What's the point?

[From Gradel to Grave]

I use aol email and for quite a while now I have been assiduously 'reporting' spam when I log in each morning.

Is there any reason for me doing this or have aol put it there to make you feel better for having doing something when in reality they go into a black hole?

For what it's worth I don't seem to be getting any fewer spam.

 

[Jeff]

I use aol email and for quite a while now I have been assiduously 'reporting' spam when I log in each morning.

Is there any reason for me doing this or have aol put it there to make you feel better for having doing something when in reality they go into a black hole?

For what it's worth I don't seem to be getting any fewer spam.

They do take action, but most spammers won't get caught because of the way they use open proxies to send the email, or they're in a country where the law can't touch them.

I used to run a mailing list on one of my shopping sites, a genuine one where people had to sign up, then every couple of months I'd send them an email with special offers etc.

One day my email provider contacted me to say my account had been closed down because I'd been sending spam. They sent me details of the complaints they'd received and all the complaints came from AOL users. I managed to check my records and I was able to prove that the people who complained had all subscribed to the mailing list, but rather than go through the proper unsubscribe process they clicked on the spam button in AOL. So I got my email account back, but all the hassle caused by some stupid AOL users put me off using email marketing.

 

[From Gradel to Grave]

Cheers for the info, Jeff.

 

[MKFox]

What's the point?

It's a multi screen cinema complex in Milton Keynes...

It was cool 20 years ago....


....actually, no it wasn't

 

[From Gradel to Grave]

It's a multi screen cinema complex in Milton Keynes...

It was cool 20 years ago....


....actually, no it wasn't

I thought it was 100 degrees, actually. Now I'm confused. :icon_conf

 

[Melton Fox]

Or indeed a music venue in Dublin

 

[Steven]

Of living? I don't know. We're stuck with it I suppose.

 

[MHS]