Re: [LUG] Email Rubbish

[Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/03/2019 13:06, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Mar 2019 12:14:50 +0000
> Neil <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello Neil,
>
> > that that address was compromised. Although the account part was indeed
>
> Also mentioning that they had been watching you via your webcam, maybe?
>
> Trying to blackmail you into coughing up large amounts of bitcoin?
>
> I've seen several of those.  Easily ignored by me and mine, since there
> are no webcams in our property.

Likewise, no webcams here.
> > That is just a laugh. But, being serious, I am getting more and more
> > junk emails recently, it seems. On average more that 200 a week. I am
>
> Does your mail provider not institute some sort of filtering?
I expect he does. The problem is that sometimes the emails marked as 
junk are not junk at all. So I let them all pile up each day and check 
for any that should be marked as 'not junk'.

 If they do, maybe you've turned it off inadvertently.  Like Nick, I
> probably get fewer than 200 a year.
So, for the reason above, I do not have all 'junk' emails automatically 
deleted.

Neil

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