Since I never use my gmail account, but it's a dictionary-type word (duckie), so instead of getting spam I get really interesting legitimate mail.
For example, I've received several emails (some internal) from a real estate firm, as well as a username/password confirmation from an online game website. My favorite so far is one titled "RE: Merit testing...", a response to an inquiry about (surprisingly) merit testing, which this university apparently uses to test job applicants. The responder essentially (and politely!) said that it was a stupid question - they're tests, you take them, our hiring people for whatever department look at them and let you know if you qualify.
I first found someone erroneously using my email when I signed in and found something like 3000 unread messages - all "return to sender," since someone had put my address as his reply-to. That one I made sure to clear up; the rest, I keep for amusement (and, in the case of the username/password, change my email out of the info on the site).
*@misterx.com is forwarded to it, and I've had that domain since '98. Someone else had it before me.
I've been resisiting doing away with the wildcard, it's so nice to be able to make up addresses on the fly when registering with sites and such, but I may have to move to specific addresses. Problem is, I don't recall everything I've created. :)
lol i dont use my gmail account for anything other than lj and various important stuff.
my hotmail account gets the brunt of the spam force, and the only way to catch it all there is to set the shit to exclusive, which is a royal pain the patoot.
I don't even bother deleting it anymore. Gmail deletes it after 30 days on a rolling basis.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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ninetydegrees
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on 2005-02-27 06:33 am (UTC)For example, I've received several emails (some internal) from a real estate firm, as well as a username/password confirmation from an online game website. My favorite so far is one titled "RE: Merit testing...", a response to an inquiry about (surprisingly) merit testing, which this university apparently uses to test job applicants. The responder essentially (and politely!) said that it was a stupid question - they're tests, you take them, our hiring people for whatever department look at them and let you know if you qualify.
I first found someone erroneously using my email when I signed in and found something like 3000 unread messages - all "return to sender," since someone had put my address as his reply-to. That one I made sure to clear up; the rest, I keep for amusement (and, in the case of the username/password, change my email out of the info on the site).
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on 2005-02-27 02:43 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-02-27 06:53 am (UTC)but i do appreciate how well their spam catcher works
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on 2005-02-27 02:44 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-02-27 07:49 am (UTC)no subject
on 2005-02-27 02:45 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-02-27 10:52 am (UTC)no subject
on 2005-02-27 02:49 pm (UTC)I've been resisiting doing away with the wildcard, it's so nice to be able to make up addresses on the fly when registering with sites and such, but I may have to move to specific addresses. Problem is, I don't recall everything I've created. :)
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on 2005-02-27 01:00 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-02-27 02:49 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-02-27 01:26 pm (UTC)my hotmail account gets the brunt of the spam force, and the only way to catch it all there is to set the shit to exclusive, which is a royal pain the patoot.
burn hotmail, burn!
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on 2005-02-27 02:51 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2005-03-01 05:32 pm (UTC)sometimes, i wonder if the spam that is sent is created by the gmail people to make it look as though their filter is really good...
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on 2005-03-01 05:42 pm (UTC)I redid my email setup today though, it's cutting down on it considerably.