Re: Email not valid

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Email not valid
Date	2016-10-10 04:58 +1100
Message-ID	<e5vepsFt8jcU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:7o4kvb9218t69r32oqi6r20ivtdio307e6@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 20:46:11 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:7l0kvb95bfmcjm0l9jputpbuhtf7r3qv3s@4ax.com...
>>> On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 19:28:35 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:8krjvbpq60njen187ifio3lpa14rv8961a@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 14:44:50 +1100, SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 18:54:50 +1000, F Murtz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone have this problem? when trying to register to a site 
>>>>>>> requiring
>>>>>>> usr and password often any web based email gets "enter valid email"
>>>>>>> over
>>>>>>> and over when a service provider email like bigpond or TPG etc.works
>>>>>>> This is difficult for someone who only has a hotmail acc or gmail 
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> Is the only way round this is to attempt to email webmaster and tell
>>>>>>> them?
>>>>>>> I think this is a deliberate thing rather than a technical problem 
>>>>>>> as
>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>> once emailed a fishing forum and they said that they do not accept 
>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>> based emails .they did say they would sometimes accept some members
>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>> I had already said that it was discrimination against oldies with 
>>>>>>> only
>>>>>>> web based email so that cruelled my application.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have seen this before in some sites, by demanding you use an ISP 
>>>>>>email
>>>>>>it
>>>>>>makes it harder for spammers. For these sites, I use my work email
>>>>>>address.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Which they pass on  to spammers
>>>>> The worst is Woolworths where they ask for a survey then "their"
>>>>> poll'ers bomb the shit out of your email address!
>>>>
>>>>Never happened to me.
>>>
>>> I have Woolworths send me there specials and linked
>>> their card to my gmail account it has happened to me!
>>
>>Because that is the email address you used when you signed up for their
>>card, stupid.
>>
>>You can opt out of those emails if you don't want them.
>
> I like the Woolworths specials by email.

I prefer to go to the site myself and browse the pdf.

The emails are a good place to get the offers like the current one where
spending more than $40 a week for 4 weeks gets you a $40 credit.

> Unbeknown to me was WW's had a survey done by spammers under
> WW's banner but I know WW's hired them and gave them my address.
> Then spam from all over was comming in and only allowed 1 at a time
> unsuscribe (plus I reported it as spam) Gmail did catch them as spam.

So why do you care since you never see them unless you deliberately look
in the spam folder ?  The gmail spam detection is so reliable that I don't
even bother to look in mine anymore and haven't done for years now.

> I find reporting spam keeps my spam down
> to maybe 1 a week (that's to this address)

Rather pointless when gmail catches it all.

Thread

Email not valid F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-07 18:54 +1000
  Re: Email not valid Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-07 21:17 +1100
    Re: Email not valid Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2016-10-07 12:06 +0000
      Re: Email not valid Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-08 08:52 +1100
        Re: Email not valid F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-08 10:36 +1000
          Re: Email not valid Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-08 12:06 +1100
          Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 04:15 +1100
        Re: Email not valid news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-10-08 01:38 +0000
          Re: Email not valid Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-08 15:32 +1100
            Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 04:38 +1100
        Re: Email not valid Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2016-10-08 13:37 +0000
          Re: Email not valid Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-09 11:00 +1100
            Re: Email not valid keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-10-09 17:17 +1000
              Re: Email not valid Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-10 08:26 +1100
    Re: Email not valid F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-08 10:32 +1000
      Re: Email not valid news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-10-08 01:40 +0000
      Re: Email not valid news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-10-08 01:40 +0000
      Re: Email not valid keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-10-09 17:19 +1000
    Re: Email not valid F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-09 18:43 +1000
  Re: Email not valid Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-10-07 17:18 +0000
    Re: Email not valid F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-08 10:39 +1000
      Re: Email not valid Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-08 12:07 +1100
        Re: Email not valid not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-08 22:19 +0000
          Re: Email not valid Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-10 08:32 +1100
      Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 04:18 +1100
    Re: Email not valid news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-10-08 01:42 +0000
      Re: Email not valid Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-10-08 12:37 +0000
        Re: Email not valid news16 <news16@woa.com.au> - 2016-10-08 13:20 +0000
          Re: Email not valid Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2016-10-08 19:01 +0000
    Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 04:11 +1100
    Re: Email not valid jonz <johnhhhinton7@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 03:23 -0700
  Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-08 16:33 +1100
  Re: Email not valid felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-10-08 19:03 +1100
  Re: Email not valid SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-10-09 14:44 +1100
    Re: Email not valid Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 18:18 +1100
      Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 19:28 +1100
        Re: Email not valid Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 19:42 +1100
          Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 20:46 +1100
            Re: Email not valid Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 20:56 +1100
              Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 04:58 +1100
                Re: Email not valid Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 05:56 +1100
                Re: Email not valid "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 08:54 +1100
                Re: Email not valid Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 12:30 +1100
    Re: Email not valid F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2016-10-09 18:40 +1000
      Re: Email not valid SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2016-10-10 20:56 +1100

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