ArtmakersWorlds

Yea well.... not sure you want a saga here, but I HAD email with my domain name. Probably still could if I wanted. And I tried using a form, captcha (which I hate btw) BOTH got hacked. Repeatedly. And I got in trouble after sending through spamcop because somehow it went to my domain host. Once that was made known to me I just let it go. Finally for my website what works, though I know is inconvenient, I just uploaded an image of my email address. People have to type it into their email. Yea it's a pain but it put a stop to spambots. I don't want to use my computers email since I am seldom on the same computer. Yahoo I can access anywhere. First email I ever had was on hotmail. (Still have it too.) But over the years they changed for the worst more and more... I check in about once a year just to keep it as a back up but I don't use it. One day, while I was communicating with a customer no less, hotmail went down. I quickly set up shop on yahoo. And like everything, every "up" grade is actually a downgrade. I use the oldest "classic" version I can. Keep it simple. Now you probably haven't used yahoo in a long time. They don't have the option to block emails anymore. Not that it ever did any good since spammers just make up new ones. All they have is a "mark it as spam" and it lands on a spam folder. That's it. And with their last "up yours grade" the spam folder no longer even shows me if new messages came in unless I go look. And I have to because good messages land in there all the time. BUT... so far, yahoo is still way better than hotmail (or mail.com, got one there too. They are the worst.) On a bad day I might get a dozen spam messages. Yesterday I only got one. So over all tolerable. This is kinda like summer. You'll never be rid of mosquitoes. Just keep swatting.

I have heard of spamassassin. Ok, NOT being a computer tech here, how would I use spamassassin with yahoo email on a mac computer. If that's even possible? I think it's not. Tried looking up spamassassin's site but all I can see is using some "gloc app" or something like that. Again, COMPUTER. I NEVER do email on my phone. Aren't "apps" for the phone? See? NOT a techno geek here. Please explain this like your talking to your grandma ok?

I get them EVERY DAY. Sometimes, like today only one. Other times 9 or more. Disturbingly it seems quite a pick up in either paypal or apple phishing scams too. THOSE I forward directly to their spoof at address as well as spamcop. Until the next batch rolls in. I really wish someone would come up with a way of bouncing spam right back to who ever sent it. And if it's not bounceable? say some wanky forged return address? Then it's not deliverable either. Never would get any if this were the case.

No, got a keto note today. Only one though. So perhaps something got shut down. I really wish instead of just deleting the users account someone would go after them legally. Among all the sales crap I regularly get paypal or apple phishing scams. THOSE I send directly to paypal or apple spoof at. These spammers really need to be rotting in jail for attempting to rob people.

Not mine. Not a bit. Got ONE yesterday that was not from google. NINE that were. I don't think google even looks at spamcop complaints. But... I will keep reporting anyway.

My spam has been increasing. From yesterday to today, doubled! And so far ALL coming from google.

I report it all assuming I check within 2 days of it showing up. That account in question I don't always. But yea, report it all. If everyone did this it would stop so much faster. Thanks again for spamcop. best service out there.

First off, I do NOT use Gmail. Oh I have an account but only to use youtube. I do almost all my email on yahoo. And this is fairly recent, the uptick in spam coming from google. If I forward it directly to google, IF I get a reply at all, it's usually some long winded techno thing on how it didn't come from them, they are only a service... yada yada. My point here is why all of a sudden? Yahoo (even my spam bait account) was down to only a few spam messages a week. And usually from any number of sources. Now? ALL GOOGLE and some 9 or more a day. Almost all with similar messages. Something medical. Burn fat, keto diet, pills.... like that. I got on someones spam list and that spammer just happens to be abusing google. I would hope after they got enough complaints they might track it down. Or not. Frankly I think google got too big to care about anyone.

hi all, Ok, I have several email accounts but one in particular I use specifically for things likely to harvest me and spam me to death. It's always been my "disposable" account (on yahoo) but so far Yahoo has done a pretty fair job of separating junk from email, AND I haven't had much spam. A few a day, if that. BUT lately, just about EVERY piece after running through spamcop shows up as google as the source. Does google even care about spamcop complaints? Cause they sure don't care about user complaints directly, (about ANYTHING.) If filing spamcop complaints does any good at all I will continue. But if there is no point, perhaps just deleting would be easier. If this won't stop, or slow it down, what's the point?