| I have many email accounts so the amount of spam | | | | saying to myself that I would get in shape the |
| that I get is multiplied by the number of accounts | | | | old-fashioned way. I'd run, bike and exercise my way |
| that I have. I can't say that solving the spam issue in | | | | to thin-dom - outdoors! Don't ask how that's |
| Outlook was a no-brainer; it basically took me a | | | | going...but I LOVE my iPhone. |
| couple of years of trying different things before I | | | | And then it hit me. I never realized how much spam I |
| settled on Cloudmark. If you have wrestled with | | | | get since I've eliminated most of it in my Outlook |
| spam in your inbox, I highly recommend checking out | | | | software. I was literally swamped. I was getting 100 |
| Cloudmark (Google it). | | | | Plus emails a day and 80% of that was spam. It was |
| But I digress, this isn't about Outlook. After this | | | | so bad frankly that it rendered the email on the |
| concerted effort to eliminate as much spam as | | | | iPhone not usable. A quick trip to the iPhone Apps |
| possible from my inbox, I decided that it was finally | | | | store (via the Apps icon on the iphone) reveals no |
| time to start using a smartphone for email. I | | | | software that you can put on your iPhone to solve |
| narrowed my choices to Palm, Blackberry and of | | | | this problem. My trusty Google search yielded the |
| course the iPhone. I chose the iPhone immediately. | | | | same results. Apparently nobody but me has a spam |
| I've been using palm for years but not for email. | | | | issue on their iPhone. |
| Blackberry was the best alternate choice and with | | | | Again though, Google came to the rescue. This time, |
| respect to email only, might have been a better | | | | in a different way. I have had a Gmail account for |
| choice. | | | | some time. Gmail allows you to route other email |
| A year ago, I had just set up a website for my | | | | through its account. I didn't use that feature too |
| client. Along with that she, of course, also established | | | | much, but I did have one account doing this. Thinking |
| an email account. Her contact email was published on | | | | back, spam was never an issue with that account. |
| the website (against my recommendation) and within | | | | Gmail was filtering the spam! So, I started passing all |
| a couple of months the email bots had discovered | | | | of my POP3 email accounts through Gmail. I then |
| her email and she was now a spam target. We took | | | | read my Gmail account using my iPhone, Voila'! no |
| care of most of the issues by setting up filters in | | | | spam. The way I have this set up is simple. I use the |
| Outlook which can be a painful process. But then she | | | | IMAP settings for the iPhone and POP3 settings for |
| got a blackberry and all that work to eliminate spam | | | | Outlook. When my iPhone reads the emails, it leaves |
| could not be duplicated on the Blackberry. Well, I did | | | | the emails on the servers (by default). When my |
| what I always do when I can't solve a problem. I | | | | outlook gets the emails from Gmail, it deletes them |
| Googled it: "reduce blackberry spam". We found a | | | | from the server. I rarely see spam. That problem is |
| program that you can add to your blackberry that | | | | solved. |
| provided pretty decent spam filtering and my client is | | | | "Any issues?", you ask. The only annoyance I have is |
| a happy camper. | | | | that now that outlook is getting my emails |
| The solution was not that easy for me and my | | | | forwarded from Gmail, if I reply, my client gets an |
| iPhone. Frankly, I did not think to ask the store | | | | email from my Gmail account instead of my business |
| associate how iPhone handles spam. I was too | | | | email. It's supposed to use a default address that I |
| impressed with "Need for Speed". I've never seen a | | | | set up but it doesn't seem to be working correctly. I |
| phone run a game like that. iPhone is truly a hand held | | | | had to set up my business email account back up in |
| video game contender but again I digress. I bought | | | | Outlook and default to that. I have to make sure |
| the 16 gig version (which I probably won't ever need, | | | | when I reply that the email I'm sending from is not a |
| but - you know). I also increased my already | | | | Gmail account but is my real business account |
| unlimited account by another $35 for internet access. | | | | email...not Gmail. It seems that there is an achilles heel |
| I canceled my gym membership to pay for the | | | | in all good solutions but this one I can live with. |
| increased cost of my iPhone and justified that by | | | | |