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5 March, 2010

Google Buzz: Stop getting emails via POP

Filed under: Useful — Tags: , , , , — John @ 8:05 pm

If you use Gmail /Google Buzz and a POP client for your email, chances are you’re receiving a bunch of emails telling you about new buzz’s – including your own updates!

This is very annoying and there’s no direct setting to turn it off. However this guy has come up with a great solution, by basically creating a Gmail filter for emails containing the words in:buzz

2 March, 2010

An interesting way to avoid publishing your email address..

Filed under: Random Tech — Tags: — John @ 8:11 pm

Check out this page: http://blacksapphire.com/antispam/

Not only does this guy require you to answer a mini quiz to prove you are human, but he will also generate a new email address for every person who wishes to contact him (which I imagine are only valid for a limited amount of time) so that he never has to give a single, spammable, email address..

I thought it was quite inventive!

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