Comments on: Why SpamArrest and Similar Tools Are A Bad Idea

By: Adrian Garry

Adrian Garry — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:01:23 +0000

I only have a normal hotmail account and i recently signed up to spam arrest.. all my mail has disappeared into the spam arrest account.. how do i get all my previous mail back into my hotmail account.. i don’t particularly want the spam arrest account, just signed up because i was trying to contact somebody and it pointed me into that direction..
Please help..

By: soony

soony — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:39:15 +0000

I used spamarrest in the past, i use to get in the unveryfied folder of spamarrest around 80 to 100 spam emails a day, as well as some good mails from friends and costumers that did not do the captcha, that made me spend quite alot of time on logging in the spamarrest everyday and check that no good emails were trapped in that folder, I decided to sign for spamfigher.

The funny thing is… I am still a spam arrest costumer, but I have not one of my email addresses protected with spamarrest, and still I get in the unveryfied folder around 80 to 100 spam emails a day?!?.

Where do this spam come from? it is send directly to spamarrest? does the company send its own spam? I get now around 20 spam emails a day directly from my server with my 4 email addresses, 4 times less than in the unveryfied folder of spamarrest without not any of my emails protected.

Can someone answer this?.

By: clare higson

clare higson — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:33:28 +0000

I am just an ordinary middle aged woman who hates spam – i used to get a lot and it clogged up my inbox and took loads of time – now i use spam arrest and its brilliant. I don’t work there, nor do i lose new clients and nor am i paranoid – i just don’t like unsolicited emails taing up my day – i can’t believe the nonsense that some people have written . . . . if everyone used spam filters the spammers would eventually have to find something else to do with their day . . .

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:46:15 +0000

Are you kidding? It takes 7 seconds to confirm your email. I signed up for spamaerest after several people I had emailed had it sent to me for confirmation. I thought it was great. If you are too lazy to confirm your emai (again it takes 7 seconds)l, you must not have anything important to say.

Complaining about authorizing your email address is like complaining that you have to leave a voicemail when someone does not pick up.

By: Jef

Jef — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:26:56 +0000

I have also used spamarrest for years, and unfortunately I do not trust the alternatives. I receive thousands of spam emails every month, and there is no easy way to notify all my correspondents reliably of an email change. Maybe some day I will dump all my old email addresses and come up with a new set, but I think that would be damaging to my business.

If recruiters want me to work on a job, they will go through the short process of responding to the CAPTCHA. At least that way they have a chance to be seen – those fully automatic spam filters flag too much legitimate email as spam. I don’t trust them.