How to identify source of spam email?

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I got only one kind of spam in my hotmail account, it's either viagra or
male organ enhancement, every day, I think they are come from one source.
How do I block this? I see a lot of words when email header is display in
full, but which is the source? thanks for your help.
 
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/spam/index.html
might help you. Larry

On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 16:59:42 GMT, "b1zgrz55"

|I got only one kind of spam in my hotmail account, it's either viagra or
|male organ enhancement, every day, I think they are come from one source.
|How do I block this? I see a lot of words when email header is display in
|full, but which is the source? thanks for your help.
|


Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded to. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm
 
That MIGHT help if he had a Yahoo account....

Open one of the messages in hotmail and click the BLOCK
button. It's right next to the reply button I think... i
could be way off, but that would block that one address.
If it's a spammer, it'll look to be coming from 30
different addresses each day, and you won't be able to
block them all.

My hotmail account has the security on High, which I set
in the options also, I get about 200 junk emails a day
that I don't see because they aren't transferred to my
inbox.

Good luck.
 
Yea I looked at title 'How to identify source of spam
email?' & Yahoo articles will eventually tell you how
to find who sent email- essentually a trace.

Alas the body of post implies he just wants to block
sender. When I had Hotmail, I had it set so only ppl in
address book went to Inbox. Hotmail had lots of trouble
with spammers. Of course, if u fill out a TS form, u
dont know where response will come from so u gotta look
in spam anyway for their response.

Foolproof way that also identifies who gave ur addy out
is disposable addys. Here u would know me as
(e-mail address removed) , poster would know me as (e-mail address removed) but
all r forwarded to (e-mail address removed). If I get spam coming
to (e-mail address removed) , I know its source was u and I
shutdown (e-mail address removed) >> no more spam.

Drawbacks- sending initial email can be tricky, can
cost $35/yr, harder both technically &
organizationally.

I get no spam & even my mother doesnt know my real
addy!


On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 11:00:41 -0700, "Andrew"

|That MIGHT help if he had a Yahoo account....
|
|Open one of the messages in hotmail and click the BLOCK
|button. It's right next to the reply button I think... i
|could be way off, but that would block that one address.
|If it's a spammer, it'll look to be coming from 30
|different addresses each day, and you won't be able to
|block them all.
|
|My hotmail account has the security on High, which I set
|in the options also, I get about 200 junk emails a day
|that I don't see because they aren't transferred to my
|inbox.
|
|Good luck.
|
|>-----Original Message-----
|>http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/spam/index.html
|>might help you. Larry
|>
|>On Fri, 05 Sep 2003 16:59:42 GMT, "b1zgrz55"
|>
|>|I got only one kind of spam in my hotmail account, it's
|either viagra or
|>|male organ enhancement, every day, I think they are come
|from one source.
|>|How do I block this? I see a lot of words when email
|header is display in
|>|full, but which is the source? thanks for your help.
|>|
|>
|>
|>Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for
|all
|>the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so
|it
|>may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking &
|criticism
|>of anything but content will NOT be responded to. Those
|>posters should spend their time taking the test @
|>http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm
|>.
|>


Any advice given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS. Personal attacks, nitpicking & criticism
of anything but content will NOT be responded to. Those
posters should spend their time taking the test @
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/ocdtrt1.htm
 
I got only one kind of spam in my hotmail account, it's either viagra or
male organ enhancement, every day, I think they are come from one source.
How do I block this? I see a lot of words when email header is display in
full, but which is the source? thanks for your help.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
" OE". after blocking sender in "message rules"
---" specific words" can also be blocked. e.g. marzipan!
--(go "tools"----------"message rules"-------" mail"--------"new"
 

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