Comments on: SpamArrest sucks! http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:47:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Aviv http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-116810 Aviv Mon, 19 May 2008 18:17:11 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/#comment-116810 I believe that the idea to forward emails from a webmaster@... account to another (gmail) account is very good. On the other hand I am paranoid as Ido (despite the fact that I cannot change the future and google is already our 'bigbrother'). We shouldn'd underestimate that, Ido is right and we Germans are maybe more sensitive to such questions. But there are lots of free of chare email accounts you can sign up. lavabit.com has a pretty advanced spam protection and provides pop for free (no I am not the webmaster :-). I believe that the idea to forward emails from a webmaster@… account to another (gmail) account is very good. On the other hand I am paranoid as Ido (despite the fact that I cannot change the future and google is already our ‘bigbrother’). We shouldn’d underestimate that, Ido is right and we Germans are maybe more sensitive to such questions.

But there are lots of free of chare email accounts you can sign up.
lavabit.com has a pretty advanced spam protection and provides pop for free (no I am not the webmaster :-) .

]]> By: John Hunter http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114527 John Hunter Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:50:05 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/#comment-114527 Good post. I agree with everything you say. If someone resorts to such a solution they better take the burden of clearing emails from those they want to get email from (not expecting those sending them email they want to get to do so. Gmail has pretty great spam trapping too - so just use that if you have a problem (though if you are worried about Google then maybe not...). Good post. I agree with everything you say. If someone resorts to such a solution they better take the burden of clearing emails from those they want to get email from (not expecting those sending them email they want to get to do so. Gmail has pretty great spam trapping too – so just use that if you have a problem (though if you are worried about Google then maybe not…).

]]> By: Ido Fishman http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114401 Ido Fishman Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:48:59 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/#comment-114401 Hi Ciaran, Well, I'm pretty paranoid and Gmail had decelerated before that they read/scan mails all the time. I do use gmail for some purposes, but not always and in any case I wouldn't want to share everything with either Google or any other third party. Hi Ciaran,

Well, I’m pretty paranoid and Gmail had decelerated before that they read/scan mails all the time.

I do use gmail for some purposes, but not always and in any case I wouldn’t want to share everything with either Google or any other third party.

]]> By: Ciaran http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114391 Ciaran Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:33:09 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/#comment-114391 Ido, why forward all your mail to a gmail account/have gmail pop it, and pop it from there. There is also google apps for your domain that is worth looking . Ido, why forward all your mail to a gmail account/have gmail pop it, and pop it from there. There is also google apps for your domain that is worth looking .

]]> By: Ido Fishman http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114390 Ido Fishman Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:46:08 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/#comment-114390 Thanks for the quick reply Tom. I'm using thunderbird these days, as it's the easiest portable application I know and it has many functions and great extentions, but I can't find good, free of charge addons that blocks spam. Thanks for the quick reply Tom.

I’m using thunderbird these days, as it’s the easiest portable application I know and it has many functions and great extentions, but I can’t find good, free of charge addons that blocks spam.

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114389 Tom Raftery Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:50:30 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/#comment-114389 Good email client software should catch most spam but if you want to reduce the amount of spam getting to your email client software use an upstream spam stopper. Your ISP may know of one. I use <a href="http://www.emailcloud.com">emailcloud</a> and find it quite good. Good email client software should catch most spam but if you want to reduce the amount of spam getting to your email client software use an upstream spam stopper. Your ISP may know of one.

I use emailcloud and find it quite good.

]]> By: Ido fishman http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114388 Ido fishman Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:20:25 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/#comment-114388 The question is how to handle spam that comes to your non-gmail account. It is easy to handle email forms, but how do you handle those emails that comes directly to you? any recommendations? The question is how to handle spam that comes to your non-gmail account.
It is easy to handle email forms, but how do you handle those emails that comes directly to you? any recommendations?

]]> By: Ciaran http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-114379 Ciaran Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:08:55 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/spamarrest-sucks/#comment-114379 Ironically when I received that same reply, from the same sender by the looks of it (Ewan). It was caught by my spam filter in gmail, I found it about two weeks later but I had been wondering why I got no reply from him. Completely agree with your views on spam prevention Tom, although I don't know if I would go so far as saying lazy, but I would use words not far from there. I find, if you do need to resort to any Turing test type prevention a simple challenge based one is best and even better if you write it yourself. I have used one in the past the simply asks what is one plus one? As I wrote it, there are no automated bots out there are programed for it, like some of the open source plugins, and the text field and label are named something other than anti-spam to fully mis-lead any bots. Ironically when I received that same reply, from the same sender by the looks of it (Ewan). It was caught by my spam filter in gmail, I found it about two weeks later but I had been wondering why I got no reply from him.

Completely agree with your views on spam prevention Tom, although I don’t know if I would go so far as saying lazy, but I would use words not far from there.

I find, if you do need to resort to any Turing test type prevention a simple challenge based one is best and even better if you write it yourself. I have used one in the past the simply asks what is one plus one? As I wrote it, there are no automated bots out there are programed for it, like some of the open source plugins, and the text field and label are named something other than anti-spam to fully mis-lead any bots.

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