On 12/30/2013 4:00 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor wrote: > > On 12/30/2013 08:48 AM, Tim wrote: >> Allegedly, on or about 30 December 2013, Mihamina Rakotomandimby sent: >>> SPAM is very subjective. >>> I saw users subscribing to several newsletters for an event (say XMas) >>> and then in February they're too lazy to cleanly unsubscribe: they >>> just tag the message as SPAM, and they argue it's SPAM because they >>> dont want to receive the messages anymore. >>> Dumb, but true. >> I've seen that often enough. When the "this is spam" button simply >> configures their own software, it's merely a dumb thing to do. But when >> their mail client's "spam button" *reports* the message as spam, it >> causes problems for the senders, who did nothing wrong. >> > I'm not doing that though, I don't intentionally sign-up for anything > and the deliberately mark it as spam when I'm no longer interested. > Every mailing list I've joined I have a genuine interest in, or it's a > hobby of mine..(PremierGuitar.com.....GuitarFetish.com...etc) I see no > real way that my email address got out TO the people who are using it as > a spam receptacle! All I want is for the mail that I have no intention > of reading to be sent either to my spam folder...or else the trash! I > guess for now it'll have to be me adding addresses to my filter, until I > can get a handle on the Spam Assassin thing..or else I might have to > just block everything..and then create filters for the stuff I DO want! > but one way or the other...I intend on handling this spam issue before > the end of the year!! Thank you all for your input...some of those ideas > I'm definitely going to try out.....heck ANYTHING'S better than being > "strapped" to your computer for hours at a time! > > > EGO II > I see that you are using Thunderbird. You do know that TBird has a built in Spam feature? It is named "Junk" in the account settings for each account. -- David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
