How do I stop getting junk mail that doesn't have my email address

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How do I stop getting junk mail that doesn't have my email address? The
senders email address varies.
 
david81 said:
How do I stop getting junk mail that doesn't have my email address?
The senders email address varies.
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It does have your email address - otherwise you wouldn't get it.

The best you can do is filter it. That will depend on your email client,
etc.
 
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How do I stop getting junk mail that doesn't have my email address?
The
senders email address varies.
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That would depend on which e-mail program you use which you never
bothered to mention. Once you figure that out, post in a newsgroup
that discusses that particular e-mail program.
 
david81 said:
How do I stop getting junk mail that doesn't have my email address? The
senders email address varies.
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I've been using Mailwasher Pro for many years. I have the opportunity of
viewing the originator's email address, subject, and the first few lines of
text in that email (can see all if I choose), and the size in KBs of the
email. I can delete, or, bounce each individual email I don't want. All of
this before I actually use my email program to download the mail I chose to
keep.

A few hints to keep junk mail down to a minimum. Don't give out your email
address. Don't participate in forwards of email to mass emailing to others
of your choosing.

--
Dave

How about a tax to support any military conflict/police action over 3 months
old?

An actual war, we can do what's been done in the past.
 
create a rule for TO and your email address then NOT it. use the MOVE to junk mail action so you can still check them over to make sure nothing was accidentally flagged.




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How do I stop getting junk mail that doesn't have my email address? The
senders email address varies.
 
david81 said:
How do I stop getting junk mail that doesn't have my email address? The
senders email address varies.
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Stop SPAM and other malware! Create two mail rules in OE.

In Outlook Express, click Tools, Message Rules, Mail.

_First rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "Where the from line
contains people", click "contains people", click Address Book, click
the first name, shift-click the last, click "From" button, click OK.

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Stop processing more
rules". This will let everyone in your address book fall through to
your Inbox.

C. Name the first rule "Pass" or "Accept".

_Second rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "For all messages"

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Move to the specified
folder". Click "Specified" in the bottom pane, click New Folder, type
SPAM, click OK, click the SPAM folder to highlight, click OK to select
that folder.

C. Name the rule "SPAM".

This moves the unwanted emails to the SPAM folder.

_If you find an email in the SPAM folder you don't want filtered_

- Click and drag the email to the Inbox. While it's still highlighted:

- Click "Message", "Create Rule from Message".

- In "Select conditions for your rule":

"Where the From line contains people" should already be checked and
should show the email address of the person you're adding under "Rule
Description".

- In "Select the actions for your rule"

Click "Stop Processing more rules".

- "Name the rule"
Name the rule after the individual so it's easier to recognize.

Make sure the rule is NOT listed last. If it is, move it upwards. The
SPAM rule must be the last one listed.

_Advantages_

1. No SPAM or other malware from email! No amount of filtering by
sender or subject matter will prevent spammers; they use a different
subject and address every few days. But this setup prevents ALL SPAM
from fictitious addresses.

2. Few Viruses! Only viruses from compromised systems which have your
email address in their address book.

3. After checking through subject lines in the SPAM folder, you can
delete all the spam, etc. without viewing them. Press Ctrl/A to select
all subjects, press Shift/Delete to permanently delete all messages in
the SPAM folder. This way, short of viewing the first email in the
list, no other email is actually viewed.

_With Thunderbird_

Create one rule. Click:

Tools, Message Filters, Filters for Email account, New, make the Filter
Name "SPAM", If "From" "isn't in my address book" "Personal Address
Book", Perform these actions: "Move Message to" "Trash on Local Folders".

Check Unread messages in the Trash folder and delete occasionally. Drag
to the Inbox if you want to keep one. Right-click the email in the
header, click "Add to Address Book" if you find you've missed one.
 
david81 said:
How do I stop getting junk mail that doesn't have my email address? The
senders email address varies.
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While it's not possible to completely eliminate spam (unsolicited
commercial email), there are some precautions and steps you can take to
minimize it's impact:

1) Never, ever post your real email address to publicly accessible
forums or newsgroups, such as this one. For years now, spammers have
been using software utilities to scan such places to harvest email
addresses. It's a simple matter to disguise your posted email address
so that these software "bots" can't obtain anything useful. For
example, insert some obviously bogus characters or words into your reply
address, for example: "(e-mail address removed)."

2) Never, ever reply to any spam you receive, even to "unsubscribe" or
"remove" yourself from the spammers' address lists; you'll only compound
the problem. If spammers had any intention of honoring the your desire
not to receive spam, they wouldn't have become spammers in the first
place. When you reply to a spammer, all you're doing is confirming that
he/she has a valid, marketable email address.

3) Be especially leery of any offers from websites for free software,
services, information, etc, that require your email address, or that
require your email address so you can "login" to access the offered
service and/or information. Many such sites are supplementing their
income by collecting addresses to sell to the spammers. For instance,
subscribing to CNN.COM's Breaking News Service will garner you a lot of
additional spam. (Of course, not all such sites have under-handed
motives; it's a judgment call. If the offer seems "too good to be
true," it's most likely a scam.)

4) DO forward any and all spam, with complete headers, to the
originating ISP with a complaint. Not all ISPs will make an effort to
shut down the spammers, but many will. One tool that makes forwarding
such complaints fairly simple is SpamCop (http://spamcop.net).

5) Another useful tool is MailWasher (http://www.mailwasher.net). This
utility allows you to preview your email before downloading it from the
server. Spammers can even be blacklisted, so that any future emails
from them will be automatically deleted from the server.

6) Within Outlook Express, add any spammers to your Blocked Senders
list, so the their messages are automatically deleted from the server
without being downloaded to your PC.



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Bruce Chambers

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