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[Guest]

Using Outlook 2002. I continue to get the same e-mail.... a zillion times.
Each time I get the e-mail its shows a different sender. No sense in Blocking
the sender; ...and that wouldn't stop it since the sender name changes. I
guess someon'e(s) Outlook e-mail address book was accessed...and I was in
them...and so this same message continues to be received. Is there a way to
Block the message?

 

[Pat Willener]

You mean spam? Get a spam filter, and you will never see the message
again. Or ask your employer (or ISP) to activate spam filtering on the
mail servers.

 

[Guest]

Thanks.... I am using a Spam Filter....and it is set at the default level.
To move it higher will mean that its possible that some personal e-mails may
be blocked. The problem is, the same e-mail keeps coming, BUT, it comes from
a different sender/address each time....so I can mark the message to BLOCK
the sender e-mails, but that won't help because the next time the same e-mail
comes in sent by a different sender.

 

[F. H. Muffman]

Thanks.... I am using a Spam Filter....and it is set at the default
level.
To move it higher will mean that its possible that some personal e-mails
may
be blocked. The problem is, the same e-mail keeps coming, BUT, it comes
from
a different sender/address each time....so I can mark the message to BLOCK
the sender e-mails, but that won't help because the next time the same
e-mail
comes in sent by a different sender.

Build a rule based on the content of the message which you seem to be
implying doesn't change?

 

[Pat Willener]

That's why I suggested to use a spam filter. You seem to use some rules
that block 'From:' addresses, which will *never* work. 'From:' and
'Reply-to:' addresses in spam are always forged, and they were not sent
"from" that address.

A good spam filter will identify the message as spam, irrespective of
the 'From:' address.

 

[Guest]

Can your recommend a good Spam Filter?

That's why I suggested to use a spam filter. You seem to use some rules
that block 'From:' addresses, which will *never* work. 'From:' and
'Reply-to:' addresses in spam are always forged, and they were not sent
"from" that address.

A good spam filter will identify the message as spam, irrespective of
the 'From:' address.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Can your recommend a good Spam Filter?

Many people find http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ works well.

 

[Pat Willener]

I personally use Cloudmark Desktop (http://cloudmark.com/desktop/); it's
not free, but it catches near 100% spam, with near 0% false positives.

 

[Guest]

I went with creating Outlook Rules. I have created about 5 or 6 Rules based
on the Spam e-mails. The problem is, the Spam e-mails the Rule is Catching
is going into the Folder I specified....3 times. Its not a new E-mail, its
the same one because all is the same including the date and time. After I go
out for new messages I look at the Folder I specified that the Rule Spam
e-mails should move....and I see several Spam e-mail in the Folder, and as I
wrote, 3 times. I don't see any of the rules I created having duplicate
Specified words so I don't understand why the Spam e-mails are going into the
Specified folder...3 times. Thoughts? I realize I can elect to Delete these
messages but felt it best to monitor them for awhile to be sure the rules
were not catching Non-Spam E-mails.

 

[F. H. Muffman]

I'd make sure each of the rules has the 'and stop processing more rules'
action, just to be sure, because it really sounds like either:

a) You're getting 3 copies of the message.
b) You're getting 3 copies of every message which I doubt, since you'd
probably have mentioned
c) There really are three rules that are applicable to the messages, so
you're getting each rule acting against the message.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I'll try that. But still another thing takes place. With the rules
created when I delete an e-mail (one that is not spam) out of my Inbox.....I
see that e-mail in my deleted folder and in the "Specified" Folder that I
created to have the Rule(s)/Spam e-mails going to.

 

[Guest]

This is getting a little confusing......Not only are the e-mails I delete
from my Inbox going into my specified Folder (and I did modify each rule to
"Stop Processing More rules"), now NEW messages I send are going into the
Specified Folder. The 1st window that opens when creating a rule, I use
Template.....but there is a list of options but none have a Block to check
off to use. Is this perhaps a window that I should select something? Which
one...and its selected by highlighing ome? When I do that I get a message
that reads this will disgrad previously specified information. I must be
making this difficult.....it seems the process should work without all these
problems.

 

[F. H. Muffman]

How many rules do you have set up right now? Let's start there.

 

[Guest]

I had 6, none had the same "specified" word(s). I Deleted them all yesterday
because it concerned me that, I was seeing mulitpiles of the same Spam
e-mails go into the "Specified" folder I created, and, when I deleted
non-Spam e-mails they also went into the "Specified" Spam Folder. I would
like Rules to work, but so far my experience has not been good.

 

[F. H. Muffman]

Ok, since we're back to basics, lets start with a single rule.

Create one just for handling one of the spam messages.

It should include the 'And stop processing more rules' action. Then, test
that rule by sending yourself a message that matches the rule from an
outside account. If it works, then lets create a second rule, and so on.

I've used outlook for a long time, and have had a large number of rules
(enough to often hit the size limit) and have neve rhad a problem that
wasn't effectively my own fault.

 

[Guest]

OK, I have made some progress.....one at a time as suggested. Several rules
are working fine.

There are some Pharmacy ADs e-mail that the rules I created are not
detecting the message. one comes in Bold Print, Red and Blue color. In the
Body of the message is "Canadian Pharmacy". I used "Specified Words in body"
Canadian Pharmacy ...but this e-mail does not get detected by the rule I
created? Suggestions? The other is also regarding medicine from Canadian,
the Print is slanted.......I tried using Specified words......it also was not
detected by the rule I created...suggestions?

 

[F. H. Muffman]

Is the text in the message actually text and not a picture? Might there be
spaces? Does it read any differently if you copy and paste the text into
notepad?

 

[Guest]

Although the Text in the Body of the e-mail is nothing but written words...it
must be a picture because when I tried to Copy to paste it into Notepad....I
got the 4-way arrow and small boxes at the edges of the entire message.

I have several e-mails that come in like this....is there a way to create a
rule to catch this type of Spam e-mail?

 

[F. H. Muffman]

Although the Text in the Body of the e-mail is nothing but written
words...it
must be a picture because when I tried to Copy to paste it into
Notepad....I
got the 4-way arrow and small boxes at the edges of the entire message.

I have several e-mails that come in like this....is there a way to create
a
rule to catch this type of Spam e-mail?

Are you actually able to highlight individual letters in the word? I mean,
that's the best way to know if it's a graphic or not. And your best
solutions is really going to be to get a better spam filter, as someone said
before.

 

[Guest]

Definitely Text......Spaces between words varies; within Text is the Canadiam
Maple leaf symbol. I tried to copy and paste into Notepad.......but it would
NOT paste into Notepad. When you go to copy the text\picture...you get the
4-way Arrow with small boxes at edges which is indicitive of a picture. I
tried copy and paste several times.....when I open Notepad PASTE was
Darkened.....but nothing happens.