Re: Spam from National Semiconductor



On 6 Dec 2005 18:10:47 -0800, Winfield Hill
<Winfield_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What's the matter with you people. Yes, some web-sites become so
> complicated they lose track of how to direct you to the correct OFF
> location. But it's really not an issue, because all their email can
> be eliminated by means of an easily-set filter.

No, this does NOT stop the email, it just hides the fact that it
was sent to you. The email still takes up bandwidth from the sender to
you.

> So I say, learn about
> your email's filters,

No doubt we all know about filters. Anyone subscribed to two
mailing lists usually learns enough about using filters to have a
filter put emails from each list into its own folder, and can do the
same with spam from known sources. This does not stop the spam.

> and set them, and stop suffering and complaining.
>
>
>--
> Thanks,
> - Win

.



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