[PLUG] stopping facebook

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I deleted my Facebook account several months ago (should have done it years
before), and so far, no "please come back messages".


On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 12:59 PM Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:

> After an irksome hour of frobbing, I finally managed to
> delete a 12 year old facebook account.  Password long
> lost, so I had to jump through MANY hoops.
>
> If your setup is like mine, copy  /etc/postfix/main.cf
> to a backup file FIRST.
>
> Facebook's email address for me is my personal server,
> which has many spam barriers (though not enough).
>
> Facebook sends its emails from a zillion different
> servers with different URLs - that trips up greylisting,
> so I deleted that stanza in /etc/postfix/main.cf .
>
> I temporarily removed ALL the spam filter stanzas.  This
> works like connecting the sewer line through a fan into
> your home ventilation system.
>
> My email address ( keithl AT keithl DOT com ) has been
> out there for more than two decades; I am on every spam
> list in the solar system.  I still have a copy of the
> very first internet email spam ever sent, from some
> immigration lawyers in Albuquerque IIRC.
>
> Ick.  Much to clean up after my brief spam exposure ...
>
> Anyhow, I requested a password-change confirmation code
> from facebook, and finally found the email from facebook
> with the code, in a spam folder.  I used it to log in
> to facebook (for the first time in a decade), smell the
> malodorous accumulation, and follow the instructions here:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674/
>
> ... and FINALLY delete the account.  A decision they
> allow me to change until a month from now.  Mid December
> would be a good time for a "facebook free" party.
>
> Of course, I immediately restored /etc/postfix/main.cf
>
> I did NOT download a backup of the account, which they
> allegedly permit you to do.  I want NOTHING from facebook
> (and Russian crackers, perhaps) stored on my computers.
>
> There may be many "please come back messages" from
> facebook in my spam folder for the next decade or two,
> but I hope greylisting and DKIM will stop them first.
>
> Keith
>
> --
> Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com
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