Hi,

1. Is there a way to actually BLOCK people from the junk senders list? If
not, what is the next best option?

2. Is there any way to block spam in general, without having to first put an
email address in the junk senders list?

Ralph <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> 1. Is there a way to actually BLOCK people from the junk senders
> list? If not, what is the next best option?

The Junk Senders list always worked for me. What doesn't work for you?

> 2. Is there any way to block spam in general, without having to first
> put an email address in the junk senders list?

One of the best is http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
--
Brian Tillman

thanks Brian, well, regarding question #1 - I suppose I don't really know how
the junk senders list works, I get a lot of garbage/spam email every day and
I religiously add each one to the junk senders list, I guess I don't really
understand what adding the email to the list does, it doesnt block another
email coming from people on that list, does it?

regarding #2, thanks for the link, but I'm confused as to what/where to
download what I need, I would really appreciate just a little bit more
specific direction in that regard

THANKS!

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Ralph <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > 1. Is there a way to actually BLOCK people from the junk senders
> > list? If not, what is the next best option?
>
> The Junk Senders list always worked for me. What doesn't work for you?
>
> > 2. Is there any way to block spam in general, without having to first
> > put an email address in the junk senders list?
>
> One of the best is http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
> --
> Brian Tillman
>

Ralph <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> thanks Brian, well, regarding question #1 - I suppose I don't really
> know how the junk senders list works, I get a lot of garbage/spam
> email every day and I religiously add each one to the junk senders
> list, I guess I don't really understand what adding the email to the
> list does, it doesnt block another email coming from people on that
> list, does it?

The Junk Senders list in OL 2000 is simply a text file, Junk Senders.txt.
Outlook 2000 compares the sender address of each incoming message with the
entries in that file. If any of the entries in the list are substrings of
the sender address, Outlook will color the subject line red (by default) so
you can identify the message. The "Adult Senders" list works similarly,
coloring the subject green (IIRC) by default. You can also select an action
Outlook will perform, like move to particular folder, instead of the
coloring action.

Since junk mail senders constantly change the sending address, continually
adding those addresses to the list will have no appreciable effect on the
amount of junk the list will identify. You can improve its hit rate if the
sender domain remains a constant. For example, if mail arrives from the
various addresses (E-Mail Removed), (E-Mail Removed), and (E-Mail Removed),
you can simply add "domain" to the Junk Senders list and it will catch all
three.

> regarding #2, thanks for the link, but I'm confused as to what/where
> to download what I need, I would really appreciate just a little bit
> more specific direction in that regard

Read this: http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/windows.html and use this to
download the installer:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/s...4.exe?download or
this:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/spa...5&big_mirror=0
(for the latest alpha release)
--
Brian Tillman

Thanks Brian! I will read this soon and see if I can figure it out, if you
don't hear back from me, it means I understand it, thanks again!

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

> Ralph <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > thanks Brian, well, regarding question #1 - I suppose I don't really
> > know how the junk senders list works, I get a lot of garbage/spam
> > email every day and I religiously add each one to the junk senders
> > list, I guess I don't really understand what adding the email to the
> > list does, it doesnt block another email coming from people on that
> > list, does it?
>
> The Junk Senders list in OL 2000 is simply a text file, Junk Senders.txt.
> Outlook 2000 compares the sender address of each incoming message with the
> entries in that file. If any of the entries in the list are substrings of
> the sender address, Outlook will color the subject line red (by default) so
> you can identify the message. The "Adult Senders" list works similarly,
> coloring the subject green (IIRC) by default. You can also select an action
> Outlook will perform, like move to particular folder, instead of the
> coloring action.
>
> Since junk mail senders constantly change the sending address, continually
> adding those addresses to the list will have no appreciable effect on the
> amount of junk the list will identify. You can improve its hit rate if the
> sender domain remains a constant. For example, if mail arrives from the
> various addresses (E-Mail Removed), (E-Mail Removed), and (E-Mail Removed),
> you can simply add "domain" to the Junk Senders list and it will catch all
> three.
>
> > regarding #2, thanks for the link, but I'm confused as to what/where
> > to download what I need, I would really appreciate just a little bit
> > more specific direction in that regard
>
> Read this: http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/windows.html and use this to
> download the installer:
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/s...4.exe?download or
> this:
> http://downloads.sourceforge.net/spa...5&big_mirror=0
> (for the latest alpha release)
> --
> Brian Tillman
>
>