How the **** do i stop..

yasir · 08-28-2006, 03:20 PM

the ****ing spam mail.....esp the friggen INVESTOR ALERT and the VIAGRA ****...I have tried blocking the senders,adding them to the delete list blah blah blah and although the numbers have gone down quite a bit but i am still getting the ****..
PLEASE HELP....

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

I find the "off" button to work wonders.

Moneyguy1 · 08-28-2006, 04:42 PM

Most services have a method of control such as "Show me all mail" or "Show me mail from people I know". The latter filters according to your mailing list. In addition, they have filters for certain words and phrases. I get little to none in the way of undesirable e-mail since I modified my settings. No Viagara, no refinancing, very few unwanted e-mails. THe few that get through "You have just won" and such get reported as spam and No more come from that sending source..

Dottore · 08-28-2006, 05:16 PM

Get an Apple. No spam.

Rondinone · 08-28-2006, 05:36 PM

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Originally posted by Dottore
Get an Apple. No spam.

?????

I hope that's a joke.

K. Roman · K. Roman's Garage

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Originally posted by Dottore
Get an Apple. No spam.

Ok, Dottore, I have an Apple. I have spam all over my Microsoft Entourage.

Help me!!!

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

I use Outlook 2003 with the updated filters and little, if any spam gets through.

Aurel · Aurel's Garage

Why use microsoft entourage when the Mac comes with a nice e-mail program called mail that has spam filtering capabilities?

Aurel

Saintly · 05:52 PM

there are a few good methods out there. which one you use depends on your system and costs.
option 1: if you are running outlook you can try spambayes (http://sourceforge.net/projects/spambayes). it learns what you think is spam as you use it - free - i use this at home.
option 2: run a comersial product on your system like McAfee's Spam Killer - not free
option 3: if this is an office and you run your own e-mail server try MailMarshal SMTP. I use this one and turned an average 400 spam a night (5pm to 9am) into 1 or 2.
option 4: use an external spam filtering company and have your mail directed through them before you get it. simular results to option 3.
option 5 use an external company that requires each user that sends you e-mail to verify themselves (only on the first e-mail). this is very effective against spammers that use fake reply addresses (as most do).

lastly, running a mac is not an anti spam soloution as any address can be harvested. the mac will help against spywhere that is looking for addresses on your system but that's not how all addresses are found. if you are useing a mac specific e-mail provider then they 'may' be running anti-spam filters and that is why the mac user 'may' see less spam. if you where running a PC and was on 100 spam lists and then you installed a mac, you are still on the spam lists and will still recive the spam messages.

Just asked a mac head and he said that the mac mail program has learning abilities just like option 1 above and that it learns what is spam and what is not.

K. Roman · K. Roman's Garage

I use this because it allows my @lookrecords be sent to it. (computerly disabled)

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Originally posted by Aurel
Why use microsoft entourage when the Mac comes with a nice e-mail program called mail that has spam filtering capabilities?

Aurel

greglepore · 08-28-2006, 06:10 PM

Spambayes, as above. It needs to learn , but is friggin wonderful once it does.

stomachmonkey · 08-28-2006, 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by Dottore
Get an Apple. No spam.

What Mac do you have? I've got 5 of them and not one is the spam free model. Did you pay extra for that feature?

jrdavid68 · 08-28-2006, 07:25 PM

yasir - who provides your email? First thing to check is what can be activated on the ISP side.

For example, for my friends on DSL (sbcglobal.net etc.), turning on the BULK mail features generally takes care of all the spam. No extra crap on the local workstation. Unless, that's not good enough, then other steps should be taken.

Keep it simple at first.

Dottore · 08-29-2006, 01:06 AM

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Originally posted by stomachmonkey
What Mac do you have? I've got 5 of them and not one is the spam free model. Did you pay extra for that feature?

PB G4. OS-X. Not sure what else is on this thing - but NO SPAM.

id10t · 08-29-2006, 04:20 AM

Use Mozilla or Thunderbird and its built in self-educating spam filter. Works great.

targa911S · 08-29-2006, 04:44 AM

I have a Mac Mini and running OS X 10.4.7 I use the Mac mail program and not one spam ever.

motion · 08-29-2006, 07:02 AM

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Originally posted by targa911S
I have a Mac Mini and running OS X 10.4.7 I use the Mac mail program and not one spam ever.

If anything, Macs get more spam because the mail clients and spam blockers available are not as developed as Outlook on the PC. My server spam filter catches a lot, but I'm still getting around 500-600 a day using Mac Mail and SpamSieve. Throw in a few false-spams and its pretty frustrating. If you're using Hotmail or Yahoo mail, their spam filters work really well and will catch most of it.

EdT82SC · 08-29-2006, 07:51 AM

If you are on a PC use Thuderbird email. It's free, and you tell it what is junk, and it learns over time. After a few weeks it catches almost everything. There are a few false positives, but that's the case with any of the spam filters.

RickM · RickM's Garage

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Originally posted by targa911S
I have a Mac Mini and running OS X 10.4.7 I use the Mac mail program and not one spam ever.

Targa, Did you get my Emails last week? I had the 993 TT motor ready to ship @ the $1000 we agreed on. I didn't here from you so I gave it to the next person @ $800.