Searching thru emails

dstam015 · 05-22-2009, 08:46 AM

I'm sure everyone here gets 100's if not 1000's of emails a day. (Nature of the beast)
What do you look for before deleting.
Congratulations for example.
Are there other key words you look for before deleting.
I hate to think I deleted a winning email becasue i saw 10% off and just deleted it.
Any feed back would be appreciated.

Kotik · 05-22-2009, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dstam015

Does that work on Hotmail? Or just scan the title for those words? No Not penis etc

Sorry, I guess Hotmail is a little behind. I took a quick look but I didn't see message content filtering. It will only let you choose a filter for a subject or sender... and subject lines can be missleading.

Guillotine · 05-22-2009, 11:22 AM

You get hundreds of emails a DAY???? Weird! I have been sweeping for 2 years now using a "non" sweeping email address (so, it's the email addy that my family and friends would use to email me), and I barely get any email each day. A few newsletters from Betty Crocker, etc. and that's about it.

If you take the time to unsubscribe from all the "crap", your count will go WAY down to a point where you won't need to filter based on keywords. This happened ONCE to me where I stupidly started one of those "Congratulations, you have won a Chili's gift card...put your email address in to start..."

Well, I took the time to unsubscribe from each and every one and within a week or two, no more spam. (well, other than the occasional penis enlargement email which doesn't have an unsubscribe option

)

tat2gurl · 05-22-2009, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guillotine

You get hundreds of emails a DAY???? Weird! I have been sweeping for 2 years now using a "non" sweeping email address (so, it's the email addy that my family and friends would use to email me), and I barely get any email each day. A few newsletters from Betty Crocker, etc. and that's about it.

If you take the time to unsubscribe from all the "crap", your count will go WAY down to a point where you won't need to filter based on keywords. This happened ONCE to me where I stupidly started one of those "Congratulations, you have won a Chili's gift card...put your email address in to start..."

Well, I took the time to unsubscribe from each and every one and within a week or two, no more spam. (well, other than the occasional penis enlargement email which doesn't have an unsubscribe option

)

yeah like my penis enlargement email the other day

KennyS2006 · 05-25-2009, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guillotine

You get hundreds of emails a DAY???? Weird! I have been sweeping for 2 years now using a "non" sweeping email address (so, it's the email addy that my family and friends would use to email me), and I barely get any email each day. A few newsletters from Betty Crocker, etc. and that's about it.

If you take the time to unsubscribe from all the "crap", your count will go WAY down to a point where you won't need to filter based on keywords. This happened ONCE to me where I stupidly started one of those "Congratulations, you have won a Chili's gift card...put your email address in to start..."

Well, I took the time to unsubscribe from each and every one and within a week or two, no more spam. (well, other than the occasional penis enlargement email which doesn't have an unsubscribe option

)

Same here.. that's exactly what I do too. I don't understand my family gets 100 e-mails or so every other day and I'm thinking I enter sweepstakes and all kinds of crap and have less than you, what's your issue! lol

Gapedo · 05-26-2009, 08:51 AM

Good one Dstam015
Some of the amount of email depends on your E address. When hotmail first came out I got SSH@hotmail.com , I was bombed with junk within 2 weeks. Dropping that I applied for 222glider@hotmail.com , and the junk went from 100 a day to 20. I’m going back about at least 15 years or when ever hotmail started. Before Gmail I would keep an email for a year at the most because it would get so bogged down with junk.
Unfiltered, unashamed I get over 300 E’s a day on Gmail I see about 150 E’s a day and I’m ok with that.
Thanks Kotik, I never thought about marking the positives with a star. One more time, “you are the man”.

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Guillotine Miss you, mouse Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4,114 Reputation: 2717 Current Mood:	You get hundreds of emails a DAY???? Weird! I have been sweeping for 2 years now using a "non" sweeping email address (so, it's the email addy that my family and friends would use to email me), and I barely get any email each day. A few newsletters from Betty Crocker, etc. and that's about it. If you take the time to unsubscribe from all the "crap", your count will go WAY down to a point where you won't need to filter based on keywords. This happened ONCE to me where I stupidly started one of those "Congratulations, you have won a Chili's gift card...put your email address in to start..." Well, I took the time to unsubscribe from each and every one and within a week or two, no more spam. (well, other than the occasional penis enlargement email which doesn't have an unsubscribe option ) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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Gapedo Freebies Minion Join Date: May 2009 Location: So/Cal Posts: 2,970 Reputation: 1841 Current Mood:	Good one Dstam015 Some of the amount of email depends on your E address. When hotmail first came out I got SSH@hotmail.com , I was bombed with junk within 2 weeks. Dropping that I applied for 222glider@hotmail.com , and the junk went from 100 a day to 20. I’m going back about at least 15 years or when ever hotmail started. Before Gmail I would keep an email for a year at the most because it would get so bogged down with junk. Unfiltered, unashamed I get over 300 E’s a day on Gmail I see about 150 E’s a day and I’m ok with that. Thanks Kotik, I never thought about marking the positives with a star. One more time, “you are the man”. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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