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[Guest]

I get no end of spam. I have Trend P Cillin security 2005 installed. My spam
seems to be coming about the stock market, I get heaps and heaps. Also ads
for viagra etc. Does any one have any ideas how I may be able to stop it.
Is there any where I can email to stop it being sent.

 

[R. McCarty]

Short answer is "No". The only effective way to stop SPAM is to change
email addresses. However, if you are reluctant to do that (many are) then
you can do a few things. One, make sure your ISPs SPAM filtering feature
is enabled. Second, a Filtering program that pre-scans inbounds mail and
moves known SPAM to a holding area. You have to periodically review
the caught/detected SPAM and reclaim/allow those the filter picked up by
mistake. The best approach is to have "Multiple" accounts like this
1.) Private - Only for Family & Close Friends
2.) Public - for everybody that thinks sending Jokes & Cartoons is a
good idea. ( It WILL eventually get onto SPAM lists, when it does
just change to a newer Address and start over again.
3.) Throw-Away - used for signups, contests, etc - that you'll never
use or check and don't care if it ends up on SPAM lists

**Actually both Hotmail & Google Mail have excellent SPAM filtering
and accounts with those providers are free.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I get no end of spam. I have Trend P Cillin security 2005 installed. My spam
seems to be coming about the stock market, I get heaps and heaps. Also ads
for viagra etc. Does any one have any ideas how I may be able to stop it.
Is there any where I can email to stop it being sent.

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)0m."

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 or whatever other email client application
you use, 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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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

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chains and slavery? .... I know not what course others may take, but as
for me, give me liberty, or give me death! -Patrick Henry

 

[Mike Fields]

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)0m."

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 or whatever other email client application
you use, add any spammers to your Blocked Senders list, so the their
messages are automatically deleted from the server without being
downloaded to your PC.

Good points Bruce -- here is another one I just tumbled to
the other day -- if you are using Outlook or Outlook Express,
make sure you either disable the "receipts" or at least
turn on the "ask before sending" option. I noticed that a
number of spam things I received recently prompt me on
sending a receipt when I simply delete the message (highlight,
shift+delete). If you don't do that, even without knowing it,
you are "replying" to them and letting them know you exist.
In Outlook Express, Tools->Options->Receipts then
either check the "Notify me" or "Never Send" options.
Sneaky bunch !!

mikey

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I get no end of spam. I have Trend P Cillin security 2005 installed.
My spam seems to be coming about the stock market, I get heaps and
heaps. Also ads for viagra etc. Does any one have any ideas how I
may be able to stop it. Is there any where I can email to stop it
being sent.

In addition to the other (sensible) replies - PCCillin comes with an
antispam feature - did you install that? Update same from the Trend website?
It works with Outlook; not sure about other clients.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Good points Bruce -- here is another one I just tumbled to
the other day -- if you are using Outlook or Outlook Express,
make sure you either disable the "receipts" or at least
turn on the "ask before sending" option. I noticed that a
number of spam things I received recently prompt me on
sending a receipt when I simply delete the message (highlight,
shift+delete). If you don't do that, even without knowing it,
you are "replying" to them and letting them know you exist.
In Outlook Express, Tools->Options->Receipts then
either check the "Notify me" or "Never Send" options.

Also a good point. This is something I was unaware of, as I've always
disabled "receipt replies" on any email client I've ever used, just as a
matter of principle.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of
chains and slavery? .... I know not what course others may take, but as
for me, give me liberty, or give me death! -Patrick Henry