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I double check my spam filters ...

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Never! I figure they work well enough.

4372 votes / 25%

Rarely, by happenstance - once in a blue moon.

5503 votes / 31%

Regularly but not frequently (6 months, say)

1525 votes / 8%

Somewhat regularly (every several weeks)

2040 votes / 11%

Once a week

1232 votes / 7%

Once a day or more often.

1188 votes / 6%

I don't use any spam filters.

1505 votes / 8%

17365 total votes.

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Technically speaking.... (Score:5, Informative)

by coinreturn ( 617535 ) writes: on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @08:21AM (#42115583)

I don't check the filters themselves (controlled by Google's GMail), but I do check the results of the filters - that is what gets labeled as spam.

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No filters (Score:5, Informative)

by BCW2 ( 168187 ) writes: on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @12:50PM (#42118433) Journal

I forward every single SPAM email to the Federal Trade commission for prosecution. If you live in the United States forward all SPAM to uce@ftc.gov it's how people like Ralsky end up in jail.

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Re:My spam is all 419 scams (Score:4, Informative)

by NixieBunny ( 859050 ) writes: on Wednesday November 28, 2012 @04:08PM (#42121497) Homepage

The "from" address is stolen from an address book. The "reply-to" address is the spammer's address.

If you took the time to read all your 419 spam, you'd know this.

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