Unwanted Emails and Updates - Impossible to Stop?

Despite having changed my preferences several weeks ago so that I no longer get notices of new conversations or updates to conversations, I continue to be bombarded and my mailbox overflowing with unwanted communications. HOW do I put a stop to this?

It only takes one organisation to sell on your email address to a marketing company, and your email address will then be on marketing lists for life.
As you have discovered, they can get around all the rules in both the UK and USA by pretending to be a different country every time.
You can try marking them as spam, and it might block a few of them. But ultimately, you can never get off the spammers' email lists without changing your email address and then only giving that out to a select few people. And even that won't work if hackers gain access to the email account of someone you know.
TL;DR* There's nothing you can do. Live with it.
* "Too Long; Didn't Read"

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Turning off and on
Hard Reset, Holding down home and power button untill apple icon comes back
deleting apps that were not updating
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Sorry to hear that. I'm wondering if perhaps one of the updates is larger than 20MB as I wrote above (Skype, some HD apps or games like Asphalt 6) and that is causing the delay. I have also noticed that Asphalt in particular takes forever to install and it appears that the progress bar is "stalled" for several minutes, then it moves veeeeeeeeeeery slowly until it is downloaded, changes to "Loading" then "Installing" and finally finished. Check for any of these types of apps, and if so you may want to deselect that one from updating, let the others run (according to my instructions above), and *then* update any larger ones.
I also note that you are trying to update Twitter. Off-hand I do not know the size of that update, but it's worth looking at iTunes to see what the size is. If you're not set on using the native Twitter app, there are others you may want to try like UberSocial (my favorite), TweetDeck, and more.
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SQL to check date and send email and Update Record

Hii,
USING ASP AND ACCESS
I am implementing a classified section for my website and I
am displaying
everything successfully.
When the user posts the classified he selects how many days
he wants his
POST like 10 days, 20 days or 30 days and i can successfully
show the posts
So if the user posts on says 1st of July 2006 and selects 10
days for his
post to be showed on my website
THEN
8th July 2006 an email shud go to him saying if he wants to
keep his POST
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days selected.
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the strPostDate
and strAddDate
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Unwanted virus and update messages

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TS3276 Why am I receiving multiple duplicate emails and how do I stop this from happening

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For the mailbox where you are receiving duplicates ...
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From the Mail menu bar top of your screen click Mailbox > Rebuild
See if that helps the duplication issue.

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I solved my problem. Here's how:
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TS4002 When I use my iphone to check my email, and delete unwanted email, it still shows up on my computer~ and vice versa. How do I get the doubling up to stop??

It used to work just fine, but now whenever I receive email if I check it from my phone and delete it, it will still be on my computer. If I check it on my computer, when I get on my phone, it's still there. I'm having to go through email and delete it all, on both devices, rather than just on one.
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I have changed my Apple ID from an old email to a new one. But It keeps coming up with my old email and asking for my old password. How do i stop this from happening and get it onto my new one?

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HT5625 Here's my story: I "signed out" of my account on my IPAD. Then I DID NOT hit "create a new ID" - I simply filled in the top information with new email and password (the ipads new owner) - this got all set up but now when it wants to update anything

I gave my second IPAD to a friend.
I also recently changed the email associated with my own account
because I will be moving and will be unable to use that address much longer...
now I am not yet sure I can update my own apps (will it ask for old email and password?)
on the given IPAD - with the new Apple ID and password it is asking for
my present but soon to be disabled email with password - but it does not
recognize the password (i dont think it will recognize it when i upgrade as well!)
QUESTION
How do I straighten this mess out to be able to update all future apps on two
iphones and two ipads each having one different their separate Apple IDs?
and how can I get it to recognize the password that was at one time associated
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Hi, I want to use my number for iMessage on my iPhone only and on my macbook pro use my apple id/email and not my number. Also how do i stop the iMessages on my mac appearing on my phone.

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I tried that but on my iphone i can only click on my email and my number is checked but its in grey doesnt allow me click on it and on my Mac, its the opposite, my email is checked but in grey so doesnt allow me to click on it. im realy confused

Error updating RSS feed, email and calendar

About 2 weeks ago my Droid X running Gingerbread, stopped updating RSS feeds, email and calendar but other apps/widgets seem to work fine.
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assert failed: file_get.prop("/system build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "verizon/shadow_vzw/cdma_shadow/shadow:2.2.1/VZW/23.340:user/ota-rel-keys, release-keys" || file_getprop("/system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "verizon/shadow_vzw/cdma_shadow:2.3.3/4.5.1_57_DX5-18/110410:user/release-keys"
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I am trying to avoid a factory reset of the phone but would appreciate any help/suggestions that anyone has.

Hello tjoreilly,
Thanks for providing your experience on refreshing the RSS feeds on your device. Based on the information you have given and what Cody21 previously stated, I recommend as factory reset also. Before doing a reset, I suggest verifying that your contacts are saved on Gmail and/or backup assistant and calendars are backed up on your Gmail account. This is to ensure that your personal info can easily be restored after the factory reset. Any digital media, like pictures and videos, will be saved on your memory card & won't be erased unless you wish to do so.
Once the reset is done, try to access and update your RSS feed to your preference to confirm that the issue is resolved. If so, please respond to this posting so other can benefit from your experience. If not, then feel free to elaborate on your experience after the reset so we can further assist.
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I have recently bought my Mac mini ( July 12) and have already requested my free update code for mountain lion, got a reference nr, but I still haven't received a code via email to update? Its been 12 days. Any advice?

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