Why are we paying for that internet connection

[devonwoody]

over 30 emails this morning and I did not need one of them, they ought to be paying for my internet.

Lets try for free internet?????????????????

 

[Glynne]

Can’t you unsubscribe from the ones you don’t want?
There is usually an “Unsubscribe “ link at the very bottom of the email.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Many of mine have "unsuscribe" links that are obviously designed to be merely decorative. Set up another email account and keep your important and personal stuff seperate.

 

[Selwyn]

If you go on an unsubscribe binge its quite surprising how little can get through after a week

 

[AES]

I use MS Outlook. Every time I get an unwanted E-mail I put it into the "Junk Mail" folder. That means that if I get another from the same sender it automatically goes into "Junk". Though some of the same spams do apparently come from different senders PCs/servers, if you go through that process again you do end up with most of the spam in the junk folder, from where it's easy to delete them without bothering to read them. Not a 100% solution, but it does reduce the junk considerably.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

If you go on an unsubscribe binge its quite surprising how little can get through after a week

I wish. On most of them the unsubscribe does nothing.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

If you're not buying something, you're being sold. Beware of on line competitions and sites that say you details will be forwarded to American partners........... or anyone, come to that.

 

[John15]

If you go on an unsubscribe binge its quite surprising how little can get through after a week

I wish. On most of them the unsubscribe does nothing.

Most of my unsubscribing works.

John

 

[t8hants]

I use MS Outlook. Every time I get an unwanted E-mail I put it into the "Junk Mail" folder. That means that if I get another from the same sender it automatically goes into "Junk".
Oh I wish I could go back to Outlook, since EE compulsorily shut down my ancient fsnet account I've been stuck with gmail. I have tried resetting the gmail address to work in outlook, but no luck and I'm not that geeky to do it, even my daughter who is, said it can't be done.
Can I get an OE address or does anyone know what needs to be done?

 

[RogerP]

I get a great many emails each day and spam or one from somewhere I've unsubscribed is a surprise and very rare. It's just a question of being diligent about your initial junk labeling and how good your ISP is with its junk filters. Label stuff persistently coming from unsubscribed mail as junk.

 

[AES]

QUOTE: Can I get an OE address or does anyone know what needs to be done? UNQUOTE:

Certainly not me, sorry!

I can only say that when I changed (correction: was FORCED to change!!!!) from Win XP to Win 7, I found that Outlook was not included with Win 7, you had to pay extra for it.

But with my XP machine I had bought MS Office which included Outlook (NOT Outlook Express please note). So I simply loaded my Office CDs (2 I think) as I needed both Word and Outlook and after loading, both have worked fine every since.

I've heard several people singing the praises of Chrome, etc, etc, so have tried that (and other "wonder surfers") but couldn't get on with any. So I'm still back in the "XP dark ages" with MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook (not Express please note) and MS Word, and remain very happily so.

About the only thing I really do NOT like is Win 7s "silly" idea (to me) of "Libraries" - I have a completely different, and to me "better", file filing system. But that's another topic sorry, I'm drifting!!!!

So I suggest if you have can get Office then you simply load Outlook (from the Office) into your machine. Setting up an account for E-mail in Outlook is easy and I'm sure your daughter can help.

AES

 

[novocaine]

gmail and outlook
1. open gmail web access
2. click on the gear logo on the upper right side of the screen
3. along the top select "Forwarding and POP/IMAP"
4. about half way down the page, click the bullet for "enable IMAP"
5. save the changes then at the bottom of the page you'll see a link for "configure your email client" which will give you all the settings you need to adjust in outlook, repeated below for you.

Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server: imap.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Port: 993

Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server : smtp.gmail.com
Requires SSL: Yes
Requires TLS: Yes (if available)
Requires Authentication: Yes
Port for SSL: 465
Port for TLS/STARTTLS: 587
Full Name or Display Name : Your name
Account Name: your gmail email account in full ([email protected])
Password Your Gmail password

hope that helps.

 

[sunnybob]

The only junk mail I cant "unsubscribe" is a pharmacy one. Particularly annoying as I have never bought from them. No matter what address I block, they change one letter in their email address and spam me all over again. I've given up trying to stop them, but I really would appreciate a face to face with their programmer, especially if a dark alley could be arranged.

 

[devonwoody]

What a great forum membership the help freely given by all. Thanks.

It would be nice though if the trade paid for the running of the internet and we followed the advice and information supplied above. (homer)

 

[thetyreman]

this forum is one of the only reasons to keep having the internet

 

[AES]

I wouldn't exactly say, QUOTE: ..... one of the only reasons ..... UNQUOTE: but IMO it certainly is one very good reason for having internet. There are others too.

 

[Robbo3]

For those that don't know - Acronyms etc.

Web = Internet / online

OE = Outlook Express, is an old Microsoft programme (or client) which was built into Windows, for reading your emails.

Microsoft Outlook is a Personal Information Manager (PIM). It is part of MS Office suite & although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note taking, journal, and web browsing.

Outlook.com is similar to outlook but is used via the web.

Unfortunately with the likes of fsnet which is provided by an ISP (Internet Service Provider), when they close it down there is nothing you can do. The same applies to anything online (cloud) as those who used Photobucket to store their pictures found out.

Chrome is a web browser owned by Google.
Chromium is also a web browser.
Chromebook (also Google) is a laptop or tablet running Chrome OS. Mainly for using the web & has very little internal storage.
Google is a search engine, not a browser. However it has become the norm to use the name as a verb, ie to Google information.

HTH

 

[Shultzy]

Forward your spam emails to [email protected] which will do it for you.
Info at "http://unsubscriberobot.com/"

 

[Rorschach]

Thunderbird works better than Outlook in my experience, worth a try and can handle multiple email accounts with easy setup.

 

[AES]

While we're talking about naming PC stuff Robbo (thanks for that BTW), I thought you'd like to see an E-mail (in German) that I got the other day. The lady said "ich habe gegoogled" and later on she said she had "downgeloaded" a file!

Loverly stuff!