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msn VS google mail.

Discussion in 'Web Applications & Cloud' started by Chris, 2010/12/01.

  1. 2010/12/01
    Chris

    Chris Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    For years I used hotmail (msn.com) as my web-mail. I'd get one or two spams every once in a while. This is the address I use on all the forums and other stuff.

    When Google mail came out, I got an invite and got a Google.com web mail account.

    When I made my account, I first logged on I had several spam messages. Since I was not using it as an active account, I would check it every couple weeks, just to check it.

    Each time I checked it, I'd have hundreds of spam in my junk folder.

    I get hundreds of times more spam or junk mail without using google, where I don't hardly get any and use msn mail all the time.

    Why does google get hundreds of more junk mail then hotmail?

    Thank you,
    Chris.
     
  2. 2010/12/03
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    I don't get any spam in my gmail account and I get about 5 a day in my hotmail;)

    Have you ever posted your gmail account in an open forum like here? There are bots that go through threads and harvest addresses..
     

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  4. 2010/12/03
    Arie

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    Just to clarify: what Steve meant is did you ever post your email address in a forum message such as xxx@gmail.com
     
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  5. 2010/12/04
    Chris

    Chris Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    At first I thought no, but checking google mail I see I posted a youtube video under google.com.

    I had a bunch when I first logged on with google without ever using it tho.

    Chris.
     

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