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Thread ID: 74538 2006-11-26 05:37:00 OMG a Spamless day. sam m (517) PC World Chat
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502223 2006-11-26 05:37:00 In light of the amount of spam about I just wondered if others are experiencing a downturn.

For last few years I only received the odd spam email weekly, some days worse than others. Recently this escalated to dozens daily so out came mailwasher again. With the recent spam explosion experienced by many I would at peak receive about 20 but this gradually reduced to about 3 or 4 BUT today (with only a few hours left) I have not recieved a single piece of spam. Touch wood.

Looks like Xtra may have gotten on top of latest spamplosion.
sam m (517)
502224 2006-11-26 05:56:00 Hey yeah me too....I've just noticed that - after I quit ihug and joined xtra, I only get 2 spam emails a week, as opposed to up to 6 a day with ihug! qazwsxokmijn (102)
502225 2006-11-26 06:10:00 I hate to be the gloomy one at the party - But...

I also thought it was going down gradually. (From about 6 a day to 3 recently).
Yet today there are 5 already, with 5 hours left.
Yes, it's Xtra also.
Laura (43)
502226 2006-11-26 07:10:00 One in 2 months - with Vodafone vodem. I feel deprived. :D R2x1 (4628)
502227 2006-11-26 07:19:00 and I only get 50 + per day :eek:

Poptray reduces by half on a lucky day :dogeye:

You guys don't know you're alive !!
Misty :mad:
Misty (368)
502228 2006-11-26 07:42:00 :blush: :xmouth: spoke too soon.... got one now 8.30pm sam m (517)
502229 2006-11-26 09:14:00 Wow, I feel really luckly, I've had about 5 spam emails in about 5 years with various providers. Mark.Gribble (10310)
502230 2006-11-26 09:25:00 One in 2 months - with Vodafone vodem. I feel deprived. :D

A new email address is very unlikely to get spam anyway for a while. Getting spam depends on how many people you email who have viruses on their computer, or if you advertise the email address on a website.
rogerp (6864)
502231 2006-11-26 09:47:00 Using spamassassin with fairly strict settings, I've had about 3 slip through in the last year. The email address has existed for around two years (it's my main email address). Erayd (23)
502232 2006-11-26 10:29:00 Yeah, I get like 1 or 2 a month? (IF any).

I'm with Xtra too.
Deathwish (143)
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