At one time I frequently changed ISP and got fed up with having to tell dozens of people each time about the new email address. The solution I've used for some years is to get a "lifetime email address"; an address that redirects mail to wherever you actually are. There are several places to get these; the one I use is at http://www.pobox.com and costs me $15 per year. You can try one out for a month, free.
The only problem with using the same address for a long time - made worse by having a 2-character user ID - is that the spammers find you pretty quickly. I now get anything up to 100 spams a day. However, pobox have just added a spam filter to their basic service, at no extra cost. This seems to be doing a splendid job; I'm getting virtually no spams at all. It's better than any solution you can run on your own computer as it removes the mail at their end, so you don't need to download it to examine it. I can now happily give my address to anyone without fear of being deluged by a new wave of UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email).
So I'd recommend the pobox.com service to anyone with a spam problem or who regularly changes provider.
P.S. I don't get paid for endorsing them.
-- GT
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:33:44 +0100, Graham gt@pobox.com wrote:
At one time I frequently changed ISP and got fed up with having to tell dozens of people each time about the new email address. The solution I've used for some years is to get a "lifetime email address"; an address that redirects mail to wherever you actually are. There are several places to get these; the one I use is at http://www.pobox.com and costs me $15 per year. You can try one out for a month, free.
Or I can give you a Gmail invite. After only 5 days since I received my invite I now have 5 to share out. While Gmail is free as well, I admit pobox has been around much longer (I opened an account when they first started, but as a student I couldn't afford to pay to keep the account). Pobox also has the advantage of forwarding your email to you so you control the storage, while Gmail hoards your email and lets you search through it.
Tim.
On 2004-08-29 11:33:44 +0100 Graham gt@pobox.com wrote:
I now get anything up to 100 spams a day. However, pobox have just added a spam filter to their basic service, at no extra cost. This seems to be doing a splendid job; I'm getting virtually no spams at all. [...]
What's the false positive rate and how are they handled?
On Sunday 29 August 2004 13:34, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2004-08-29 11:33:44 +0100 Graham gt@pobox.com wrote:
I now get anything up to 100 spams a day. However, pobox have just added a spam filter to their basic service, at no extra cost. This seems to be doing a splendid job; I'm getting virtually no spams at all. [...]
What's the false positive rate and how are they handled?
There's a web-based management page that allows you to examine discards and rejects and act accordingly. They spend two weeks building a pattern for you; so far I've only been set up for a week so I'm not sure what happens after the two weeks. So far I've had one false negative and a couple of false positives in the discards bin, which I've okayed for future messages.
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