How to bounce spam email

[Guest]

I keep receiving spam email from different spam ISP's with the same subject.
I have put in a rule to delete the automatically, however I want to make my
address seem as though it doesn't exist, and hence bounce back the email so
that the address appears as a dead end in an attempt to stop the spam. Any
suggestions? Windows Outlook 2002 (XP). Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You shouldn't be doing this. This will cause even more unneeded traffic. In
many cases the return addresses are non-existent or spoofed so you are
disturbing someone who didn't even send you the e-mail. If you don't want a
certain e-mail just delete it or use a filter. The proper way to report spam
is to look at the header of the message and lookup the domainname and/or
IP-address. Then report the abuse to the owner of this domain/subnet. Note
that even this can be spoofed.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

 

[Guest]

Is there a way to create a rule to block the ip that appears to be sending
all this junk?

You shouldn't be doing this. This will cause even more unneeded traffic. In
many cases the return addresses are non-existent or spoofed so you are
disturbing someone who didn't even send you the e-mail. If you don't want a
certain e-mail just delete it or use a filter. The proper way to report spam
is to look at the header of the message and lookup the domainname and/or
IP-address. Then report the abuse to the owner of this domain/subnet. Note
that even this can be spoofed.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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I keep receiving spam email from different spam ISP's with the same
subject.
I have put in a rule to delete the automatically, however I want to make
my
address seem as though it doesn't exist, and hence bounce back the email
so
that the address appears as a dead end in an attempt to stop the spam. Any
suggestions? Windows Outlook 2002 (XP). Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

Is there a way to create a rule to block the ip that appears to be
sending all this junk?

No, because Outlook is getting mail from your mail server, and your mail
server is receiving the message from the IP in question. Plus, blocking IPs
is not a useful method for getting rid of spam.

See if your ISP has any spam filtering capabilities or get some better spam
blocking software - google for SpamBayes.

You shouldn't be doing this. This will cause even more unneeded
traffic. In many cases the return addresses are non-existent or
spoofed so you are disturbing someone who didn't even send you the
e-mail. If you don't want a certain e-mail just delete it or use a
filter. The proper way to report spam is to look at the header of
the message and lookup the domainname and/or IP-address. Then report
the abuse to the owner of this domain/subnet. Note that even this
can be spoofed.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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I keep receiving spam email from different spam ISP's with the same
subject.
I have put in a rule to delete the automatically, however I want to
make my
address seem as though it doesn't exist, and hence bounce back the
email so
that the address appears as a dead end in an attempt to stop the
spam. Any suggestions? Windows Outlook 2002 (XP). Thanks in advance
for any help.

 

[Guest]

I don't see why Microsoft cannot create a tab in Outlook to Block IP
addresses just like block senders email addresses or domains. Problem is
spammers create fictitious email address from various free ISPs and launch a
daily attack worldwide. One good way is to stop the originating IP which is
fixed to the individual computer - we are not talking about blocking
particular domain IP unless that itself is a major spam generating problem.

Raj

In

Is there a way to create a rule to block the ip that appears to be
sending all this junk?

No, because Outlook is getting mail from your mail server, and your mail
server is receiving the message from the IP in question. Plus, blocking IPs
is not a useful method for getting rid of spam.

See if your ISP has any spam filtering capabilities or get some better spam
blocking software - google for SpamBayes.

You shouldn't be doing this. This will cause even more unneeded
traffic. In many cases the return addresses are non-existent or
spoofed so you are disturbing someone who didn't even send you the
e-mail. If you don't want a certain e-mail just delete it or use a
filter. The proper way to report spam is to look at the header of
the message and lookup the domainname and/or IP-address. Then report
the abuse to the owner of this domain/subnet. Note that even this
can be spoofed.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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I keep receiving spam email from different spam ISP's with the same
subject.
I have put in a rule to delete the automatically, however I want to
make my
address seem as though it doesn't exist, and hence bounce back the
email so
that the address appears as a dead end in an attempt to stop the
spam. Any suggestions? Windows Outlook 2002 (XP). Thanks in advance
for any help.

 

[Pat Willener]

And you would like to block them manually...? How many people would to
maintain to maintain such a block list?

Fortunately there are already several such blocklists available, updated
daily. Check out http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml and other blocklists.

I don't see why Microsoft cannot create a tab in Outlook to Block IP
addresses just like block senders email addresses or domains. Problem is
spammers create fictitious email address from various free ISPs and launch a
daily attack worldwide. One good way is to stop the originating IP which is
fixed to the individual computer - we are not talking about blocking
particular domain IP unless that itself is a major spam generating problem.

Raj

In

Is there a way to create a rule to block the ip that appears to be
sending all this junk?

No, because Outlook is getting mail from your mail server, and your mail
server is receiving the message from the IP in question. Plus, blocking IPs
is not a useful method for getting rid of spam.

See if your ISP has any spam filtering capabilities or get some better spam
blocking software - google for SpamBayes.

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You shouldn't be doing this. This will cause even more unneeded
traffic. In many cases the return addresses are non-existent or
spoofed so you are disturbing someone who didn't even send you the
e-mail. If you don't want a certain e-mail just delete it or use a
filter. The proper way to report spam is to look at the header of
the message and lookup the domainname and/or IP-address. Then report
the abuse to the owner of this domain/subnet. Note that even this
can be spoofed.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within
Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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I keep receiving spam email from different spam ISP's with the same
subject.
I have put in a rule to delete the automatically, however I want to
make my
address seem as though it doesn't exist, and hence bounce back the
email so
that the address appears as a dead end in an attempt to stop the
spam. Any suggestions? Windows Outlook 2002 (XP). Thanks in advance
for any help.