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I gave up on spam a few years ago. My gmail account which I got in the beta has 14000 unread emails in the inbox. I'm sure there are people out there with more.
by zeofig 4y ago
I gave up on spam a few years ago. My gmail account which I got in the beta has 14000 unread emails in the inbox. I'm sure there are people out there with more. I used to delete/unsubscribe/report spam, but the amount just kept increasing, and I'm not the sort of person who can be bothered pruning his email inbox every day. If someone emails me something important, I usually still see it, or I search for it. If I'm unaware of it, well if it's really that important they'll call me. I've started to migrate to other addresses but I still use this monstrous account for a lot of things.
- tux2bsd 4y agoYou must have had your email address on a website in plain text at some point.
- blitzar 4y agoIf by plain text you mean in numerous leaks ... can confirm I have the same problem. Never otherwise been published online. Also gmail spam filter isnt what it once was, or perhaps it is just the 1% failure rate shows up more when you get 100's of spam messages a day.
- heymetoo 4y agoThis has been my solution as well. At some point in the last few (3-5 years?) I just gave up. My communication with important people hasn't really changed. I star important people by default and just glance over at them. I've also trained those same important people that I always pick up my phone, so they feel like they can call me if it's urgent or important. My output is higher now and I just don't think about email. Sometimes I miss things that people ask of me. They either come back around, because they are actually important, or they die on the vine. I'm also very specific about what/who an important person is, so there just aren't that many important emails.