# Fucking Junk Email

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-junk-email/187447>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 10, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-junk-email/187447 "2003-07-10T12:56:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-junk-email/187447/1 "2003-07-10T12:56:37Z")

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It’s bad enough to get this shit, but now I’m getting junk email with pop-up ads attached to them, so just deleting it is a pain in the ass.

Lame, I know, but it still pisses me off.

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**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-junk-email/187447/2 "2003-07-10T13:58:13Z")

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Pop Ups? Good thing I am using Pegasus mail as my main e-mail program.

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-junk-email/187447/3 "2003-07-10T14:31:36Z")

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My current favorite is the advertisements for Viagra with clever subject lines like “Your server is down!” or “Why won’t this page load?” from names that seem to be real people. I’m a web guy. I still get a tiny jolt of adrenaline and I’ve gotten dozens of those freaking things. F’ing bastards.

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-junk-email/187447/4 "2003-07-10T14:34:42Z")

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I’m on MSN and they have a great junk mail filter. You can set it to be more sensitive or less. I never get any junk from anyone other than people I’ve ordered from previously. It’s the best!