Comments on: How to Eliminate Junk Mail and E-mail in 30 Minutes… and Red Bull Book Party! http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:05:13 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bobun http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/comment-page-1/#comment-44425 bobun Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:36:20 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/#comment-44425 Great post and after writing a post on this very topic – stopping junk mail – I was glad to have found some new tips here. Still, the advertisers always figure away to get to you eventually! Great post and after writing a post on this very topic – stopping junk mail – I was glad to have found some new tips here. Still, the advertisers always figure away to get to you eventually!

]]> By: Eric http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/comment-page-1/#comment-29621 Eric Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:27:52 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/#comment-29621 I've searched around the web and found a lot of information similar to what you've covered here, i.e. stopping junk mail. However, half of the unwanted things that the post office puts in my box are not "mail" per se; they are ads for local businesses, department stores, etc. How can I get this stopped? I don't know a search term for this; do you know what they are called? I’ve searched around the web and found a lot of information similar to what you’ve covered here, i.e. stopping junk mail. However, half of the unwanted things that the post office puts in my box are not “mail” per se; they are ads for local businesses, department stores, etc. How can I get this stopped? I don’t know a search term for this; do you know what they are called?

]]> By: Steve http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/comment-page-1/#comment-27651 Steve Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:11:37 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/#comment-27651 To get rid of your junk mail, credit card offers, un-wanted catalogs, and request for money from charities try logging onto www.myjunktree.com. Its a great site and they can stop up to 90% of your junk mail. To get rid of your junk mail, credit card offers, un-wanted catalogs, and request for money from charities try logging onto http://www.myjunktree.com. Its a great site and they can stop up to 90% of your junk mail.

]]> By: Gary Lapointe http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/comment-page-1/#comment-16133 Gary Lapointe Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:41:41 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/#comment-16133 The more I think about it since I wrote it, I'm sure I spent more than $4 of time writing it and thinking about it. And now I'm back writing more. So unless gMail turns out to be just as good, I'll go back to spamarrest.com That and my playing with it, and my other blog post on it http://garysaid.com/chapters/002992.php I've probably spent $90 on thinking about it now... But I'm still wondering about other challenge/response server hosted solutions. (I really miss MailBlocks, they would let me look at my unverified mail via IMAP and if I dragged an item to the inbox it would auto-add to the approved list for me). The more I think about it since I wrote it, I’m sure I spent more than $4 of time writing it and thinking about it. And now I’m back writing more. So unless gMail turns out to be just as good, I’ll go back to spamarrest.com

That and my playing with it, and my other blog post on it http://garysaid.com/chapters/002992.php
I’ve probably spent $90 on thinking about it now…

But I’m still wondering about other challenge/response server hosted solutions. (I really miss MailBlocks, they would let me look at my unverified mail via IMAP and if I dragged an item to the inbox it would auto-add to the approved list for me).

]]> By: Gary Lapointe http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/comment-page-1/#comment-16132 Gary Lapointe Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:23:22 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/05/04/how-to-eliminate-junk-mail-and-e-mail-in-30-minutes-and-red-bull-book-party/#comment-16132 I love Spamarrest, but I have 2 problems (1 big and 1 small) with them: They raised the price from $60 to $90 for two years (while barely added any features that I've noticed (or needed)). And the web interface has problems with slow connections, which I really only notice when I'm off the continent (and don't have time to trouble shoot). So I switched to gMail two weeks ago (just forwarded the mail), and I can barely tell the difference. I'm not sure how much time I'm wasting, or if it's I just felt more secure with SpamArrest. Are there any challenge response competitors out there? I'm trying to decide if it's worth the whole $4 a month savings though, but it was only $2 a month before, so it irks me. I love Spamarrest, but I have 2 problems (1 big and 1 small) with them:
They raised the price from $60 to $90 for two years (while barely added any features that I’ve noticed (or needed)).

And the web interface has problems with slow connections, which I really only notice when I’m off the continent (and don’t have time to trouble shoot).

So I switched to gMail two weeks ago (just forwarded the mail), and I can barely tell the difference. I’m not sure how much time I’m wasting, or if it’s I just felt more secure with SpamArrest.

Are there any challenge response competitors out there?

I’m trying to decide if it’s worth the whole $4 a month savings though, but it was only $2 a month before, so it irks me.

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