[PLUG] stopping facebook

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On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:29:05 -0800
Ben Koenig <techkoenig at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's just peer pressure guys. Didn't you pay attention to the videos
> in school?
> 
> "Just say NO" when confronted with drugs, alcohol, sex, and facebook.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 4:49 PM m <mmemail.inbox at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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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you mean Facecrack?

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