Re: Email not valid

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Email not valid
Date	2016-10-10 08:54 +1100
Message-ID	<e5vskbF21a0U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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"Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:ae4lvbpm8m172hkisq9gjpiccutm92h52s@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 04:58:18 +1100, "Rod Speed"
> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"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.
>>
> Haven't recently but the emails also made offers connected to one's
> "reward card" like free sometimes.
>
>>> 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.
>
> Sometimes it has false positives.

Never seen any myself.

> By getting less spam it makes it easier to spot the "ham from the spam"

I don't bother anymore, the gmail spam detection is so reliable.

> and I report them like doodling and I love getting spammers burned.

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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