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Re: Blocking Gmail ads



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On 05/13/08 17:03, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> I'm getting a little tired of Gmail serving me Matlab ads whenever I'm
> browsing the Octave mailing lists. That's quite obnoxious. It looks
> like it's tricky to block Google ads, since it looks like Google can
> detect when you're using Adblock and serves you ads in <tables>
> instead, making them harder to block.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a fix? I only use Gmail for mailing lists nowadays,
> and have moved my personal email to a server in an undisclosed
> location in a remote island... ;-)
> 
> I'd be happy with a solution that either blocks all Gmail ads or a
> better method to browse the 14 mailing lists I'm currently subscribed
> to, many of them high-volume. I'm beginning to miss Usenet.

Every MUA of any note has folders, and all have filters either
built-in or via procmail/maildrop.

Even if you want to use gmail to hide your real address from address
vacuums, gmail has POP and IMAP interfaces, plus Thunderbird "knows"
gmail as a source type.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

We want... a Shrubbery!!
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