Rubbish emails keep coming-help

[Guest]

Since this morning I keep getting emails which I keep blocking but they keep
on coming even after blocking them with Spamfighter, which I pay for. I
first got 351 emails then 112 and everytime I press receive to get my post.
I am busy running spyware ect but why am I getting them and how can I stop
them? Why have I started getting them? Any help would be great. I will run
windows defender now and see what happens. I have XP SP2 if that is any
help, waiting for your reply.

 

[BillW50]

Since this morning I keep getting emails which I keep blocking but
they keep on coming even after blocking them with Spamfighter, which
I pay for. I first got 351 emails then 112 and everytime I press
receive to get my post. I am busy running spyware ect but why am I
getting them and how can I stop them? Why have I started getting
them? Any help would be great. I will run windows defender now and
see what happens. I have XP SP2 if that is any help, waiting for
your reply.

Well just a possibility here that you have used your real email address
and the spammers harvest email addresses from these newsgroups.

 

[Guest]

I don't know much about that but how do I correct it please? I thought nobody
gets your email address as it goes through the sites email address! I must
have got that wrong but these emails started this morning and I have not been
here for quite awhile. Any help would be great, Thank you..........

 

[BillW50]

in message

I don't know much about that but how do I correct it please? I
thought nobody gets your email address as it goes through the sites
email address! I must have got that wrong but these emails started
this morning and I have not been here for quite awhile. Any help
would be great, Thank you..........

Not much you do do about it now. The spammers already have your email
address.

 

[mike]

Why have I started getting them?

Any help would be great. I will run windows defender now and see what
happens. I have XP SP2 if that is any help, waiting for your reply.

If you're with the same ISP as me (Plusnet), they've let all the email
addresses out through some ginormous cokup.

AFAICS the only answer is to change your ISP, as once the spammers have
your address they sell it to each other.

I've actually been offered umpteen gazillion live addresses, no doubt I was
among them.

Then I changed ISPs to get broadband, and had no more trouble...

....until now :-((

Anyone know a good British provider?

mike

 

[Alias]

Since this morning I keep getting emails which I keep blocking but they keep
on coming even after blocking them with Spamfighter, which I pay for. I
first got 351 emails then 112 and everytime I press receive to get my post.
I am busy running spyware ect but why am I getting them and how can I stop
them? Why have I started getting them? Any help would be great. I will run
windows defender now and see what happens. I have XP SP2 if that is any
help, waiting for your reply.

I find that Thunderbird works better for filtering spam than Spamfighter
and it's free. Get it at http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird.

Alias

 

[HeyBub]

Since this morning I keep getting emails which I keep blocking but
they keep on coming even after blocking them with Spamfighter, which
I pay for. I first got 351 emails then 112 and everytime I press
receive to get my post. I am busy running spyware ect but why am I
getting them and how can I stop them? Why have I started getting
them? Any help would be great. I will run windows defender now and
see what happens. I have XP SP2 if that is any help, waiting for
your reply.

The only way proven to work is to kill the spammer. Then embalm, cremate,
and scatter the ashes. Take no chances.

 

[Slap]

The only way proven to work is to kill the spammer. Then embalm, cremate,
and scatter the ashes. Take no chances.

Would be nice if you could find them. I once got several a week for about a
week. Enough of that I changed my address. How the OP puts up with over a
hundred is beyond me.

 

[Daave]

in message


Not much you do do about it now. The spammers already have your email
address.

That may be the case, but not because of posting to this newsgroup,
presumably using the Web interface.

 

[Daave]

Since this morning I keep getting emails which I keep blocking but
they keep on coming even after blocking them with Spamfighter, which
I pay for. I first got 351 emails then 112 and everytime I press
receive to get my post. I am busy running spyware ect but why am I
getting them and how can I stop them? Why have I started getting
them? Any help would be great. I will run windows defender now and
see what happens. I have XP SP2 if that is any help, waiting for
your reply.

Spamfighter is supposed to be free for non-commercial use. In what
capacity are you using it? Have you contacted them? See:

http://www.spamfighter.com/FAQ_Default.asp

 

[Guest]

How do you kill them? Or find them?

