The Weekly Gripe

Fed up with spam and AOL wont cancel my account
Security on the Internet

Internet Security

Fed up with all of this unwanted spam, I asked my Internet service provider (AOL) to do something about the nuisance emails. Unfortunately they have not really offered a satisfactory solution to the problem.



Just lately I have been receiving a large number of unsolicited emails from various sites. My gripe is about security, or rather the lack of any security on the Internet and the intransigence of Internet Service Providers.

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05-1-2008Have been with Orange broadband for 12 months and have had little trouble with sex,drug related or fraud money laundering emails. Also I have had little connection or technical problems. Don't regret leaving AOL one bit. I still check AOL mail occasionally and remove all the rubbish phishing a...moreBob
27-12-2007Hello Bob Have you tried a free program called "mailwasher" just google those word's.This program shows e-mail's without letting the sender knowing you have veiwed them and block's all spam and you can bounce them back to sender as if your e-mail address is closed so the sp...moreclint
06-11-2007aol advised me for nearly a year to send my unwanted drug related e-mails to Cosmail 1 and Cosmail 2...I sent hundreds...when they did nothing...they then stated that Cosmail 1 and Cosmail 2 were only for Americans that had drug related e-mail problems...then they asked me to use Cosuk and Cosfiles....morebaz
06-11-2007same as bob...drug nuisance e-mails on aol...hundreds...yes...hundreds In a 12 month period...they mainly come from Canada...aol say they can do nothing about them...yet I pay £24.99 a month for drug e-mails...aol should be held responsible..It Is ruining my enjoyment of broadband connection......morebaz
05-8-2007I have tried to stop these annoying drug related e-mails...having sent AOL over 70 e-mails to cosmail 1 and cosmail 2 asking for action...with no reply...AOL has been infiltrated...so it could be anyones turn next...I am leaving aol for a more reputable provider...It is just not acceptable when most...moreharry
09-6-2007I have spent most of today trying to find some way of cancelling my Google mail account. It appears hopeless - Google provide no help, and no way to email them, and doing a search for a means of cancelling the account came up with nothing. I opened the account because I needed a temporary contact wh...morePete
07-6-2007Lately I'm seeing more and more banner ads by euroclick on various websites that I visit. The ad blocking feature of Norton Internet Security 2006 is totally ineffective in blocking these ads. These ads and others like them (such as Ads By Google)only serve to annoy the website visitor and cheap...moreCaptain D
05-1-2007P.S. I'm paying £19:99 a month less for this service which includes Talk than I was for Platinum @ £29.99 per month.Bob
05-1-2007I have now changed my service provider and so far have had everything delivered on time,set up on time have a reasonable connection speed (5.12 Mbs constant) which I have not been lied to about and when I have had to contact customer service have found them polite helpfull and knowledgable. I still...moreBob
22-11-2006No use arguing with ISPs over service,they have had their own way over non service now for so long that they just dig their heels in and treat their customers with total indifference.Take their money and to hell with providing a good service. If one came along who offered a good honest service that...moreBob
20-11-2006The latest thing from AOL is that if I receive spam emails from AOL users,AOL will help but if it comes from The Internet Mail? then I have to handle it myself.I quote "Send a mail to the senders Postmaster and ask them not to send it" and put the sender on a blocked senders list.In other ...moreBob
14-11-2006I do find it quite amazing that if I bought a bag of spuds from a supermarket and it said it weighed 8 lb on the front and when I wanted to use it found it only weighed 2 lb, I would be quite within my rights to ask for a refund or be able to report the shop to Trading Standards.But because the trad...moreBob



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