I get a lot of spam too but 99% of it goes to the spam box.... is it the same with you guys? On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Bob Elzer wrote: > Yes, if it is pulling mail, that mail is not going through the gmail > filters, it's just going and retrieving them, so the spam would be getting > through those other accounts filters. > > I would think you should be able to identify the accounts which are getting > the spam. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of > Charles > Jones > Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:12 AM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others? > > Bob Elzer wrote: > > Nobody has asked what your email account is, is somebody@gmail.com ??? > > Or Do you have gmail receiving the joe@actionline one ? > > > That makes me wonder, If you configure gmail to pull from other POP/IMAP > accounts, maybe it just pulls whatever is there and does not spam filter it > like it does for directly received mail? > > I have a gmail account, I don't get any spam, and I haven't set any > > filters, gmail does a good job on it's own. > > > > Next I would ask if this is your doing or someone who doesn't like > > you. What I mean is are you signing up to lots of things and leaving > > your email address everywhere, or Maybe someone else is signing you up > > for different mailing lists on purpose. > > > > If either is the case, I would suggest you get a new gmail address, > > and stop giving it out, except to the most important people you want to > talk to. > > > > What mail reader are you using, have you tried adding filters to your > > mail reader ? > > > > Like someone else added, have another email for signing up for things, > > like at yahoo (lol) where mine is. > > > > But really if it's overwhelming like you say, I think the best answer > > is to get a new email address. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of > > Josef Lowder > > Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 5:07 PM > > To: Plug > > Subject: OT: Why am I getting 100 times more spam than others? > > > > In the past, I have pleaded for help with this issue, and some have > > responded with frustration that I brought this up again ... so I > > apologize in advance for bringing this up again now. But the problem > > has worstened to an enormously frustrating extent. > > > > More than 2,000 spam email messages now come into my gmail account > > every day. It is perplexing and infuriating to me that google/gmail > > will not allow creating filters to *delete* (not just move to trash) > > all this garbage that is clearly identifiable and definable. > > > > Recently, gmail began to mark about half to 2/3rds of this garbage > > with the title *****SPAM***** in the subject line. Why would they > > bother doing that instead of just totally blocking or automatically > > deleting forever all this garbage rather than just labeling it as > > SPAM? Or at least give us the option to choose to have all such mail > > deleted rather than put into a spam folder. > > > > I (and many others) have written to Google and to Gmail forums about > > this numerous times, but of course no one at Google ever responds. > > > > What prompts this message today is that I have recently talked with > > other email users who are even larger volume users of email than I > > and they have expressed amazement at the volume of spam that I am > > receiving. Because, they have reported to me that they are *not* > > receiving even 1/100th of the volume of spam that I receive. > > > > So, can anyone recommend any remedy or alternate, perhaps even a paid > > web mail service, by which I might be able to gain some control over > > this nightmare? > > > > I would certainly be willing to pay for a solution. > > > > Help! > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: