Virus Please Help

[martin]

Hi I have a problem with hundreds of e-mails coming thru
per day I have an anti virus software deleting the
attchments so my machine isn't under threat. Is there
anyway to stop them being downloaded at all these mails
are all coming thru on my defult isp e-mail address
therefore i cannot delete the address and stop them that
way i have set the rules so they get deleted straight away
but i am having to wait for 40 or more messages to be
downloaded everytime i check my mail this is becoming very
frustrating is there anything i can do ???????

 

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

Hi I have a problem with hundreds of e-mails coming thru
per day I have an anti virus software deleting the
attchments so my machine isn't under threat. Is there
anyway to stop them being downloaded at all these mails
are all coming thru on my defult isp e-mail address
therefore i cannot delete the address and stop them that
way i have set the rules so they get deleted straight away
but i am having to wait for 40 or more messages to be
downloaded everytime i check my mail this is becoming very
frustrating is there anything i can do ???????

What version of Outlook are you using? If it's Outlook 2000, then change to
CWO mode and use remote mail - you can then download (and delete) headers
only.

HTH

 

[Roady]

Go to your webbased mailclient. If you have a good ISP it will allow you to
configure mailrules. Configure a rule to move or delete the messages and
Outlook won't even download the messages.

Hope this helps!

 

[Ken Isaacson]

I've set up a rule that seems to get rid of the current barrage of junk,
silently and in the background.

It appears that many (some?) ISP's use a Brightmail service to screen
messages for viruses. Somewhere along the line, the offending executables
are being intercepted by "Brightmail(r)", but nevertheless the message
itself is still sent on to me, with a notation in the body of the message
that the email "has been processed by Brightmail(r)" and that it was
infected with a virus.

It's nice that the virus was intercepted, but I certainly don't need a
mailbox full of such notifications.

I've set up a rule whereby any and all messages that contain "Brightmail(r)"
in the body are permanently deleted. An exception is if the sender appears
in my address book.

Seems to be working.