Originally Posted by Stuart W

Lets just see that attitude in other scenarios....

MASIVE queues at the dentist - No one is forcing you to get toothache.
CRAP finances for NHS hospitals - No one is forcing you to get ill.
AWFULL public transport - No one is forcing you to get on the train / bus.

What I'm trying to get at here is, you are indeed correct, no-one is forcing anyone in these scenarios. However, you are missing one important factor.
WE ARE PAYING FOR THESE SERVICES.

If ntl SELL me e-mail as part of their service, in the same way other ISP's do, I would expect it to work within acceptable paramiters.
Personaly, I'd find THOUSANDS of junk e-mails a day totaly unacceptable and fully expect ntl to do something about it.
Not because it's my individual account, but because this mail has to go through the ntl system and adds bandwidth to an already heavily loaded system.

It would be more beneficial to ntl than the individual customer if this problem was resolved.

Originally Posted by Basisboy

I'm getting heaps .... This shows NTL in a bad light - a poor ISP ! Come on if Microsoft can get it's act together then why can't NTL?
Perhaps I should use my hotmail more?

Originally Posted by Bill C

Are you saying you get THOUSANDS EVERY DAY ON YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT :Yikes:

I am sure you will find that NTL are doing something about it. I certainly have seen a very big reduction in spam over the last 2 months. I am sure they have started to introduce spam filtering.

Originally Posted by Gogogo

Following masses of spam mails and the unexplained removal of our e-mail addresses twice by NTL and then several long downtime periods for NTL servers, we decided to reactivate a dormant hotmail account and so far the service from Microsoft has been superior to that of NTL. NTL e-mail services are poor, make the change you will not regret it and in anycase hotmail can fetch your NTL pop mail if you so wish.


;)

Originally Posted by Bill C

I on the other hand gave up on my Hotmail and msn accounts due to the spam. Even on its highest setting i get spam from Microsoft and its approved affiliates which i cannot stop and at times could be 10-20 spams a day:Yikes: . I emailed hotmail support who said that they cannot turn these emails off as they are part of the service and are a required part:grind: . Therefor i had 2 options Except the spams from Microsoft and its partnersDump my hotmailAnswers on a postcard :)

Originally Posted by David25

I get less than 5 spam emails in a week on 3 ntl email accounts. (The vast majority on an account that I keep private for some reason.)

If I did get spam I wouldn't just blame ntl though. They should do something of course, all ISPs should take a certain level of responsibility.

There is only so much any ISP can do though, especially when some people are not careful about who knows their address (present company excepted of course).

Originally Posted by David25

I get less than 5 spam emails in a week on 3 ntl email accounts. (The vast majority on an account that I keep private for some reason.)If I did get spam I wouldn't just blame ntl though. They should do something of course, all ISPs should take a certain level of responsibility.There is only so much any ISP can do though, especially when some people are not careful about who knows their address (present company excepted of course).

Originally Posted by David25

I get less than 5 spam emails in a week on 3 ntl email accounts. (The vast majority on an account that I keep private for some reason.)

If I did get spam I wouldn't just blame ntl though. They should do something of course, all ISPs should take a certain level of responsibility.

There is only so much any ISP can do though, especially when some people are not careful about who knows their address (present company excepted of course).