Most spammed man in Britain

I use Orange as an isp and use gmail for mail and get one maybe 2 spams a week . Oh but then again Im careful where I leave my email address . Why take a dig at an isp for what is usually the users fault .

It would have taken him all of 2 minutes to create a new gmail account :D

I'd wager many people on here are signed up to a gazillion mailing lists, have bought from many online shops, and get a fraction of what he gets. So does anyone else reckon he's been punching the monkey and offering to look after the Nigerian King's ill gotten loot a bit too much then?

I use ORANGE and gets lots of spam. None using my email address. The spam has random letters and the @freeserve.co.uk address. The users are not to blame. ORANGE are changing their email system on 7th July so I hope they improve their spam blocking and filtering

Well Orange should pay for him to use messagelabs.

That's like a survey uncovering that lunatic asylums have a higher-that-higher proportion of mentalists. ISPs like Orange and Tiscali attract the kinds of people who will inevitably do everything possible to attract spam, install viruses, wipe vital system files or delete the 'Windows' folder on their C drive because it was taking up a lot of space and they already have Windows running on their PC anyway... .

Since when has your choice of isp had anything to do with your IQ or technical ability with pc's? . I use Orange as stated in my first post . I dont see why people have a problem with it . Mines quick and very reliable . And my pcs are virus/malware and spam free . The guy in the story is definately suffering Ebkac syndrome but its not enough to make a sweeping generalisation about all the users of the same isp .

It's no coincidence that 3 of the 5 are Orange users. I repair home PCs for a living and nearly every super-spammed customer is an Orange customer. Some getting 2000+ emails a week. This is based on my anecdotal evidence from maybe 1000 clients a year. There seems to be something fundamentally wrong with the Orange email system. That and the fact that anything can be put before the @ sign and it will still get to somebody with the username 'after' the @ sign, eg anything@username.orangehome.co.uk

delete the 'Windows' folder on their C drive because it was taking up a lot of space and they already have Windows running on their PC anyway... that's gotta be one of the most hilarious things I've heard!!!

Here is a few tips: 1. Subscribe to mailing list with stores you only know as being legitimate If you don't know stick to online versions of stores with a physical presence in your area or abroad if you know of their physical presence! Store chains is a good example of an assured type that include physical presence. 2. Avoid mailing list of cybershops that pummel your e-mail too frequently, as in you get an e-mail every single day from these. Most of these cyberflyers tend to repeat the same prices and bargain jargon. If you have a chance, inform them of using e-mail as a reminding machine is unwelcome! 3. As in number one, but substitute "mailing lists" with "contests".

Given Oranges track record of selling their mobile customers details to what at times feels like every mobile phone dealership on the planet (I still receive calls from 'Official Orange Dealers' about my free orange upgrade now, having ported my number from their network over two years ago due to their incredibly shoddy customer service) it doesn't take a genius to put two and two together...

How and ISP configures (or rather misconfigures) its networks plays a large part in how much spam gets delivered through them or sourced by them We process several million emails a month for clients and I have to say Orange is problematic. In particular Orange in France. Cheap budget ISPs playing a numbers game generally don't have staff technically capable of configuring systems to avoid spam. So you do in fact get what you pay for. I comment here says "I am on Orange and I don't get any spam", well thats conclusive proof that they must be ok then (NOT LOL).

Getting lots of spam doesn't necessarily mean you're an idiot, it just means you don't know much about IT - which is still a black art to quite a few people. Which is A Good Thing, it keeps me in a job for a start. Gmail is the best webmail by far and also lets you use + addresses, e.g. sodoffspammers+inq@gmail.com Use a different + suffix for each site you give your email address to and you can quickly tell where spam's come from.

What workarounds are there for sorting gmail alphabetically by subject?... or by author?...

It is quite normal. Here in spain Orange works without spamfilter in the mail, so it is closed to a nightmare what you have .....