generation is allowing the user to describe how it's to be done. This increases the ability to memorize passwords and makes it harder for an attacker to guess.

    To that end, I have created a sort of reverse regular expression syntax where you describe the password to the program using general patterns. Try it out.

  2. check this email addy .. by jokach · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Get an email address from here:

    http://www.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijk.com/

    most spammers won't think you're serious.