O/T Spam & how to dump it.

Dave,
If you have answered any I am afraid it might be too late, once they know they have hit an address that responds they keep going. I made that mistake once and it wasn`t until I changed I.P.and got a new email address that I stopped getting them.
I still get the odd one that will have an address that is jumbled trying to get a response. I DELETE IT straight away. I know of no other way, sorry.
regards and good luck,
Scrubcat.

Hi Dave

Trying to reason with these guys only allows them to confirm that there is a real person (you) on the end of probably millions of emails they sent across the internet.

What I do is add their email address to my "Junk Email" list - any email I then receive is automatically deleted.

Good luck!

George

Spam yep a problem. I had a problem a while ago with some woman sending me offensive emails and I found an Ozzie Govt Dept website that dealt with it pronto and for the life of me I can't find it again.
Also "Spam Terrier" available here; http://www.tucows.com/preview/511387

There is also another program that I downloaded from Tucows that "challenged" the spammers and returned their spam with other spam and sent details of their address to someone else and actually spammed the spammers it worked well with most spammers who took my email from their lists. Once again I can't remember what it was called but try: http://www.tucows.com/preview/353469

STEVEN 4.1 is probably the most sophisticated at over 9Mb but it is brilliant:http://www.tucows.com/preview/323674

All are free to download, just a matter of finding one that suits you....

My ISP (Westnet) has a good Spam blocking service, and Outlook picks up most of the strays that occasionally get through.

As well as stopping all the mail sending me offers to enlarge parts of me that don't exist, I can set up with the Westnet service to block any specific addresses, or let certain addresses they pick up come through (eg someone sending a travel newsletter to a large number of family and friends).

In Outlook i can 'create rule' which sends them straight into my delete box should they send to me again if i don't stop them coming to me through Westnet. The Spam service is better, as they won't bother me when checking mail if away from home.

Motherhen

Dave, I have set up my email program to just download the headers and I delete the ones I don't want staright from the email client. Otherwise you can dowload Mailwasher Free or Pro and use that to bounce the emails back or at least simulate that.

Dave we use Mailwasher Pro to filter all our emails because we have a fair few email addresses, once you learn and I say learn Mailwasher Pro you understand how to configure it to get ride of spam...you create rules for Mailwasher Pro to follow and it is very accurate.

You can set it up to fully auto delete certian email addresses or words in the subject line....if it does it to the wrong one you can retreive the deleted email through Mailwasher at a later date

You can down load a version for free and try it,if you do and want to know who to configure it give me a yell.

DO NOT REPLY OR TRY AND REASON WITH SPAMMERS it only make it worse.

Regards Richard

I suggest getting your own domain (.au is $25-28/2years) and some good hosting (about $10/year) with boxtrapper.

Rarely get spam...

Reply if more info required.

Dave,
do you use "Internet Explorer" and if so what version....
as they have an "inbuilt" spam dumper !

Mainey...

Alas you are all right by replying I think I've shot myself in the proverbial, mate told me as you have all said the only recourse is to change my user name, bugga , but not tot worry I'm changing servers at xmas so its not too big a drama I just thought it would be good if I could get back at these mongerels, never mind onward & upward as they say,
thanks again guys,
Dave