UNC Chapel Hill OTR: S.pecially P.rocessed A.merican M.eat (and how to fight it)

S.pecially P.rocessed A.merican M.eat (and how to fight it)

Posted by insearchofglory 11/01/2007 06:21 AM
Category: Tags: complaining, email, spam

The beloved Daily Tar Heel published an letter yesterday from a distressed young lady who is upset that her UNC inbox is full of SPAM. Supposedly someone is trying to sell her medicine to make her penis bigger and, for some reason, she claims this is a problem. Now, if my penis were as small as hers, I'd want those emails. However, since some of you may not actually be interested in the Viagra sale-of-the-century, here's a few spam-blocking steps for those you who are computer illiterate.

Don't use your UNC address for things like Facebook, Myspace, or lotsofporn.com. Ever.
Don't use your UNC email to sign up for “free trial” anything on the internet.
Go through the settings on your webmail page and set a "filter" (but then again that's incredibly difficult, probably just a myth anyway).
Use an email client; Thunderbird learns to recognize spam fast and handles almost anything.
This one is the most important: don't expect the university to feel responsible, or take action; because they're not responsible and they don't care.
Stop whining and deal with the 21^st century! That means you, junior Sarah Lee.