Re: Spam

From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:57:50 +1000

What is appropiate to bounce? 

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"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message news:O2PGnWlLEHA.3892@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Greetings --
> 
>     Both have free versions, but serve different purposes.  I use 
> MailWasher to preview my email before downloading it from my ISP's 
> server.  I can then delete and/or bounce undesired messages, as 
> appropriate.  I use SpamCop to report those spam messages that get 
> through when I'm already on-line, or when I've forgotten to use 
> MailWasher before opening an email client or a newsreader.  SpamCop 
> does have a paid service where you get all of your email delivered 
> through their server, which would eliminate the need for MailWasher.
> 
> Bruce Chambers
> 
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> 
> You can have peace.  Or you can have freedom.  Don't ever count on 
> having both at once. -- RAH
> 
> 
> "Tom Brown" <NOSPAMBurner2@NOSPAMatt.net> wrote in message 
> news:%23ioKfDbLEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Bruce,
> >
> > Thanks for those tips. I like the looks of both the programs you 
> > recommended
> > (Spamcop and Mailwasher) but I wonder if it is wise to get both of 
> > them.
> > Have I misread or do they both do about the same thing?  They are 
> > relatively
> > inexpensive so the money is not too much of a price to pay to get 
> > rid of
> > most of your spam.  Any further amplification would be appreciated.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
> > news:u%23crKjYLEHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> Greetings --
> >>
> >>     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: "name@NOSPAMisp.com."
> >>
> >> 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.  (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, 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> Help us help you:
> >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >>
> >>
> >> You can have peace.  Or you can have freedom.  Don't ever count on
> >> having both at once. -- RAH
> >>
> >>
> >> "Ted Gervais" <ve1drg@av.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:Oo02IKSLEHA.3052@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> >I was wondering what others are doing about all the Spam that come 
> >> >in
> >> > everyday. I get at least a dozen or so of mail that is SPAM and 
> >> > was
> >> > thinking
> >> > that maybe someone has a thought on how to stop it.
> >> >
> >> > I currently am setting up filters for them each time I get some 
> >> > spam
> >> > but I
> >> > am sure the next time they send their stuff out it will have a
> >> > different
> >> > topic or user name or whatever.  In other words my simple
> >> > email-filter is
> >> > probably not of much good.
> >> >
> >> > Any thoughts anyone please?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> > 
> 
>

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