I have done this myself and sometimes feel like I am spamming my friends. Â It isn’t that many names, but it still feels generic enough that i wonder. The definition […]
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I used to start my days going through all my spam in the morning. It is amazing how much spam is sent over night so as to be right there […]
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I used to start my days going through all my spam in the morning. It is amazing how much spam is sent over night so as to be right there […]
READ FULL POST Why Send Email Spam with Just a Line of Text?
I have seen the question bounce around asking why a spammer would bother to send an email to someone that appears to have only one line of text. Sometimes even […]
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I have seen the question bounce around asking why a spammer would bother to send an email to someone that appears to have only one line of text. Sometimes even […]
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By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Questions Answered, Spam Messages on
If you get an email claiming to be a major professional of some kind (like a lawyer, doctor, judge or something) take a look at the email address. Any lawyer, […]
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If you get an email claiming to be a major professional of some kind (like a lawyer, doctor, judge or something) take a look at the email address. Any lawyer, […]
READ FULL POST How can I resolve a situation where someone is using my email to spam folks?
By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Questions Answered on
This is most likely a spammer who has randomly selected your email address as the return path and/or from for outbound spam. In this case you will likely be receiving […]
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This is most likely a spammer who has randomly selected your email address as the return path and/or from for outbound spam. In this case you will likely be receiving […]
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By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Questions Answered, Spam Messages on
So with the holiday season quickly approaching many retailers and fighting for those few dollars you have to spend. There will be a lot of email being sent, some of […]
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So with the holiday season quickly approaching many retailers and fighting for those few dollars you have to spend. There will be a lot of email being sent, some of […]
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By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Etiquette, Questions Answered on
Most people who send emails don’t really understand all the pieces and ways you can send an email. You can send an email “To:” someone or “CC:” someone or even […]
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Most people who send emails don’t really understand all the pieces and ways you can send an email. You can send an email “To:” someone or “CC:” someone or even […]
READ FULL POST Forwarding Warning or Alarming Emails
By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Etiquette, Questions Answered on
Over the weekend I got forwarded an email from a friend about a “BIG VIRUS COMING” and tried to use another website to prove that the virus was real (http://www.snopes.com/ […]
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Over the weekend I got forwarded an email from a friend about a “BIG VIRUS COMING” and tried to use another website to prove that the virus was real (http://www.snopes.com/ […]
READ FULL POST Watch for Boxes to Check or Uncheck
By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Etiquette, Questions Answered, What Others Doing on
It seems that whenever you buy something on the Internet this leads to more email spam in your mailbox. However, a lot of legitimate companies are starting to recognize that […]
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It seems that whenever you buy something on the Internet this leads to more email spam in your mailbox. However, a lot of legitimate companies are starting to recognize that […]
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By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Etiquette, Questions Answered, Spam Messages, Spam Solutions on
I get asked this a lot too and did a an early post called How Many People Actually Buy Something from Spam? which covers this subject. Basically this is a […]
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I get asked this a lot too and did a an early post called How Many People Actually Buy Something from Spam? which covers this subject. Basically this is a […]
READ FULL POST Question: How Long Before I Get Spam?
By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Questions Answered, Spam Messages, Spam Solutions on
Been seeing a lot of people talking about changing their email address to get away from the spam. They wonder how long before they are going to have to change […]
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Been seeing a lot of people talking about changing their email address to get away from the spam. They wonder how long before they are going to have to change […]
READ FULL POST Be Careful When Forwarding Email
By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Questions Answered, Spam Messages, Spam Solutions on
When you forward email from one address to another this can sometime lead to difficulties with filtering. The worst example would be having a hotmail email address that you know […]
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When you forward email from one address to another this can sometime lead to difficulties with filtering. The worst example would be having a hotmail email address that you know […]
READ FULL POST How Many People Actually Buy Something from Spam?
By Shiloh Pettyjohn in Effects Across Industries, Email Studies, Questions Answered, Spam Messages on 2 Comments
When I tell people that I work for an email spam company, one of the first and most surprising questions I get asked (after how do I stop the spam) […]
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When I tell people that I work for an email spam company, one of the first and most surprising questions I get asked (after how do I stop the spam) […]
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