Golf Lessons >email

[S T]

Thought

Thanks White Oleander,
Didn't think about signing on directly to my ISP, which is Yahoo or one of the Old Telephone Group, so will try that and see if I can set junk/blocked and rules at that level.

Certainly not working on my MS Outlook

Sandy

[WhiteOleander]

Sandy,
Try calling your ISP. Sometimes they can set up a block on their end to help.

[S T]

I agree

I don't know if it was this web sight or something else, but I try never to "unsubscribe" and now I am being plagued with "junk emails" All of the "blocked" and "create rules" are not working.
Can anyone recommend a program that will work with Outlook 2003 to "block or get rid" of these annoying emails?

Thanks,

Sandy

[taxea]

I will bet that each one of these allowed deductions were through a great deal of time and appeals, not to mention atty or representative fees....so how much did it really cost the taxpayer to get a measly 900. deduction or whatever the others were?

[OtisMozzetti]

...I would not claim the deduction ( golf lessons) regardless of its deductibility. On the other hand, if my client was being audited for other issues, I would introduce the Golf Lessons because I have nothing to loose at that point.

I guess that whether or not to introduce something like Golf Lessons that might get deemed off the wall is a decision about the wisest approach to use in dealing with the examining officer. In other words, I wonder whether there might in some instances actually be something to lose at that point.

[JohnH]

This may not be anything more than an urban legend, but I've always been under the impression that you should never "unsubscribe" anything that you had not subscribed to at some point in the past and is already known to you as being legitimate. By "unsubscribing" unsolicited emails, you are simply alerting the sender that your email address is active, thus making it more valuable to the 1,000 people to whom they then sell your email address.

I delete all chain messages, prayer messages, and various other tear jerker or social/political alerts for the same reason. I NEVER pass then along, because all that is doing is adding my email address and that of every one on the list to someone who is harvesting them for resale.

[S T]

Unsubscribe

Could be a coincidence, but I tried to unsubscribe, to this email, and still received a 7/1 email, and now my "inbox" is full of unwanted, unsolicitated emails. I probably need to delete all of my "send to junk mail" and start all over, I think I had about 40 of those "unsolicited buggers" today.

Not a Happy Camper!

Can someone guide me on how to set the "rule" in the email program???

Sandy

[taxmandan]

in early June and on 1 July I heard from the jerk again. So my prediction was wrong. The man is a spammer and honestly I do not see how he hopes to get by with it. The obvious conclusion is that the enforcement of anti-spam laws is less robust than I thought.

I had a talk with my isp about spam mail and they said that if the email comes from a 'legitimate' business site, duly identified by a valid isp, etc. then spam blockers will not stop it. Their definition of spam is an email of unknown origin (like overseas) that does not show regular business account info. Just because it is unsolicited doesn't make it spam in their minds. The only way to stop it is to individually block that sender on your email account. Even some of the 'legitimate' businesses use rotating email accounts to get around any block you put up on your account.

[erchess]

I unsubscribed

in early June and on 1 July I heard from the jerk again. So my prediction was wrong. The man is a spammer and honestly I do not see how he hopes to get by with it. The obvious conclusion is that the enforcement of anti-spam laws is less robust than I thought.

[erchess]

I unsubscribed

I will try to remember to post to this thread if I hear from him again. I did get an acknowledgement of my unusubscribe request.

[outwest]

I would think this one would be safe to unsubscribe..

I actually pay the money to get the full newsletter. Like it a lot because because the general tone is "there are some surprising deductions out there but follow the rules"

He's got maybe twenty articles about how taxpayers haven't followed the auto documentation rules and have been pounded by the courts. I've used them several times with clients to explain why this is important, I'm not just making it up to annoy you.

Just my opinion.

[KBTS]

I tried to unsubscribe to the spam email from the esteemed W Murray Bradford. My request was not honored and the clown continues to send me his junk. I decided to set a rule in my email program which marks his messages as read and puts them in the trash automatically. Now I only notice his emails if I am looking in the trash folder for another email I have deleted.

[erchess]

Safe to unsubscribe

I think he probably got the list from the OPR just by saying he wanted to market a service to tax professionals. He is also (unlike those who peddle pharmaceuticals and patient medicines) likely to be easy for enforcers of the anti spam laws to find.

When people offer a product or service that you would not mind people knowing you were interested in then by and large they will obey the spam laws. If on the other hand they're offering a product that is shady or legally questionable then they are already going to move from server to server and url to url and so it is economically sensible for them to ignore the spam laws.

[S T]

Emails

I am receiving these emails as well and they are "irritating" to say the least- He does have a website, looks like a"professional" but I am so leary of the information being passed on.

I would like to unsubscribe to the email- but have a concern that that will produce more junk emails. Obviously he obtained a "list"



Sandy

[erchess]

Golf Lessons

Several valid points against taking the lessons have been raised. I particularly like the argument from Bob based on the costs vs benefits. Anyway I agree with the rest of you and I would not claim them.