quote:

ORIGINAL: myotherself

In addition to what LadyP said, there is a button on the received mail message that says "Report as spam and delete".

So when people get stuff that is clearly generic cut-and-paste drivel or the lazy-ass "hi how r u do u hv msn?" bollocks, we know what to do.

quote:

ORIGINAL: LinnaeaBorealis

Actually that's not true about the username. I deleted an old account several weeks ago & your statement here made me curious. I just tried to open a new account with that username, all other info different & it said the username was already taken, even though when I searched by that name, it didn't show up at all.

quote:

ORIGINAL: IrishThorns

Hmmm. It takes 5 minutes (maybe) to set up a new Hotmail and CollarMe account, so this seems effective only at blocking people concerned with keeping their accounts active. Once you shut off an account, if I recall correctly, after 2 days the name is available again. So I contend that knowing the spam filters settings does nothing for its effectiveness, as it only stops the honest anyways; people who would actually abide by the numbers, if known.

quote:

ORIGINAL: IrishThorns



Yes, and the people who send that drivel are generally the same type that will simply create another account once they can send no more. Spam stopped? Nope, same UBE, different name.

quote:

ORIGINAL: LadyPact
Yes.  I often forget that not everyone will be as honest or forthright as they should be.  While some people would get hit by the mail restriction and take into account that they are probably bothering people with their actions, others really just don't care how much they might be annoying others.  It would be nice if everyone were considerate, read profiles, wrote original messages, etc.  I guess we just can't count on everyone to be that polite. 

One of the first lessons I ever learned about this is that you are only as good as your name and the reputation associated with it.  Of course, not everybody believes in that and someone who doesn't wouldn't mind just creating name after name, not caring about that or the dozens of people they must be making a nuisance of themselves to in the process.

quote:

ORIGINAL: myotherself

so we give them a bit of grief and cause them a bit of hassle - seems only fair, if they are being dickheads.

Sure they can open a new account and feed us the same BS all over again, but then they'll trigger the spam filter again, and have to go through the hassle of setting up yet another account.

One would hope that idiots like this would eventually figure out that the best way to behave is to be a bit more grown-up and stop spamming people with their shit, but sadly experience shows that some people are just too stupid to cope with the real world and grown-up behaviour.

I couldn't give a toss if they create a new account - I shall continue to 'delete and report as spam' as long as they continue to behave like a twat.

quote:

ORIGINAL: myotherself

Seriously, it makes a difference.

Instead of getting half a dozen pieces of retarded spam in my inbox every day, I now get one or two pieces a week.

Also, I worked with a guy who had the same kind of approach as your friend. He reckoned that if he asked 10 girls to dance in a club, one would say yes. And if he asked 10 girls who danced with him to have sex, one would say yes. He never went home alone.

But what he did do was go home with desperate, lonely women. He got himself a reputation as someone who would fuck anything that said yes, which meant that the more discerning women he really wanted to have a relationship with wouldn't touch him with a barge pole.

Some confuse 'quantity' with 'quality'. If you want quantity, then spam. If you want quality, then you're going to have to put in a lot more effort.

quote:

ORIGINAL: LinnaeaBorealis

I seriously hearts da bunny!!!!

quote:

ORIGINAL: IrishThorns
I guess some people view it like fishing. Why spend all night hand crafting a fly lure and maybe get a bass, when you cast a net far and wide and almost certainly catch something.

From a straight guys perspective, when I look at profiles of the opposite gender in my age range, I have to automatically discount a minimum of 75% of those as some sort of scam. I don't know how those numbers work out for other gender preferences, but if anyone could shed some light on it for me I'd be grateful.

quote:

ORIGINAL: LadyPact

What good does it do for a fisherman to through out his lure knowing that the line will be cut?  Even if you get a bite, any woman that *does* respond will see that the spam filter has been activated on the prior name.  That informs the mail recipient that would have written back, that a person is plastering mail to every woman in the area.  Even if you write back the woman who might respond under a different name, the crap mail has already put a bad taste in her mouth from first contact mail. 

Even if you keep sending mail to people in your area over and over under different screen names, it isn't that hard to figure out what's happening.  Especially from males with the same method of operation.  Plus, who wants to start anything up with someone who casts a wide net?  Most women know they are worth the well crafted lure and appreciates the male who knows that skill is much better than chance.

quote:

ORIGINAL: LinnaeaBorealis

I seriously hearts da bunny!!!!