Spam blocker

[Bub]

Is there a spam blocker for Outlook express? I'm sick of all the spam coming
in but really like the simplicity of OE.
Thanks

 

[Tim Slattery]

Is there a spam blocker for Outlook express? I'm sick of all the spam coming
in but really like the simplicity of OE.

Switch to Pegasus Mail (www.pmail.com). Full-featured, free, includes
Baysian filtering to get rid of spam.

 

[Malke]

Is there a spam blocker for Outlook express? I'm sick of all the spam
coming in but really like the simplicity of OE.
Thanks

There might be third-party add-ins (I don't know and the best place to
ask this would be in an OE newsgroup), but there is nothing beyond the
rather primitive Message Rules built into the application.

Thunderbird is also very simple to use and has an excellent Junk Mail
filter that learns as it goes.

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Malke

 

[Joe]

Is there a spam blocker for Outlook express? I'm sick of all the spam coming
in but really like the simplicity of OE.
Thanks

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 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.

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.

 

[Alias~-]

Switch to Pegasus Mail (www.pmail.com). Full-featured, free, includes
Baysian filtering to get rid of spam.

Does it allow for multiple signatures like OE or is it one sig per email
account?

Is back up simple?

Alias

 

[Ayush]

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: Bub wrote:
: > Is there a spam blocker for Outlook express? I'm sick of all the spam coming
: > in but really like the simplicity of OE.
: > Thanks
:
: 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.
:



1. 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 > Click
Options > Select "Does not contain people" > OK>OK

2. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Delete the message from the server"
or "Don't download the message". This will avoid messages from anyone that is not in
your address book.


This way you don't have to create the second rule...

 

[Tim Slattery]

Does it allow for multiple signatures like OE or is it one sig per email
account?

I'm not familiar with OE, so I don't know exactly what you're talking
about. Pegasus lets you define multiple signatures. One of those can
be associated with an identity. When you create a new message, the sig
associated with the current identity will be used unless you select a
different one using a dropdown in the New Message window.

Is back up simple?

Just copy the directory. Nothing simpler.

 

[Alias~-]

I'm not familiar with OE, so I don't know exactly what you're talking
about. Pegasus lets you define multiple signatures. One of those can
be associated with an identity. When you create a new message, the sig
associated with the current identity will be used unless you select a
different one using a dropdown in the New Message window.

That's what I meant. Does it spell check as you write?

Just copy the directory. Nothing simpler.

I'll give it a whirl, considering that OE's days are numbered.

Alias

 

[Tim Slattery]

That's what I meant. Does it spell check as you write?

Not as you write. It can be configured (I think it's set by default)
to check spelling when you send the letter.

 

[Joe]

Replied To {REPLY BELOW}:
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: Bub wrote:
: > Is there a spam blocker for Outlook express? I'm sick of all the spam coming
: > in but really like the simplicity of OE.
: > Thanks
:
: 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.
:



1. 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 > Click
Options > Select "Does not contain people" > OK>OK

2. In "Select the actions for your rule", click "Delete the message from the server"
or "Don't download the message". This will avoid messages from anyone that is not in
your address book.


This way you don't have to create the second rule...

Yes, but you never see the message from anyone you may have missed..
It's even worse than what I actually do. I have Mailblock through my
isp. After about 140 Accept arguments, I have an asterisk and it causes
all other posts to be deleted. I get a daily report with just the
sender information, not even a subject line. At least I can see who
attempted to email me..

 

[Alias~-]

Not as you write. It can be configured (I think it's set by default)
to check spelling when you send the letter.

I'm fooling around with it now. A bit different than OE or Thunderbird
.... how do you toggle between having a preview pane and not having one?

Alias

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Is there a spam blocker for Outlook express? I'm sick of all the spam coming
in but really like the simplicity of OE.
Thanks

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

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[Joe]

I'm fooling around with it now. A bit different than OE or Thunderbird
... how do you toggle between having a preview pane and not having one?

Alias

You have to click View, Layout, and deselect the Preview pane. If
there's a shortcut, I haven't seen it.

 

[Alias~-]

You have to click View, Layout, and deselect the Preview pane. If
there's a shortcut, I haven't seen it.

I didn't see any View in Pegasus.

Alias

 

[Tim Slattery]

I'm fooling around with it now. A bit different than OE or Thunderbird
... how do you toggle between having a preview pane and not having one?

There's a button on the Folder window's toolbar. If a preview pane is
showing it's labeled "List". When the preview pane is hidden it's
labeled "Preview".

You might want to check the www.pmail.com website for information on
subscribing to the PM-WIN mailing list. There are many Pegasus experts
there, who know much more about the program than I do. There is also
the Usenet group comp.mail.pegasus-mail.ms-windows.

 

[Alias~-]

There's a button on the Folder window's toolbar. If a preview pane is
showing it's labeled "List". When the preview pane is hidden it's
labeled "Preview".

You might want to check the www.pmail.com website for information on
subscribing to the PM-WIN mailing list. There are many Pegasus experts
there, who know much more about the program than I do. There is also
the Usenet group comp.mail.pegasus-mail.ms-windows.

Thanks,

Alias

 

[FeMaster]

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.

This would be a great idea, if it weren't for the fact that a spammer never
uses the same "from" address twice... I tried this once... After I had a
list that was probably near 300 or 400 "blocked users," with no relief in
site, I gave in, cleared it out, and found another method to deal with the
junk.