Computer Spam

[101RRS]

Hi all,

Some Chinese finance co has got hold of my home e-mail address and I am now getting 5 - 10 spam emails a day from them. Each e-mail has the same content but the title is always different and not related to content and the sender always uses a different e-mail address so is getting through the spam filters.

Any ideas other changing my e-mail on how to beat this PITA.

Taa

Gazzz

[walker]

Yes, I would love to know if anyone has any ideas as well.

Up until Tuesday this week I had been going pretty good on the spam, only getting a couple a day. Some mail out company has obviously gotten my address because as of Tuesday I am getting about 60 per day.

[incisor]

http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/

[walker]

Thankyou,
so from what I understand this program will seperate the spam from good emails but it does not stop you getting them or bounces them.

Is that right?

[incisor]

it sorts the good from the crap, it learns what you consider spam, quite intelligent actually.

to delete before you actually download you can use mailwasher or one of the clients with remote control

[walker]

Ok thanks, I am using mailwasher on my "info" email address as every spammer picks up the email address from the website.

I was using bluefrog security for my main email address as this actually sends a spam message back to the host or IP or something like that but I have just learned that they have been hacked and this is why I am now getting 70 spam emails a day.

[101RRS]

I will download tonite and see how I go - thanks for the pointer https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

Gazzz

[101RRS]

Downloaded spambayes but I cannot configure as it requires more computer expertise than I have.

Anyone have a user friendly (ie for the dummies) system that works>

Thanks

Gazz

[abaddonxi]

Some ISPs have spam blocking software. I noticed recently on mine that I have the software, but it isn't turned on. Login to your ISP account, not webmail, and check it out, or give them a call.

hth
Cheers
Simon

[p38arover]

I'm on Optusnet and I have their spam filter turned on. It has greatly reduced the spam I'm receiving.

I also use Mailwasher Pro.

Ron

[RobHay]

I hardly get any, perhaps one a month, although that will probably change now that I have advertised it

I am with Telstra Broadband and run Norton Internet Security, Norton Antivirus as well as Norton System works Operating system is XP Pro.

As well every month or so I run SPYBOT and get rid of the hidden nasties and I go online to Norton and utilises their system check. I also run System Mechanic about once per month and that gets rid of anyting that should not be there.

[Mudnut]

The Mac spam filters are pretty good. I had the same thing happen, and you can adjust getting mail from known sources. This did help, but the bounce function got them to remove my address. When I start to get jusk mail, click bounce, and it sends it back to them. I don't think that they would think it is a wrong address, because it made it through the server, but if everyone sent back their junk mail, they would probably have to shut down.

Good luck,

Ken

[incisor]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Mudnut &#064; May 16 2006, 09&#58;23 AM) Quoted post</div><div class='quotemain'> The Mac spam filters are pretty good. I had the same thing happen, and you can adjust getting mail from known sources. This did help, but the bounce function got them to remove my address. When I start to get jusk mail, click bounce, and it sends it back to them. I don&#39;t think that they would think it is a wrong address, because it made it through the server, but if everyone sent back their junk mail, they would probably have to shut down.

Good luck,

Ken [/b][/quote]
worst thing you could ever do... your just creating traffic to nowhere.... multiplying the problem x 2

if the address they used was valid, which it rarely is, you have just let them know you exist cause you sent a client bounce, not a server bounce...

entourage is the best mail client i have ever used, bar none.... never thought i would say something microsoft did on a mac was good, but there you have it..

[p38arover]

if the address they used was valid, which it rarely is, you have just let them know you exist cause you sent a client bounce, not a server bounce...

I use Mailwasher - I wonder if that is a server or client bounce. I also use prefiltering by Optusnet spam filtering which has really dropped the spam I'm seeing. I don't bother checking the spam filter on Optus - there's far too much to bither with. I probably lose the occasional valid message. I assume Optus don't bounce the spam.

Ron

[RRuted]

Changeover to Mozilla Thunderbird and say goodbye to spam and junk mail.

[incisor]

outlook in the latest version of microsoft office is about as good as it gets on a PC, then TheBat.

thunderbird tends to burn and crash in heavy use.

[loanrangie]

For my home use on xp pro, tbird is great, it automatically deletes whatever i have trained it to recognise as spam or junk mail, OE would open the door and say welcome !

[Pedro_The_Swift]

The best way is NEVER EVER
sign up, log on, anywhere on the net,,
anyplace that requires an email addy before it gives you info will undoubtable sell it.

yes yes, I understand how unreasonable that seems,

but, a little self control will do wonders.

I changed ISP's a few years ago now, to bigpond.
totally different email addy from previous,,
first time on the net the next day, there were 5 spams waiting for me.

you gotta wonder---

[Captain_Rightfoot]

What about trying geobytes M? This spam filter works **really** well. What is more, it is owned, made, and everything else right here in Brisbane by a fellow D1 owner :) Some of you might remember the silver D1 that tagged along on the AULRO trip late last year?

Anyway, I used it back in my PC days and it was great. Give it a try :)

http://m.geobytes.com/

[Pedro_The_Swift]

does anybody else find it vaguely rediculous that our ISP's are providing spam filters (at an extra cost!!) when they are also providing the spam????


there must be a financial reason they let spam through.:huh:

soooo--

its worth more money to them in the sales of spam filters than in ,, what?

the possible sale of the released extra bandwidth?

:confused:

I would have thought people would literally FLOCK to an ISP that stops spam at THEIR front door.

[p38arover]

does anybody else find it vaguely rediculous that our ISP's are providing spam filters (at an extra cost!!) when they are also providing the spam????

Hmm, I had better check. I didn''t think I was paying for the OptusNet spam filter to be turned on....

Checking... checking...


The OptusNet Spam Filter has been designed to protect your OptusNet mailbox from receiving Spam or unsolicited commercial email and best of all it's FREE!

Ron

[incisor]

there is only 1 hole in your logic. small medium isps normally buy data by the mb and the more spam hits their doors the more they pay in bandwidth charges.

ALL bandwidth coming into AU is volume charged.... i know of no link you can buy that isnt.

in AU the big player is telstra who simply wont implement measures without being dragged kicking and screaming into the real world.....but AU is only 4 or 5% of the problem.

in the USA (the real home of spam) the real big players are battling to hold their networks together due to the shear volume of the problem

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Mornin' Inc!

only one hole?:lol:

so, we need bigpuddle to start the ball rolling,,

surley(can I call you that?) the more mb's wasted on spam the better off they'd be stopping it?

[incisor]

no, they are the major wholesaler...

[Pedro_The_Swift]

sooo,
they think we are willing to pay for spam ON TOP of our usual traffic,
or to put it another way,
they assume we include spam mbs in our monthly usage.

:mad::mad::mad::mad: