SPAM is killing me

[Guest]

Spam is flooding my inbox. I tried my ISP filtering tool but still get about
300 a day. That is about half of what I used to get.
Can you recommend any outlook add-on to help me fight spam?
I prefer something that does not cost much if any.

Thanks a lot.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Baha,

You didn't say what version of Outlook you're using but you might try SpamBayes
(http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/).

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
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[Guest]

Thanks
I am using outlook 2003 and my wife is using Outlook 2000.
Any other tips?

 

[**jt**]

This may or may not make sense for you depending on how you use email
but you might consider forcing ALL mail to go to a spam folder with the
exception of everyone you add to your address book. This way you won't
get mail except from people you have physically ok'd.

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Aloha Baha,

SpamBayes should work fine for you. It was free last time I checked.

-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr - MVP
Roland Schorr & Tower
http://www.rolandschorr.com
Microsoft OneNote FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/onenotefaq.htm

 

[Pat Willener]

I have been using Cloudmark Desktop (http://cloudmark.com/desktop/) for
many years, and it filters 99% of all my spam, with extremely few false
positives. It does a very good job, but unfortunately you have to pay
for it.

 

[John Blessing]

Try here for some advice:

http://www.lbetoolbox.com/how-to-stop-spam.htm

If you really want to go the filtering route, I have heard good things about
www.mailwasher.net and it is free

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[David R. Norton MVP]

Spam is flooding my inbox. I tried my ISP filtering tool but
still get about 300 a day. That is about half of what I used to
get. Can you recommend any outlook add-on to help me fight spam?
I prefer something that does not cost much if any.

Popfile = free from http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
K9 = free from http://keir.net/k9.html

There are others, I've used both the above and either will stop 95+ %
of all spam after they are "trained".