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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. Re:check this email addy .. by Dreadlord · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It's so long that...

    Some email software cannot be configured. ...

    Apparently it's so long that their scripts result in 400 Bad Request when I try to sign up.

    And who the heck modded this intersting? Funny yes, but interesting?

    *sigh* mods these days ;)

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  2. Re:Yes, but by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just the other day I was installing Avid Xpress Pro 4.6 in one of our digital video labs.
    It turns out that a juggernaut like Avid didn't get a VeriSign license either, so I said *fuck it* and gave students sketch pads and pencils, so that they can make little flip cartoons.

    No untrusted software is running on my machines (Windows ME, IE, and Outlook only!), and to this day I haven't VISA had any 4593 2334 2302 2481 problems whatsoever. 01/08 459

    Just my 2 cents...

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