Spam Solutions

[Paul Martin]

I LOVE spam! Is anyone using anything in a Win XP
environment that actually works to stop this problem?

TIA

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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|I LOVE spam! Is anyone using anything in a Win XP
| environment that actually works to stop this problem?
|
| TIA

 

[Anine]

Norton/Symantec's Antispam works for me

Anine

 

[Jim Macklin]

I use both Yahoo and Hotmail for most of my email. I have
set the options on those accounts on the web interface to
filter spam and direct it to the deleted folder
automatically. I then read my mail using Outlook Express.
I get very little spam and any bulk mail or spam that I
never see isn't missed. I use YahooPops! for the Yahoo mail
and it empties the bulk folder (an optional check box in
setup) http://yahoopops.sourceforge.net/

I also have Hotmail set to only download headers in OE and I
review Yahoo mail with the preview pane off.


--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


| I LOVE spam! Is anyone using anything in a Win XP
| environment that actually works to stop this problem?
|
| TIA

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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. (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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[Phil]

The only way to get rid of it 100% in your personal email is to change your
email address and then never give it to anyone except family and very close
friends. Don't ever use it online to buy stuff or register for things. Set
up a hotmail account for these things. Don't post it online ever and don't
use it in newsgroups. Use a hotmail or fake address for this stuff. Basicly
only use it with people you trust and no where else. I get zero spam using
this method and the only time I use/access the hotmail account is when I buy
something and they email a receipt. Other than that I use my personal email
which is 100% spam free.