Spam messages

[Guest]

I use Outlook2002 on my home machine connecting to Comcast for my ISP. I get
multiple spam messages a day with random words in the topic and from random
senders. I have attempted to block them using a rule to search for sender
name or subject lines. The sender application varies the message enough that
the rules don't help. I have turned off the option to allow receipts but no
matter if I delete them immediately or once a week the volume picks up after
each delete. Can a receipt verifying a valid address get sent even when I
have the option turned off?

 

[Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]]

I haven't seen receipts get returned when they're turned off. You might want
to use a third party spam filter or upgrade to OL2003 where the spam filter
is pretty good and updated regularly

 

[Brian Tillman]

I use Outlook2002 on my home machine connecting to Comcast for my
ISP. I get multiple spam messages a day with random words in the
topic and from random senders. I have attempted to block them using
a rule to search for sender name or subject lines. The sender
application varies the message enough that the rules don't help. I
have turned off the option to allow receipts but no matter if I
delete them immediately or once a week the volume picks up after each
delete. Can a receipt verifying a valid address get sent even when I
have the option turned off?

It's highly unlikely that receipts are verifying your address since most
SPAM is sent from non-replyable addresses anyway.

Get a decent antispam tool like http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/