Email Rule Question

[Ralph Page]

I use Outlook 2002 SP with XP.
I recently began to get lots of spam to (random letters)@ralph page
dot com.
All of my legit email correspondence is sent to either ralph@... or
RP@... so I would like to initiate a rule that only allows email to
those two addresses to be kept.

Is there a technique for this type of rule?

Thanks

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I use Outlook 2002 SP with XP.
I recently began to get lots of spam to (random letters)@ralph page
dot com.
All of my legit email correspondence is sent to either ralph@... or
RP@... so I would like to initiate a rule that only allows email to
those two addresses to be kept.

Is there a technique for this type of rule?

Thanks

Do you have a "wildcard" mail account set up with your mail host? If so,
change it to have only the addresses / aliases you wish.

If the above isn't the case, the most likely cause of this is that the
spammer bcc'd you. You can't stop BCC (nor should you wish to), but you
might look into antispam software beyond Outlook's somewhat rudimentary
capabilities. It's nicer if this stuff is stopped by software running on
your mail server, but you may not have control over that.

 

[Ralph Page]

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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Do you have a "wildcard" mail account set up with your mail host? If
so, change it to have only the addresses / aliases you wish.

Unfortunately, no. Anything to my domain gets through.
They have Spam Assasin which does a pretty good job on everything but
this recent rash of legit looking bounce messages (from Postmaster or
MAILER-DAEMON.)

I use Outlook for some of them based on looking for Postmaster but
many of them append their domain, typically MAILER-DAEMON@... for
example, and I found that Outlook appears to only find the whole
words.

I am looking into switching web hosts.

If the above isn't the case, the most likely cause of this is that
the spammer bcc'd you. You can't stop BCC (nor should you wish to),
but you might look into antispam software beyond Outlook's somewhat
rudimentary capabilities. It's nicer if this stuff is stopped by
software running on your mail server, but you may not have control
over that.

Thanks for the help, I will look for some more sophisticated anti-sapm
software or just switch to a web host that offers more complete mail
support.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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Do you have a "wildcard" mail account set up with your mail host? If
so, change it to have only the addresses / aliases you wish.

Unfortunately, no. Anything to my domain gets through.

You're going to have a hard time with this, then. I really don't recommend
it. Why can't you have the host set up email addresses/aliases/forwards for
all the accounts you need to use?

They have Spam Assasin which does a pretty good job on everything but
this recent rash of legit looking bounce messages (from Postmaster or
MAILER-DAEMON.)

They are legit bounces. To spam, which you didn't send. But that's not the
recipient's mail server's fault - although I do think in this day and age
it's probably a good idea for everyone to disable NDRs in the first place as
they've been used so much for evil.

I use Outlook for some of them based on looking for Postmaster but
many of them append their domain, typically MAILER-DAEMON@... f
example, and I found that Outlook appears to only find the whole
words.

I am looking into switching web hosts.


Thanks for the help, I will look for some more sophisticated anti-sapm
software or just switch to a web host that offers more complete mail
support.

Postini, or something, might help. But your wildcard is always going to be a
problem. Anyone can spoof the sender - and in your case, the sender could be
*anything*@yourdomain.com and *you* will get the NDR.

 

[Ralph Page]

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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message news:[email protected]...

In Ralph Page <[email protected]> typed:
I use Outlook 2002 SP with XP.

Unfortunately, no. Anything to my domain gets through.

You're going to have a hard time with this, then. I really don't
recommend it. Why can't you have the host set up email
addresses/aliases/forwards for all the accounts you need to use?

Well, it turns out the only reason was my own ignorance of the
process. I figured out how to do it today and I am all set with an
easy way to separate the email once I download it into Outlook.

Thanks again for the help, I am sorry I wasted your time.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
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message In Ralph Page <[email protected]> typed:
I use Outlook 2002 SP with XP.

Unfortunately, no. Anything to my domain gets through.

You're going to have a hard time with this, then. I really don't
recommend it. Why can't you have the host set up email
addresses/aliases/forwards for all the accounts you need to use?

Well, it turns out the only reason was my own ignorance of the
process. I figured out how to do it today and I am all set with an
easy way to separate the email once I download it into Outlook.

Thanks again for the help, I am sorry I wasted your time.

No, no waste of time here at all. Glad you've got it working.