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i keep getting these email with this in the subject line

donny wrote....

or what name is used for the sender.

Some days I spend 10 mins sending to junk but they keep coming. There has to
be a way to stop this spam.

Wondering what users in here recommend.
 
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i keep getting these email with this in the subject line

donny wrote....

or what name is used for the sender.

Some days I spend 10 mins sending to junk but they keep coming. There has
to
be a way to stop this spam.

Wondering what users in here recommend.
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Filters, filters, and more filters... I like to adjust them server side so
that they never reach the email client.

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i keep getting these email with this in the subject line

donny wrote....

or what name is used for the sender.

Some days I spend 10 mins sending to junk but they keep coming. There has to
be a way to stop this spam.

Wondering what users in here recommend.
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Get an ISP or mail host that provides spam and virus filtering.
 
this is not practicale. I want a spam filter i can manage right here. So what
is popular>?
 
Spam is a thorn in alot of people's sides.
For the average user there is little you can do, some software is out there,
but client side I've never heard anything good.
For some of my clients I've setup a Spam Filtering Server that filters all
of their email for viruses and spam, before it even get's to their mail
server.
It's quite complicated to setup so it's not an option for everyone.
What is your email domain name? Some ISPs do have the filtering service,
but you have to opt-in yourself.

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i keep getting these email with this in the subject line

donny wrote....

or what name is used for the sender.

Some days I spend 10 mins sending to junk but they keep coming. There has to
be a way to stop this spam.

Wondering what users in here recommend.
 
casper said:
i keep getting these email with this in the subject line

donny wrote....

or what name is used for the sender.

Some days I spend 10 mins sending to junk but they keep coming. There has to
be a way to stop this spam.

Wondering what users in here recommend.
Click to expand...


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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casper said:
i keep getting these email with this in the subject line

donny wrote....

or what name is used for the sender.

Some days I spend 10 mins sending to junk but they keep coming. There has to
be a way to stop this spam.

Wondering what users in here recommend.
Click to expand...

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. 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.

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.)
 
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