The only way proven to work is to kill the spammer. Then embalm, cremate,
and scatter the ashes. Take no chances.

 

[Bob I]

The only way proven to work is to kill the spammer. Then embalm, cremate,
and scatter the ashes. Take no chances.

That method would cost too much, I favor tossing them over the tiger
fence at the zoo.

 

[Daave]

GLO, I placed your quote below, so the flow is logical.

How do you kill them? Or find them?

http://www.spamhaus.org/Rokso/

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Since this morning I keep getting emails which I keep blocking but they keep
on coming even after blocking them with Spamfighter, which I pay for. I
first got 351 emails then 112 and everytime I press receive to get my post.
I am busy running spyware ect but why am I getting them and how can I stop
them? Why have I started getting them? Any help would be great. I will run
windows defender now and see what happens. I have XP SP2 if that is any
help, waiting for your reply.

While it's not possible to completely eliminate spam (unsolicited
commercial email), there are some precautions and steps you can take to
minimize it's impact:

1) Never, ever post your real email address to publicly accessible
forums or newsgroups, such as this one. For years now, spammers have
been using software utilities to scan such places to harvest email
addresses. It's a simple matter to disguise your posted email address
so that these software "bots" can't obtain anything useful. For
example, insert some obviously bogus characters or words into your reply
address, for example: "(e-mail address removed)."

2) Never, ever reply to any spam you receive, even to "unsubscribe" or
"remove" yourself from the spammers' address lists; you'll only compound
the problem. If spammers had any intention of honoring the your desire
not to receive spam, they wouldn't have become spammers in the first
place. When you reply to a spammer, all you're doing is confirming that
he/she has a valid, marketable email address.

3) Be especially leery of any offers from websites for free software,
services, information, etc, that require your email address, or that
require your email address so you can "login" to access the offered
service and/or information. Many such sites are supplementing their
income by collecting addresses to sell to the spammers. For instance,
subscribing to CNN.COM's Breaking News Service will garner you a lot of
additional spam. (Of course, not all such sites have under-handed
motives; it's a judgment call. If the offer seems "too good to be
true," it's most likely a scam.)

4) DO forward any and all spam, with complete headers, to the
originating ISP with a complaint. Not all ISPs will make an effort to
shut down the spammers, but many will. One tool that makes forwarding
such complaints fairly simple is SpamCop (http://spamcop.net).

4) Another useful tool is MailWasher (http://www.mailwasher.net). This
utility allows you to preview your email before downloading it from the
server. Spammers can even be blacklisted, so that any future emails
from them will be automatically deleted from the server.

5) Within Outlook Express, add any spammers to your Blocked Senders
list, so the their messages are automatically deleted from the server
without being downloaded to your PC.


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Bruce Chambers

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[Nightowl]

Anyone know a good British provider?

Zen

 

[Galen Somerville]

While it's not possible to completely eliminate spam (unsolicited
commercial email), there are some precautions and steps you can take to
minimize it's impact:

1) Never, ever post your real email address to publicly accessible forums
or newsgroups, such as this one. For years now, spammers have been using
software utilities to scan such places to harvest email addresses. It's a
simple matter to disguise your posted email address so that these software
"bots" can't obtain anything useful. For example, insert some obviously
bogus characters or words into your reply address, for example:
"(e-mail address removed)."

2) Never, ever reply to any spam you receive, even to "unsubscribe" or
"remove" yourself from the spammers' address lists; you'll only compound
the problem. If spammers had any intention of honoring the your desire
not to receive spam, they wouldn't have become spammers in the first
place. When you reply to a spammer, all you're doing is confirming that
he/she has a valid, marketable email address.

3) Be especially leery of any offers from websites for free software,
services, information, etc, that require your email address, or that
require your email address so you can "login" to access the offered
service and/or information. Many such sites are supplementing their
income by collecting addresses to sell to the spammers. For instance,
subscribing to CNN.COM's Breaking News Service will garner you a lot of
additional spam. (Of course, not all such sites have under-handed
motives; it's a judgment call. If the offer seems "too good to be true,"
it's most likely a scam.)

