"Other" Responses
If you have tried to reduce the problem, which solutions have you tried? (check all that apply)
Other: block spam
Other: Two sets of filters; one at ISP and one on work station.
Other: Mailblocks.com e-mail address
Other: Use a Macintosh computer
Other: It's not worth it. I just delete them....
Other: change email address
Other: the delete button
Other: Blacklist options
Other: Given up
Other: Earthlink's Spam Congroller and it was horiffic - I had to upgrade my operating system - it cause Outlook to crash and not open!
Other: Utlize Wizards to control spam
Other: delete, delete, delete
Other: spam folder in email program
Other: throw away half of my mail unread
Other: Changed email address
Other: auto delete all emails not sent to exactly to my address (e.g., @ mindspring, @earthlink)
Other: Changed e mail address
Other: We are reviewing RSS Blog, but this still has no "push" to it and it seems easy to be ignored
Other: Not given out my email address
Other: Ignore and delete them. Don't read. Don't open. Just delete. It seems to work. Also, avoid filling out surveys on line offering "free" anything.
Other: closed than opened, than closed serveral previous email addresses...from hotmail to yahoo, etc.
Other: use Mailwasher at home
Other: careful with giving out my email address
Other: Vile obscenities to selected senders. Usually they bounce.
Other: switch to gmail
Other: Being vigilant about where I enter my email address, highly reputable organizations only
Other: yahoo's spam features
Other: Exercise safe browsing
Other: Complain to owner of IP address of sender...sender's ISP
Other: just deleted the stuff
Other: Only give my email out to what I deem to be reputable organizations that will not share my information.
Other: I have more tolerance than most
Other: Have tried all over the years, but spam filtering is the only solution that works, the only one we've engaged in successfully over the past 3 years.
Other: don't go around throwing my email address up everywhere - duh
Other: change email address, remove links from web site
Other: I use a specific e-mail address for anything that I might get span from.
Other: I no longer use unsubscribe since our IT guys said it only confirms a live address for them.
Other: block sender
Other: Establish Outlook Rules
Other: My company has a pretty rigorous IT department watching spam, so, my sense is that I see much less than I get (a good thing!)
Other: using alternate email addresses when info is requested so the spam heads there!
Other: Change email addreses, remove email adresses form web sites, delete all but known emails
Other: moving bulk mail that I want to get to separate folders
Other: just delete it
Other: virus filters
Other: our IT department handles it extremely efficifiently at work, and at home I switched to optonline, which is excellent at getting rid of unwanted stuff.
Other: I have a Mac
Other: everything known to propeller heads!
Other: switch e-mail addressses
Other: Our ISP has voluntarily implemented solutions that have drastically reduced spam.
Other: Delete unwanted e-mail
Other: Change email address
Other: spam is managed centrally by a special IT organisation
Other: My company has an awsome filter
Other: throw e-mails in the garbage without opening them
Other: qurb is a great piece of software that solves the problem entirely
Other: changing email client
Other: Rules
Other: Change e-mail addresses
Other: My "Spam Mail" goes to another file that I set-up on my e-mail.
Other: Advise them that I will track them down and remove their digits.
Other: private ISP checks incoming mail for spam; worth the monthly fee
Other: change e-mail address
Other: the delete key
Other: Utilize SpamCop.net email as my primary public email address
Other: Simply delete without opening or responding in the vain hope that they will think I am a dead address.