How do I get rid of spam e-mails from random unsolicited sources?

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I am repeatedly receiving unsolicited pharmaceutical, mortgage and desparate
housewife e-mails from unknown sources. Is there a way to have them blocked
without having to enter each name? I am an Outlook user
 
khannifo said:
I am repeatedly receiving unsolicited pharmaceutical, mortgage and
desparate
housewife e-mails from unknown sources. Is there a way to have them
blocked
without having to enter each name? I am an Outlook user
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Use anti-spam software. SpamPal (www.spampal.org) is very good and
better than many commercial products, has lots of plug-ins to let you
tailor detection methods, and is all freeware. It runs as a local proxy
to which any POP3-compliant e-mail client can connect.
 
khannifo said:
I am repeatedly receiving unsolicited pharmaceutical, mortgage and
desparate housewife e-mails from unknown sources. Is there a way to
have them blocked without having to enter each name? I am an Outlook
user
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Nothing you can install in Outlook will "block" - it can act only after the
mail is received by Outlook. But antispam software can help a lot....in
addition to Vanguard's suggestion, you might want to google for SpamBayes.
Free, and works.

Note - if you aren't using OL2003, be careful about using the preview pane
or opening the mail as you may inadvertently be sending a verification of
'mail has been read' to the spammer. OL2003 doesn't download HTML images by
default.
 
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