4) DO forward any and all spam, with complete headers, to the originating
ISP with a complaint. Not all ISPs will make an effort to shut down the
spammers, but many will. One tool that makes forwarding such complaints
fairly simple is SpamCop (http://spamcop.net).

4) Another useful tool is MailWasher (http://www.mailwasher.net). This
utility allows you to preview your email before downloading it from the
server. Spammers can even be blacklisted, so that any future emails from
them will be automatically deleted from the server.

5) Within Outlook Express, add any spammers to your Blocked Senders list,
so the their messages are automatically deleted from the server without
being downloaded to your PC.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand
Russell

I would add to your list, Cookies. I use CookiePal. As I surf the internet I
generally answer no to any and all cookies.

Many users don't even realize the hundreds of bad cookies that are sitting
in their computer.

Galen

 

[mike]

4) Another useful tool is MailWasher (http://www.mailwasher.net).
This utility allows you to preview your email before downloading it
from the server. Spammers can even be blacklisted, so that any future
emails from them will be automatically deleted from the server.

I used to use Mailwasher when it was free, now I use Poptray, which I
heartily recommend; but unfortunately the spammers that plusnet have let in
morph their addresses and domains each time, and can't be caught by rukes,
although you can get somewhere with subject lines, but it's hard going.

I wish I knew a better way....

mike

 

[mike]

Zen

Thanks, N/O; I'll have a look if plusnet can't fix it; (and they seem to
think that the addresses are, indeed out there forever :-(

mike

 

[Elmo]

Since this morning I keep getting emails which I keep blocking but they keep
on coming even after blocking them with Spamfighter, which I pay for. I
first got 351 emails then 112 and everytime I press receive to get my post.
I am busy running spyware ect but why am I getting them and how can I stop
them? Why have I started getting them? Any help would be great. I will run
windows defender now and see what happens. I have XP SP2 if that is any
help, waiting for your reply.

Stop SPAM and other malware! Create two mail rules in OE.

_First rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "Where the from line
contains people", click "contains people", click Address Book, click
the first name, shift-click the last, click "From" button, click OK.

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Stop processing more
rules". This will let everyone in your address book fall through to
your Inbox.

C. Name the rule "Pass".

_Second rule:_

A. In "Select the conditions for your rule" click "For all messages"

B. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Delete it".

C. Name the rule "Delete".

This deletes the unwanted emails to the Deleted Items folder; it doesn't
permanently delete anything. You might want to set OE to delete the
Deleted Items folder every time you close OE, but one disadvantage: You
could have to close OE in a hurry sometimes before you have a chance to
check for missed messages.

Advantages:

1. No SPAM or other malware! No amount of filtering by sender or
subject matter will prevent spammers; they use a different subject and
address every few days. But this setup prevents ALL SPAM from
fictitious addresses.

2. Few Viruses! Only viruses from those who have your email address in
their address book.

3. The biggest advantage, after checking through subject lines in the
Deleted Items folder, you can delete all the spam, etc. without viewing
them. Right-click "Deleted Items", click "Empty Deleted Items folder".
This way, short of viewing the first email in the list, no other email
is actually opened.

Disadvantages:

1. You'll have to look in the Deleted Items folder for blocked email. If
you find a mail you actually want, just drag it into the Inbox till you
add that address to the Pass filter.

2. To add addresses to the filter, you'll have to edit it, click
"contains people", click "Address Book" again, and add any new
addresses. That can be an occasional nuisance, but otherwise you'll be
creating many mail rules for SPAM.

You can create a SPAM folder and send the blocked emails there, rather
than select the "Delete it" option. Occasionally look in the folder for
missed mails, then delete the remainder to the "Deleted Items" folder.
(Press Shift/Delete to bypass the Deleted Items folder.)

 

[Guest]

Hi
Trying to follow your advice which seems a good idea even though I have
Spamfighter which I pay for. I can follow up to click first name and last in
address book to high lite then click ok but then it puts me back to press
contacts again to go to the address book part. So I left that and did the
next part, so now I am not sure what needs repeating, any help would be
great, Thank you. At least you have gave me something that sounds that it
might work.