SMART SPAM

[Mickey Mouse]

Until now I've been reading but not answering my spam mail.
I do this to locate key words or phrases that I can use to create a rule
within outlook express. Can't keep blocking sender because it's always a
different address.
Spam is now coming as a graphic. That is, spam is typed at the source
(sender) and then converted to a graphic before sending. This appears to
overcome the message rule blocking in outlook express.

Anyone experience this yet and is there a way to overcome it?

Mickey

 

[Leythos]

Until now I've been reading but not answering my spam mail.
I do this to locate key words or phrases that I can use to create a rule
within outlook express. Can't keep blocking sender because it's always a
different address.
Spam is now coming as a graphic. That is, spam is typed at the source
(sender) and then converted to a graphic before sending. This appears to
overcome the message rule blocking in outlook express.

Anyone experience this yet and is there a way to overcome it?

It's been happening for years, and you can inspect messages for the
source, select "View Source" on one of the messages and look at the
actual HTML code of the message, then create rules based on that.

In reality, there is little you are going to be able to do about it
unless you subscribe to some proactive scanning service or install
something on your machine (like Junk E-Mail filter).

 

[Mickey Mouse]

Thanks for the reply Leythos
Since posting my original message I have found and registered to a
government site here in Australia. It's called 'Spam Matters'. When I get
spam in the future I just forward it to the government servers and they'll
investigate it. Unsolicited spam is taken seriously here and is illegal.

Mickey

 

[Leythos]

Thanks for the reply Leythos
Since posting my original message I have found and registered to a
government site here in Australia. It's called 'Spam Matters'. When I get
spam in the future I just forward it to the government servers and they'll
investigate it. Unsolicited spam is taken seriously here and is illegal.

I hate to tell you this, but it's not going to change anything, as I
said, it's been going on for years and I've not seen spam slow any.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

I hate to tell you this, but it's not going to change anything, as I
said, it's been going on for years and I've not seen spam slow any.

I concur!

Sites like the one mentioned are nothing more than a venue to make the user
think they have done something.

In truth, most spammers originate from locals where they cannot be touched
by the laws of the US, Australia or Great Britain.

It is better to use a client that supports filtering and not have to deal
with it in the first place.

Bobby

 

[Joe Wright]

Until now I've been reading but not answering my spam mail.
I do this to locate key words or phrases that I can use to create a
rule within outlook express. Can't keep blocking sender because it's
always a different address.
Spam is now coming as a graphic. That is, spam is typed at the source
(sender) and then converted to a graphic before sending. This appears
to overcome the message rule blocking in outlook express.

Anyone experience this yet and is there a way to overcome it?

Mickey

Stop SPAM! 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".

You might want to set OE to delete the Deleted Items folder every time
you close OE. One disadvantage: You might have to close OE in a hurry
sometimes before you have a chance to check for missed messages.

Advantages:

1. No SPAM! No amount of filtering by sender or subject matter will
prevent spammers; they use a different subject and address ever few days.

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

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.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Until now I've been reading but not answering my spam mail.
I do this to locate key words or phrases that I can use to create a
rule within outlook express. Can't keep blocking sender because it's
always a different address.
Spam is now coming as a graphic. That is, spam is typed at the source
(sender) and then converted to a graphic before sending. This appears
to overcome the message rule blocking in outlook express.

Anyone experience this yet and is there a way to overcome it?

Mickey

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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[axm]

Dear Mickey,
I use gmail account, and it filters out spam e-mails quite well, even
those with graphics.
I suggest you also switch to gmail account. You could ask someone for
an invitation. In case you need invitation from me, please write to
(e-mail address removed).
Probably disneyland.com does not have the required filters working....
Regards