Comments on: Tis The Season For Holiday Spammers

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By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:29:57 +0000

Hi Michael. Thanks for popping by my little space on the Internet.

It’s good to know you have an update coming out for Bad Behavior.

I think your plugin does an amazing job but as mentioned, the latest release doesn’t seem to like Verizon too much.

I’ve received all kinds of messages from friends and clients that have had issues, so I’ll be keeping my eyes out for your new version so I can get the people I know updated to the new release.

By: Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:00:48 +0000

Your issue with Verizon Wireless is fixed in the upcoming release of Bad Behavior, which should be out in a day or two.

Next time please contact me if you’re having problems.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:45:34 +0000

Hi Luke,

You have just a few email addresses don’t you? :)

You’re very lucky to not be getting hammered with spam, especially with Hotmail and Yahoo accounts.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 05:47:16 +0000

I don’t have any spam in my Gmail folder, and my school address only gets spammed by people in the school, so nothing I can do about that (and I guess it is arguable that job offers are spam, but in defense of my calling them that, I am not eligible for 95+% of them).

My Hotmail and Yahoo accounts barely get three emails in a year, and while I might get spam at my AOL/Netscape, I forgot how to access those so long ago it doesn’t really matter.

In comparison my Lycos account gets hammered by spam, with up to ten spams on the really bad days…

By: Brandon Wood

Brandon Wood — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:07:20 +0000

I’m sure they have – I’ve noticed a large jump in the number of messages in my spam folder in just the past few days.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:26:25 +0000

You’re not lazy Brandon, you just use the tools provided to you by Google which is fine but you can bet Google has done a lot of the same things I’ve done and put into place, just on a much larger scale to defend against spam this holiday season.

By: Brandon Wood

Brandon Wood — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:53:20 +0000

Call me lazy, but I just use my Gmail account for everything. I setup tons of filters to label my incoming email, and I rarely see a spam message in my inbox.