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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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 Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:55 am Post subject: handphone spam - how to avoid it? |
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i just got a spam message at 1:40 am. it woke me up.
instead of finding and killing the person/establishment who decided to wake me from a sound sleep, i'd just like to figure out how to block them. i get seriously 6 spam messages a day and it's as annoying as fiberglass shards in my underwear.
any ideas? |
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peemil
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Location: Koowoompa
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Turn off your phone when you go to bed... |
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Leslie Cheswyck
Joined: 31 May 2003
Location: University of Western Chile
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Peemil, that's a disturbing avatar. Did that guy run into some handgun spam? |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| peemil wrote: |
| Turn off your phone when you go to bed... |
unfortunately that's not an option. my grandfather is ailing, and if someone phoned from home, i'd wake up to take the call.
and besides, i get 5-10 messages a day from the same person/company. it's an invasion of my privacy, and i want to know if there's a way to block it. thanks for making an effort to answer my question. |
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shakuhachi
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| and besides, i get 5-10 messages a day from the same person/company. it's an invasion of my privacy, and i want to know if there's a way to block it. thanks for making an effort to answer my question. |
How about calling the company and asking them to stop? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't have a mobile phone. |
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komtengi
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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on newer phones there is an option...
after going into incoming messages, go to spam exclusion, then you can type in numbers or strings...
once you have done so they will never make it to your inbox again |
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Koreabound2004
Joined: 19 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Why do people here call cellphones handphones? I have never heard of this till I came to Korea. Aren't all phones handphones in some regard??? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder if the anti-spam option will work for all spam. It sounds like a marketing gimmick, maybe effective with some spam,... but with all? That would be nice.
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| Why do people here call cellphones handphones? I have never heard of this till I came to Korea. Aren't all phones handphones in some regard??? |
Because they are NOT cell phones. There are new alternatives that aren't "cellular" anymore.
But they all are mobile phones. Yet "hand phone" is fine in some other countries as well.
This was discussed at length on a thread a few months back. Somebody can search for the link if they want to discuss terminology issues. |
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Koreabound2004
Joined: 19 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the info........  |
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komtengi
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
Location: Slummin it up in Haebangchon
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| Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| mobile phones is my preference |
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