Spam that appears to come from my own email address

[Carl D. Birman]

I use MS Outlook for Office 2007 in a Vista Professional environment with
Norton Internet Security Suite 2009. I am swamped by over 20 spam junk emails
that appear to be sent by my own email address, hence they always end up in
my in box. I have set Outlook's junk mail filter to the highest setting,
meaning only addresses in my contact book are recognized as non-spam/junk.
What else can I do to attack this problem?

 

[John Blessing]

I use MS Outlook for Office 2007 in a Vista Professional environment
with Norton Internet Security Suite 2009. I am swamped by over 20
spam junk emails that appear to be sent by my own email address,
hence they always end up in my in box. I have set Outlook's junk mail
filter to the highest setting, meaning only addresses in my contact
book are recognized as non-spam/junk. What else can I do to attack
this problem?

Not much unless there is some common message content you can filter on. I
expect the spammers will move onto someone else soon so you could just relax
<g>. or try here for some advice:

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

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[DL]

Nothing, other than using an ISP that features built in spam filters at the
ISP end

 

[Carl D. Birman]

Well, then how do I get Outlook to look to the content of email to i.d. it as
spam? Most of my 20 in-box spams per day are for similar products and themes,
so that should work if there is a way to set outlook.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Well, then how do I get Outlook to look to the content of email to i.d. it
as
spam? Most of my 20 in-box spams per day are for similar products and
themes,
so that should work if there is a way to set outlook.

Do you have yourself in the Safe Senders list or your own Contacts folder?

 

[Carl D. Birman]

Yes, I have myself as a safe sender or as a contact. Should I not?

 

[Pat Willener]

Since spammers love to forge the recipients' address into the 'From:'
headers, then no - you should not.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, I have myself as a safe sender or as a contact. Should I not?

The Safe Sender list (and you indicate you've included your Contacts folder in
that list) overrides checking the message. If you say your address is safe,
then the Junk E-mail filter will ignore any messages that appear to come from
you. That's likely the reason those spam messages you describe are delivered
to your Inbox.

 

[Carl D. Birman]

I've now added my own email addresses to the blocked list. Thanks and I'm
hopeful this will solve the problem.

 

[Tom Willett]

If you added your own email address to the blocked lists, wonder what's
going to happen?
: I've now added my own email addresses to the blocked list. Thanks and I'm
: hopeful this will solve the problem.
:
: "Carl D. Birman" wrote:
:
: > I use MS Outlook for Office 2007 in a Vista Professional environment
with
: > Norton Internet Security Suite 2009. I am swamped by over 20 spam junk
emails
: > that appear to be sent by my own email address, hence they always end up
in
: > my in box. I have set Outlook's junk mail filter to the highest setting,
: > meaning only addresses in my contact book are recognized as
non-spam/junk.
: > What else can I do to attack this problem?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I've now added my own email addresses to the blocked list. Thanks and I'm
hopeful this will solve the problem.

I wouldn't do that, either. Just leave you own address out of those lists. A
better solution, if you need to target those particular messages because they
still escape detection, if to use a rule that looks for something in the
message headers, or the body, or the subject, if there is something that's
fairly fixed.