Malkavian^C^
21-12-2004 07:13:32
Just curious about this. I've been a member of freeipods for five or six months and just lately in the past month or so i've noticed a small but steady trickle of spam (to a gmail address) ---wondering if anyone can confirm gratis selling addresses to spammers?
jadem
21-12-2004 08:24:45
I didn't use my gmail address for the free offers sites, but I, too, have been receiving spam on my gmail account.
I'm willing to bet that it has nothing to do with Gratis.
Collateral
21-12-2004 08:32:25
Ahhh, you should see the amount of spam I get in my Gmail address, probably an average of 75-100 per day x
Stroid
21-12-2004 08:39:44
i havent gotten any spam on my gmail. but then again i dont use my gmail that often. i use my school email the most.
Redundancy
21-12-2004 08:47:09
I've gotten a bit of spam but it's always the same email all the time.
stepin2thefrezer
21-12-2004 10:31:08
read gratis' privacy policy, they say that they dont sell names, and i doubt a big company like that would take the chance of a lawsuit
Malkavian^C^
21-12-2004 20:20:37
I was thinking along those lines too stepin, mostly cause the spam im getting has the look of a dictionary type crusade.
Thanks for the replies all.
userfour
22-12-2004 09:31:40
can you think of a good reason for gratis to ask you for your e-mail address?
Femaldihide
22-12-2004 10:00:38
guys I have a gmail account seprate for all my offers that I do and that email has not recieved ONE spam mail. not anything but messages from gratis asking me to verify my account.
I know i'm only one person but I have signed up for every offer they have and not one spam email.
I think it's safe to say they hold true to their T&C.
[quotecefe478368]I've gotten a bit of spam but it's always the same email all the time.[/quotecefe478368]
It's because you're called redundancy lol
nesuser2
23-12-2004 02:09:31
Well, i've noticed an incline in my REAL junk mail arriving to my address at home. However, I don't really mind it much because I can filter real mail much faster than spam in my email. Sure, I can read the topics for every one of the 100 or so emails i get each day but it gets old when I usually never find anything. Real mail only takes a second to sort, like the other day I got two change of service requests from capital one......I have no official credit cards. roll
I read somewhere that taking your mail server down for a few days will decrease your spam but i'm not sure. There is a feature in gmail to close your gmail service but i'm not sure how easily you can reopen it.