Comments on: Using the Manage My Mail tool http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/ News and Updates on the Community. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mikes5762 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-12710 mikes5762 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:40:42 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-12710 Hi, I use an iMac.OSx 10.5.+ I've been receiving, for some years, mail from a mailing list that I subscribe to. Messages from this List have suddenly stopped over the past 7-10 days. My messages out to the List are OK. The list moderator claims I am enabled to receive mail from the list. Question: Is it feasable that F9/Plus net has activated a spam filter on this List? thanks MikeS Hi,

I use an iMac.OSx 10.5.+

I've been receiving, for some years, mail from a mailing list that I subscribe to.

Messages from this List have suddenly stopped over the past 7-10 days. My messages out to the List are OK.
The list moderator claims I am enabled to receive mail from the list.

Question: Is it feasable that F9/Plus net has activated a spam filter on this List?

thanks

MikeS

]]> By: AndyB http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 AndyB Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:15:44 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-1121 The catch-all address is a bad idea for one simple reason: spammers can send email to @domain.com and it'll be delievered regardless of what is. Worse, I have had a load of spam dumped on me by spammers sending email to people with my address as a return address. So all those people who bounce their spams are actually sending it to me. The addresses in these cases are always randomly-generated garbage aliases. If I had the catch-all off, these would just not get through. The catch-all address is a bad idea for one simple reason: spammers can send email to @domain.com and it'll be delievered regardless of what is. Worse, I have had a load of spam dumped on me by spammers sending email to people with my address as a return address. So all those people who bounce their spams are actually sending it to me. The addresses in these cases are always randomly-generated garbage aliases. If I had the catch-all off, these would just not get through.

]]> By: beano http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-925 beano Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:52:03 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-925 Just a word of warning to PayPal users. I use a catch all on my own domain exactly as described above (i.e. ebay@domain.co.uk, amazon@domain.co.uk etc.) Unfortunately I get a lot of spam because I have a web site selling items where the payment is sent to PayPal@domain.co.uk and unfortunately due to time and technical constraints, the email address forms part of the URL. All my good work down the drain... :( Just a word of warning to PayPal users. I use a catch all on my own domain exactly as described above (i.e. ebay@domain.co.uk, amazon@domain.co.uk etc.)

Unfortunately I get a lot of spam because I have a web site selling items where the payment is sent to PayPal@domain.co.uk and unfortunately due to time and technical constraints, the email address forms part of the URL. All my good work down the drain... :(

]]> By: poppy http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-924 poppy Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:03:55 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-924 Sorry - that last comment should be 'catch all' switched ON. Sorry - that last comment should be 'catch all' switched ON.

]]> By: poppy http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-923 poppy Sat, 25 Aug 2007 16:02:27 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-923 Having only just obtained a domain name, Chris' post about mail management was timely and I have to say that this is the first time that I have been able to understand the system so thanks for that Chris. I gather from looking at the site on the Portal that you have to set up the alias yourself and then the messages will come into the mailbox with 'catch all' switched off. The advice is not to have 'catch all' switched on to reduce the level of spam. Unless you have inputted their name into the 'Alias' section it would not be a good idea to tell people to put their own name@yourdomain unless you have 'catch all' switched off. Having only just obtained a domain name, Chris' post about mail management was timely and I have to say that this is the first time that I have been able to understand the system so thanks for that Chris.
I gather from looking at the site on the Portal that you have to set up the alias yourself and then the messages will come into the mailbox with 'catch all' switched off. The advice is not to have 'catch all' switched on to reduce the level of spam.
Unless you have inputted their name into the 'Alias' section it would not be a good idea to tell people to put their own name@yourdomain unless you have 'catch all' switched off.

]]> By: fotobits http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-922 fotobits Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:03:15 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-922 .......sorry Chris, forget the last message! What I meant was Instead of having a general personal e-mail address, would it be a good idea to give each of your personal contacts your “@yourdomain-name.co.uk,” telling each personal contact to precede the “@” of the address with their own name. Then use a mailbox with “catch-all” set “off!” Or do you think the “catch-all” is the one thing to be avoided? Cheers.....fotobits .......sorry Chris, forget the last message!

What I meant was Instead of having a general personal e-mail address, would it be a good idea to give each of your personal contacts your “@yourdomain-name.co.uk,” telling each personal contact to precede the “@” of the address with their own name. Then use a mailbox with “catch-all” set “off!”

Or do you think the “catch-all” is the one thing to be avoided?

Cheers.....fotobits

]]> By: fotobits http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-921 fotobits Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:01:01 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-921 Hi Chris As you suggested, I have set up aliases for each of my non-personal contacts. Instead of having a general personal e-mail address, however, would it be a good idea to give each of your personal contacts your "@yourdomain name.co.uk," telling each personal contact to proceed the "@" of the address with their name. Then use a mailbox with "catch-all" set "on!" Or do you think the "catch-all" is the one thing to be avoided? Cheers......fotobits Hi Chris

As you suggested, I have set up aliases for each of my non-personal contacts.

Instead of having a general personal e-mail address, however, would it be a good idea to give each of your personal contacts your "@yourdomain name.co.uk," telling each personal contact to proceed the "@" of the address with their name. Then use a mailbox with "catch-all" set "on!"

Or do you think the "catch-all" is the one thing to be avoided?

Cheers......fotobits

]]> By: fotobits http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-920 fotobits Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:18:43 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-920 ......knowledge of the username being a help to spammers? Regards......fotobits ......knowledge of the username being a help to spammers?

Regards......fotobits

]]> By: Chris http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Chris Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:49:36 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-919 Hi fotobits, The domain section is merely a way for customers to stop using @username.plus.com rather than having to change the whole username Hi fotobits,

The domain section is merely a way for customers to stop using @username.plus.com rather than having to change the whole username

]]> By: fotobits http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-918 fotobits Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:51:18 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/07/17/using-the-manage-my-mail-tool/#comment-918 Chris, I'm not clear what the new domain contributes to your setup. Doesn't a new e-mail box, solely for friends and family, do the same thing? Regards.....fotobits Chris, I'm not clear what the new domain contributes to your setup. Doesn't a new e-mail box, solely for friends and family, do the same thing?

Regards.....fotobits

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