# I Have 301 E-Mails In My Yahoo Trash!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-301-e-mails-in-my-yahoo-trash/607249 "2011-12-24T04:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-301-e-mails-in-my-yahoo-trash/607249/1 "2011-12-24T04:00:36Z")
Since day before yesterday! I have a little contest with myself to see how many e-mails I can get into my trash folder before Yahoo clears it, and this is my record!!! I know: “Too much time on your hands, Quasi”, right? But I take my entertainment where I can get it these days! 😉 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-301-e-mails-in-my-yahoo-trash/607249/2 "2011-12-25T03:02:13Z")
Is it really a fair game to send most of them to yourself, just to top your previous record? > [@](#): > > I have a little contest with myself ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-301-e-mails-in-my-yahoo-trash/607249/3 "2011-12-25T03:08:49Z")
HAHAHAHAH! Never thought of what I wrote that way, but no, all of them were legit, **HD**! But that’s just what I do… [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HTvwh8bfNpU/hqdefault.jpg "Dr. Hook Michaelangelo ( Thats what I do when I can't get no P.ssy)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTvwh8bfNpU) Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-301-e-mails-in-my-yahoo-trash/607249/4 "2011-12-25T09:36:38Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > HAHAHAHAH! Never thought of what I wrote that way, but no, all of them were legit, **HD**! 301 spams that were all _legit_ ??? 😕 Most of my spams are for enlargement drugs, fake rolexes, adverts for live studs webcams, Nigerian offers I can’t refuse, all the usual crappola. And you’re getting spams by the hundeds that are _legit_? 😛 **Quasi** , just post your Yahoo e-mail address here and ALL YOUR SDMB friends will gladly forward all their spam to you! You’ll break a new spam record every day! You’ll be in the Spamish Hall of World Records! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-301-e-mails-in-my-yahoo-trash/607249/5 "2011-12-26T04:22:36Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > 301 spams that were all _legit_ ??? 😕 > Most of my spams are for enlargement drugs, fake rolexes, adverts for live studs webcams, Nigerian offers I can’t refuse, all the usual crappola. And you’re getting spams by the hundeds that are _legit_? 😛 > > **Quasi** , just post your Yahoo e-mail address here and ALL YOUR SDMB friends will gladly forward all their spam to you! You’ll break a new spam record every day! You’ll be in the Spamish Hall of World Records! 😃 I can see I was unclear in the OP, so let me explain a bit further: When I’m done reading an e-mail (SDMB thread notifications included), I send them to my trash bin, and there they stay until Yahoo cleans them out. So I sometimes play a little game to see how many I can amass before that happens and this time it was 301: a record. Spam goes to Spam and what remains is the legit (well, mostly) stuff. Hence, the “too much time on my hands” comment! :);)😃 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-301-e-mails-in-my-yahoo-trash/607249/6 "2011-12-27T05:11:42Z")
Whew. When I saw the title of this thread, I assumed you were complaining that you’d suddenly found that many emails in your trash. I was thinking you’d been hacked–that is a common sign. For some reason, some hackers are smart enough to delete the emails they’ve sent, but not smart enough to clear the trash afterwards. When my old account that I never used was hacked, that was what I found. Along with all my personal details changed to where I was some hot girl from Georgia–including a fake picture in my Yahoo profile.