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Ted Gervais

I was wondering what others are doing about all the Spam that come in
everyday. I get at least a dozen or so of mail that is SPAM and was thinking
that maybe someone has a thought on how to stop it.

I currently am setting up filters for them each time I get some spam but I
am sure the next time they send their stuff out it will have a different
topic or user name or whatever. In other words my simple email-filter is
probably not of much good.

Any thoughts anyone please?
 
Ted Gervais said:
I was wondering what others are doing about all the Spam that come in
everyday. I get at least a dozen or so of mail that is SPAM and was
thinking
that maybe someone has a thought on how to stop it.

I currently am setting up filters for them each time I get some spam but I
am sure the next time they send their stuff out it will have a different
topic or user name or whatever. In other words my simple email-filter is
probably not of much good.

Any thoughts anyone please?
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That's why the majority of us have more than one email addy.
My ISP addy is only for friends & family.
One Yahoo address is for NG's and I hve another that I use when I sign up
for newsletters etc.
That 2nd yahoo address is the one that gets all the spam because the addy
ias out thee in cyberworld but I never actually read any of the mail I get
there I just go in periodically and delete them.

Unfortunately it's probably too late for the address you are using that gets
all the junk because it's obviously on lists all over the internet. If it's
a free address like yahoo or another hosting site then I recommend creating
a new one and giving that to yor friends, family etc but never use it to
sign up for anything on the internet.

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If you can help me thanks.

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Ted said:
I was wondering what others are doing about all the Spam that come in
everyday. I get at least a dozen or so of mail that is SPAM and was
thinking that maybe someone has a thought on how to stop it.

I currently am setting up filters for them each time I get some spam
but I am sure the next time they send their stuff out it will have a
different topic or user name or whatever. In other words my simple
email-filter is probably not of much good.

Any thoughts anyone please?
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Well stop posting to Usenet with your real address then, moron!
 
You could always download Mailwasher and that will let you see what is on
the server before it even gets to your inbox, also try munging your addy
when posting to NG's.
Joan
 
Thanks everyone for your kind help. Very much appreciated even if some of
the remarks were a bit 'pointed'..
 
Greetings --

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. (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).

4) 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.

5) 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.


Bruce Chambers

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having both at once. -- RAH
 
Yes, my initial reply was poorly stated, although correct. My problem is that I have a high degree of computer savvy but practically no social skills because I can't leave My Computer. (Also, THICK GLASSES.) It makes me feel so superior to "put down" those less knowledgeable, which is just about everyone except my Friend, Bruce. We're looking more to release our anger/frustration, so be warned! It's all goes with this free territory!
 
Bruce,

Thanks for those tips. I like the looks of both the programs you recommended
(Spamcop and Mailwasher) but I wonder if it is wise to get both of them.
Have I misread or do they both do about the same thing? They are relatively
inexpensive so the money is not too much of a price to pay to get rid of
most of your spam. Any further amplification would be appreciated.

Tom
 
Greetings --

Both have free versions, but serve different purposes. I use
MailWasher to preview my email before downloading it from my ISP's
server. I can then delete and/or bounce undesired messages, as
appropriate. I use SpamCop to report those spam messages that get
through when I'm already on-line, or when I've forgotten to use
MailWasher before opening an email client or a newsreader. SpamCop
does have a paid service where you get all of your email delivered
through their server, which would eliminate the need for MailWasher.

Bruce Chambers

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Greetings --

The ones where the idiot spammer left a valid, non-spoofed
address; no sense bouncing to a vacuum - it only wastes bandwidth.

Bruce Chambers

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What is appropiate to bounce?
 
Ok, I've been on a mission for years with corporate AV programs with external alerts turned on. They generate as much spam as spammers. Now with new laws in effect I'm waiting for a Australian company to send me one then I'm off to the police. Makes the newspapers hopefully and have IT dept start looking at their settings. This is something where it's possible to do something, unlike spam

I've had some big fights with corporate IT dept over the years. They finally do get it.
 
I had the same problem. Appx 2/3 of msgs are spam. I installed Office 2003 which has a spam filter. I no longer have to constantly update filters (they dont work sometimes either) Office has a built in spam filter that does a great job. It can separate the spam mail to a separate folder so you can look at it (if you wish) and then delete. You can also add addtional filters

Hope this work for you. it works great for me
 
How could he guess it ? Could you be polite before dying ? Stop to consider
users as morons when they don't know. Do you get the difference ?

I post with my real adress because I don't care spam, i filter them without
any problem
 
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