Simple Question and hopefully a simple answer re- spam

[News]

Hi,
I would like to ask a simple question to anybody.

What is the the simplest solution to spam? I have an internet website and
within days I just see to end up on the worlds biggest spam lists.

Spam solutions seem to invariably end up with false positives, meaning I can
loose client emails.

The spam facilities in outlook only deal with the problem they dont actually
stop you getting it.

What about the solution of using one of those systems where an individual
person has to reply manually if the email address is unknown? Do any
business users use this method?

 

[DL]

Personally my Domain hosting service has anti spam facilities, I suffer very
few false positives, and very few slip through. - at one time I was
receiving some 1k spam /day, less than 40 got through to OL, most of which
were taken care of by my sys anti spam. I log on to email via web access a
couple of times a day to check the spam folder, and if neccessary adjust the
rules to allow specific msgs through.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I use a challenge/response service on some of my accounts. It definitely keeps the riffraff out. But I wouldn't use it for my main email address -- too big a risk of something important not getting through.

I find that Outlook 2003's antispam feature works very well. I very rarely get false positives.

 

[News]

Personally my Domain hosting service has anti spam facilities, I suffer
very
few false positives, and very few slip through. - at one time I was
receiving some 1k spam /day, less than 40 got through to OL, most of which
were taken care of by my sys anti spam. I log on to email via web access a
couple of times a day to check the spam folder, and if neccessary adjust
the
rules to allow specific msgs through.

Do you mean 1,000 emails of spam per day? Thats really really impressive, I
would like a system that would just bounce them,
then perhaps you would not end up on the spam lists.

 

[News]

I use a challenge/response service on some of my accounts. It definitely
keeps the riffraff out. But I wouldn't use it for my main email address --
too big a risk of something important not getting through.

I find that Outlook 2003's antispam feature works very well. I very rarely
get false positives.


Hi Sue
That is my only concern! Would it stop people sending important email? Seems
its true.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

An important consideration is how often the "important" mail comes from people you don't know. Since Outlook can consider everyone in your Contacts folder as a "safe" sender, if important mail from strangers is rare, you're never likely to miss it.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[News]

An important consideration is how often the "important" mail comes from
people you don't know. Since Outlook can consider everyone in your Contacts
folder as a "safe" sender, if important mail from strangers is rare, you're
never likely to miss it.

Hi Sue
I was really considering the systems that use the system where the sender
has to reply again before their mail gets through.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

That's what a challenge/response system is, the one I mentioned earlier. You usually have it set up so it passes people you already know.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Because so many spams are sent from fake addresses; you'll just make the
problem worse and add to the problem..

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)



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[Brian Tillman]

Hi,
I would like to ask a simple question to anybody.

What is the the simplest solution to spam?

The simplest solution is to not have an email address.

I have an internet website
and within days I just see to end up on the worlds biggest spam lists.

Is your email address on that web page? If so, you invited the SPAMmers in.
The only address you should ever put on a web page is one that is readable
by a human but not by a robot. For example, you can display the address as
a GIF, which a robot can't tell is an address.

Spam solutions seem to invariably end up with false positives,
meaning I can loose client emails.

I have rarely seen false positives with a properly trained baysian filter.

The spam facilities in outlook only deal with the problem they dont
actually stop you getting it.

Well, they can, if you elect to delete the messages instead of moving them
to the Junk E-mail folder.

What about the solution of using one of those systems where an
individual person has to reply manually if the email address is
unknown? Do any business users use this method?

There is at least one business I know, LJK Software, that employs Spamcop.