Email addresses

[Vandal]

So... Proverbius, Dweller... I'm trying to send you guys an email to see if you're coming to E3... so you can check out The Witcher, if you're interested. Unfortunately, the emails keep bouncing. Let me know ASAP. Shoot me a PM. T

 

[Vault Dweller]

I killed my emal long time ago, I get 500 spam emails for every normal message. As they in the spy movies, it's been compromised. The best way to reach me is via PM.

As for the question, E3 isn't my cup of tea, and it's a long trip from Toronto.

 

[Vandal]

I killed my emal long time ago, I get 500 spam emails for every normal message. As they in the spy movies, it's been compromised. The best way to reach me is via PM.

As for the question, E3 isn't my cup of tea, and it's a long trip from Toronto.

I'm in Edmonton; that doesn't stop me

 

[Atrokkus]

I killed my emal long time ago, I get 500 spam emails for every normal message. As they in the spy movies, it's been compromised.

Speaking of emails and spam, I'm using my Yandex.ru email and it's totally spam-free, though my address has been displayed in many places in the web (it's pretty old now). The thing is that Yandex has a very good antispam system, which filters the incoming mail, separating spam from various mailing list services and the "good" mail. Works very well, trust me. Too bad it doesn't have English interface...

Using google, too. Very nice engine, but I'm not yet aware of its anti-spam capabilities -- I rarely exposed the address anywhere. But I wager it's quite decent. Should be, at least.

Anyways, if you want an invitation, give me a call.

 

[kingcomrade]

My hotmail account doesn't get any spam and I've had the thing for like 5 or 6 years. My yahoo account, the one I use for real-life stuff, on the other hand, gets tons of spam.

 

[Taluntain]

That's funny... considering the amount of Russian spam being sent out everywhere outside ol' USSR, I guess they leave their own at peace.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

I'd be interested, but my job's been kicking my ass time wise lately and I'm in the process of moving. Oh yeah, and I need to renew my car's license.

Tal's right about the Russian spam emails. As much as I love you Russians, I'd fully support kicking your country off the internet at this point. I just recently killed my email account on this site as well because I was getting around 500 a day.

 

[Jason]

You guys are just popular and stuff. Ride the snake.

 

[sheek]

I killed my emal long time ago, I get 500 spam emails for every normal message. As they in the spy movies, it's been compromised. The best way to reach me is via PM.

As for the question, E3 isn't my cup of tea, and it's a long trip from Toronto.

Get a few mail forwarding addresses (like bigfoot.com) and use them for everything except your personal business and trusted friends. Then when the spam gets too much from one forwarding address delete the account and create a new one.

I find that's the easiest way to deal with spam.

http://www.bigfoot.com/ef/en/infopage.j ... ng.default

 

[Atrokkus]

rywhere outside ol' USSR, I guess they leave their own at peace.

Nah, you're wrong. Lots of spam. You see, the thing is that it's not the servers that don't get spam, it's me not reading it. So, the spam is there, and A LOT of it. But it's just separated instantly upon arrival, and dumped into the "spam" folder, leaving the subscriptions and "true" mail in other respective folders.

 

[obediah]

The best solution I've seen so far is to run your own machine and mail-server. Then you can just give every person and organization you deal with their own e-mail address to use.

rpgcodex@mymachine.*
auntbill@mymachine.*

Then when spam starts coming through, you know exactly whose balls to nail to the wall, and you can just block that alias.

 

[Atrokkus]

whose balls to nail to the wall, and you can just block that alias.

Sometimes it even comes to that... But mostly it's just a threat.
Though I remember seeing a russian video where a couple of guys beat a spammer, very vigorously. I hate all of em, both the beaters and the beaten, but that illustrates the point that dumb people are not very safe even in the net.

Oh, and there was this spammer in Fallout... poor sob.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Nah, I still think the best solution is to get Russia off the internet until they agree to behave.

 

[Spazmo]

Our solution to spam is to use secret email addresses we don't tell anyone about.

As for E3... well, if someone's willing to pay my airfare and hotel for three or four days, sure, I'll go.

No? Well, geez, way to put down the independent press.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Using google, too. Very nice engine, but I'm not yet aware of its anti-spam capabilities -- I rarely exposed the address anywhere. But I wager it's quite decent. Should be, at least.

Anyways, if you want an invitation, give me a call.

I've been using gmail for a long time, and got maybe 5 spam email over the last year. Of course, the fact that it's an unadvertised account helps too.

I'm in Edmonton; that doesn't stop me

What can I say? You are a true pioneer and an example to us all!

 

[LlamaGod]

too many canadians :aiee:

 

[Atrokkus]

Too many non-Kazakhstanians :aiieeee:

 

[Twinfalls]

e3, schmee3.

What you really want to go to is the GDC