Is it just me, or has there recently been a massive surge in sexy ladies inviting me to do naughty things with them?  It's gone from a few a week to a hundred or more a day over the last week.  Seems like a major failure of Hotmail's span filters.

And since I'm married, these messages aren't of interest to me, so if anybody is looking to meet some sexy women let me know you're email address, and I'll happily forward them to you.

On 6/7/2025 at 1:28 PM, Zaphod Priest said:

Is it just me,

I have been pleasantly pleased of late to not receive much if any spam to my hotmail address and then usually only some "financial opportunity".  Saying that I have never had the level of spam you mention in all the time I have had the address.

 

Sounds like your address has been picked up from somewhere..........

What is span 😳?

56 minutes ago, Nicco said:

What is span 😳?

 

The product of autocorrect.

2 hours ago, topt said:

Sounds like your address has been picked up from somewhere..........

I think that, at this point, just about everyone's real email address has been leaked online. That's worrisome, not because of the spam from ladies, necessarily, but because once they have your real email address, they have an important piece of the puzzle to identifying you and steal your identity.

 

Apple now has a feature called "Hide My Email."  When a website wants your email address, you chose that feature and they assign you a unique email address for that site and that site only.  So it works to conceal your identity.  I've started using that feature and it works great.  The password manager saves the new address for future reference.  Apple now has other safety features also. 2FA and automatic facial recognition.  Plus, anyone wanting to change your account around with a new password has to wait an hour or whatever, giving you time to log on and lock down your account. 

On 6/8/2025 at 4:06 PM, Nicco said:

What is span 😳?

part of 'spic'

On 6/7/2025 at 1:28 PM, Zaphod Priest said:

Seems like a major failure

sounds like a major win, my guy.

 

forward them all to my AOL account and I'll post them on Myspace.    hotmail.... come on.  lol

On 6/7/2025 at 2:28 AM, Zaphod Priest said:

Is it just me, or has there recently been a massive surge in sexy ladies inviting me to do naughty things with them?  It's gone from a few a week to a hundred or more a day over the last week.  Seems like a major failure of Hotmail's span filters.

And since I'm married, these messages aren't of interest to me, so if anybody is looking to meet some sexy women let me know you're email address, and I'll happily forward them to you.

Hotmail is still a thing? 

7 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Hotmail is still a thing? 

It's called Outlook now, but Hotmail accounts still work.

On 6/8/2025 at 6:03 AM, Zaphod Priest said:

 

The product of autocorrect.

 

Well played. 

On 6/7/2025 at 2:28 AM, Zaphod Priest said:

Is it just me, or has there recently been a massive surge in sexy ladies inviting me to do naughty things with them?  It's gone from a few a week to a hundred or more a day over the last week.  Seems like a major failure of Hotmail's span filters.

And since I'm married, these messages aren't of interest to me, so if anybody is looking to meet some sexy women let me know you're email address, and I'll happily forward them to you.

 

I would imagine the influx of messages are due to your online activity. Everything is direct marketing now.

Look into creating an "alias" address. Particularly if it is an old "Hotmail" account which means >12 years old.

Check for any logins in the security settings that aren't you.

Check https://haveibeenpwned.com/ for data breaches your address was involved in.

Creating an alias means adding a second email address to your existing account. It uses the same inbox, settings, and login.

I avoid Span and Span Filters whenever possible, especially from hotmail or gmail, however, my e mail address is....... (if you could ask a few of them to drop me a line)

5 hours ago, tandor said:

part of 'spic'

Companion 'girlie mags' from the 1950s?

On 6/8/2025 at 9:50 AM, topt said:

I have been pleasantly pleased of late to not receive much if any spam to my hotmail address and then usually only some "financial opportunity".  Saying that I have never had the level of spam you mention in all the time I have had the address.

 

Sounds like your address has been picked up from somewhere..........

I, tend to get a lot of spam email, after visiting porn sites. 🤦

 

Just saying 🤷

11 minutes ago, PopGun said:

I, tend to get a lot of spam email, after visiting porn sites. 🤦

 

Just saying 🤷

username checks out

I must block a dozen or more of those email daily and they keep on coming.   

Removed a post containing only an email address.

22 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Hotmail is still a thing? 

 

Hotmail just screams - I know nothing about technology and live in the 90s

6 hours ago, Nicco said:

 

Hotmail just screams - I know nothing about technology and live in the 90s

What does "Hotmail" "Scream"?

22 hours ago, Suetape said:

I must block a dozen or more of those email daily and they keep on coming.

 

as long as it's just an email stay calm.

3 hours ago, DezLez said:

What does "Hotmail" "Scream"?

 

awwww... another Hotmail user...how quaint.

9 hours ago, Nicco said:

 

Hotmail just screams - I know nothing about technology and live in the 90s

 

Not as bad as "posting me too like some brain dead AOL'er" 

It's all about the Pentiums baby 😄

(Thanks Weird Al for all the great songs)

10 hours ago, Nicco said:

 

Hotmail just screams - I know nothing about technology and live in the 90s

So somebody with the same email address for 30 years should have done what, if they had known about "technology"?

41 minutes ago, Nicco said:

 

awwww... another Hotmail user...how quaint.

Please explain your post!

What is quaint about using e-mail systems?

12 hours ago, Nicco said:

Hotmail just screams - I know nothing about technology and live in the 90s

 

Tosh.  I got my Hotmail email address before HoTMaiL was acquired by Microsoft, so that must have been in 1996/97.  My email address matches my real name - no extra digits on the end.  It signifies I was a very early adopter of web-based Email, and definitely  tech-savvy.  These days, however, I access it using a dedicated email client to manage my dozen or so accounts.

3 hours ago, Upnotover said:

So somebody with the same email address for 30 years should have done what, if they had known about "technology"?

 

Hotmail its pretty much AOL.

20 minutes ago, Zaphod Priest said:

 

Tosh.  I got my Hotmail email address before HoTMaiL was acquired by Microsoft, so that must have been in 1996/97.  My email address matches my real name - no extra digits on the end.  It signifies I was a very early adopter of web-based Email, and definitely  tech-savvy.  These days, however, I access it using a dedicated email client to manage my dozen or so accounts.

 

If we are one upping one another - I snagged my Gmail accounts after Gmail was invite only w/ wait-list five years before that. Even at that time Hotmail was the MySpace of email.

11 hours ago, Nicco said:

If we are one upping one another - I snagged my Gmail accounts after Gmail was invite only w/ wait-list five years before that.

 

Impossible, since GMail was only launched in 2004.

1 hour ago, Zaphod Priest said:

 

Impossible, since GMail was only launched in 2004.

 

Whatever, I was on the wait list. Got my names, although only real competition was cousins and outside US. Hotmail was only hot for five years. Should be renamed to grandpamail.com or luddite.com

 

Not to mention that Microsoft has to be one of the most invasive and evil IT mega corporation in the world. It seems to get worse every Windows update. Google isn't much better, but it is better.

 

When I'm absolutely forced to make a Microsoft account I always choose outlook. Hotmail is the Skechers of email domains.

 

By the by I get none of that stuff in either of my Gmail primary account. You've obviously given away your address to someone that you shouldn't have if it's strictly about sex and especially if it's related to Thailand