Tim
Site Administrator
Registered: 21st Apr 00
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Out of interest, because it makes it really difficult for us to authenticate new signups... surely everyone has a proper email address?
Just never know who to 'approve' their signups or who to 'deny' cos hotmail addresses are so easy to setup.
Any thoughts?
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3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
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i use crappy e-mails to sign up, cos my decent one is work-related, and everytime i sign up to something i get shitty junk mails about enlarging my penis and attracting women...............
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cdcool1
Member
Registered: 9th Jun 02
Location: Scunny
User status: Offline
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everyone uses hotmail coz a certain person rules the cyber world
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Jamie
Member
Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
User status: Offline
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I'm the same, i get at least 15 a day now.
Need a new account, but I just ise hotmail for my MSN account.
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cdcool1
Member
Registered: 9th Jun 02
Location: Scunny
User status: Offline
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just make sure you never click the links at the bottom of the emails saying "to unsubscibe from this.....click here". that just validates that your email address is real, and gets sent to loads of companies.
quote:
i get shitty junk mails about enlarging my penis and attracting women...............
3cm, why do you think they shitty? they not work? 
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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Sam
Moderator
Premium Member
Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
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I just have a Hotmail account for my MSN Messenger. It usually gets about 50 junk emails a day, but I have an email address with my ISP which I use for normal email purposes.
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Tim
Site Administrator
Registered: 21st Apr 00
User status: Offline
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Well, why don't people just signup to CS using an ISP account (cos then we're more likely to believe it) and just click 'do not show my email address to others' in the options...
Thinking of banning signups from hotmail as it's out biggest source of crap...
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cdcool1
Member
Registered: 9th Jun 02
Location: Scunny
User status: Offline
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fair play to ya
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LoudandProud
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Registered: 12th Jan 01
Location: Stanway, Essex
User status: Offline
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
i use crappy e-mails to sign up, cos my decent one is work-related, and everytime i sign up to something i get shitty junk mails about enlarging my penis and attracting women...............
they prob spoke to a few of ur ex's m8
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Sam
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Premium Member
Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
User status: Offline
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quote:
Originally posted by Tim
Well, why don't people just signup to CS using an ISP account (cos then we're more likely to believe it) and just click 'do not show my email address to others' in the options...
Thinking of banning signups from hotmail as it's out biggest source of crap...
Perhaps you could have a signup option that asks for one email address for admin purposes, and another that is displayed in your profile?
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LoudandProud
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Registered: 12th Jan 01
Location: Stanway, Essex
User status: Offline
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i use it cos its a free e-mail and its easier to use msn messenger if u a hotmail addy n i have done for years
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Kayleigh
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: England
User status: Offline
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I signed up to hotmail with a different Email adress for things like forums etc - I dont really want junk email etc in my work acount. I think that may be why post people use hotmail.
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Tim
Site Administrator
Registered: 21st Apr 00
User status: Offline
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But you can hide your email address on here so you wouldn't get junk...
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Sam
Moderator
Premium Member
Registered: 24th Dec 99
Location: West Midlands
User status: Offline
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But what if you don't want to hide your email address?
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3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
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do u get companys asking to buy the email addresses from ya for advertising?
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Tim
Site Administrator
Registered: 21st Apr 00
User status: Offline
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No, and we would never sell them anyway.
I hate spam as much as the next man...
[Edited on 20-03-2003 by Tim]
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Kayleigh
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: England
User status: Offline
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I know you can. But i dont just use it for here. I use it anywhere that requires an Email addy to sign up. Online stores etc because they always send promotional emails etc.
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cdcool1
Member
Registered: 9th Jun 02
Location: Scunny
User status: Offline
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it just becomes habbit to give out your hotmail one for sign ups, and a seperate one to emails you dont wanna get mixed up with junk
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3CorsaMeal
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 02
User status: Offline
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good little rhyme there
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vibrio
Banned
Registered: 28th Feb 01
Location: POAH
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I just use it for MSN
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DanielJ
Member
Registered: 21st Nov 01
Location: gwent, south wales
User status: Offline
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i use me aol name 
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Dan B
Member
Registered: 25th Feb 01
User status: Offline
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I've got a Hotmail email-address, but I only use it for MSN......have got it set to auto-delete any emails that come in from a domain not in my "friendly" list (which is basically my old Uni, work, and my own domains).
I use my own email address for here...
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Joff
Member
Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
User status: Offline
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I have used real domains (non Hotmail) for all of my "surplus" email accounts.
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Tim
Site Administrator
Registered: 21st Apr 00
User status: Offline
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You can use a non-hotmail address for msn though...
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