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| Thread ID: 96324 | 2009-01-07 00:14:00 | WalMart spam on gmail | TideMan (4279) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 735600 | 2009-01-07 00:14:00 | Up until Christmas, my gmail account was almost spam free, but since Christmas I've been getting several spam emails a day from WalMart - I think that's the US equivalent of The Warehouse. The gmail spam-catcher which is excellent otherwise, seems incapable of snaring them. Anyone else had this? |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 735601 | 2009-01-07 00:31:00 | Haven't seen any Walmart spam on my Gmail account... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 735602 | 2009-01-07 00:45:00 | I don't think Walmart can be equated to The Warehouse. It has both low-end and high end products. My Brother in law is on the Board of the UK/Europe division of Walmart. Either to try to compare it by size or product range makes The Warehouse look like a very very small corner store, or even a stone beside a corner store. Walmart is the world's largest retailer. news.bbc.co.uk |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 735603 | 2009-01-07 02:39:00 | I don't think Walmart can be equated to The Warehouse . It has both low-end and high end products . My Brother in law is on the Board of the UK/Europe division of Walmart . Either to try to compare it by size or product range makes The Warehouse look like a very very small corner store, or even a stone beside a corner store . From the tone of your response, you obviously feel that I have impugned the reputation of your brother-in-law and therefore by implication your goodself . This was not my intention . Had I realised there were people on this forum who have a brother in law of such eminence, I would been much more careful in my phrasing . Perhaps I could put it a different way: Why is your brother in law sending me spam? And what has he done to gmail that enables the spam to get through the spam-catcher? |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 735604 | 2009-01-07 02:52:00 | After the spam servers in the states got closed end of last year I have had no spam at all in my spam folder whoever they were I'm glad they were shut down. | gary67 (56) | ||
| 735605 | 2009-01-07 03:19:00 | Tideman - are you sure it is legitimate Walmart mail, and not someone just spoofing their (apparent) address? I wouldn't have thought an organisation the size of Walmart would need to resort to spam . I imagine they have huge departments full of people engaged in normal, legitimate marketing practices . DISCLAIMER: I do not have any family or other connection with Walmart or its subsidiaries :D |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 735606 | 2009-01-07 03:26:00 | You're right. The sender was: ShoppingGiveaway@ditrichum.com and the subject line was: Someone has sent you a $1000 Wal-Mart GiftCard! My question is: why has gmail's spam catcher let this through? And why does the spam catcher continue to let such stuff through when I have told it such emails are spam? I blame Bantu's brother in law................. |
TideMan (4279) | ||
| 735607 | 2009-01-07 03:42:00 | Probably Google's fault as much as anything since they own Gmail. Although my Inlaws are somewhat weird I doubt they need to resort to spam to stay filthy rich. Try mail washer or something similar that might block unwanted stuff. |
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