Re: newbie asking for help with outlook express

From: Chuck Davis (ChuckDavis_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:09:04 -0700

Since you are already on the spammers list, that list will be sold and
resold. This will only excaberate the problem. Secondly never post your
e-mail address to a discussion group. If you really want to place your e-mail
address on these sites, try this: GailsREMOVETHISShed@webtv.net

Spammers programs scan these sites for address frequently. I suggest that
you get a new e-mail address. One that can't be easily generated by a
computer. Something like Gails22558Shed78251@webtv.net

"Vanguardx" wrote:

> "Gail B" <GailsShed@webtv.net>
> wrote in news:21710-416D6BED-76@storefull-3113.bay.webtv.net:
> > hello, i connected my computer up to the internet today and was told
> > to use outlook express for my email. every time i connect and go to
> > outlook express i am getting a bunch of spam in my inbox. can someone
> > please give me step by step instructions on how to stop or prevent
> > this from happening? i would most certainly appreciate any help given.
> > thank you
> > gail
>
> Who is your e-mail provider? Do they provide a webmail interface? Do
> they have an account settings page? If so, do they have an option to
> enable spam filtering? If they don't provide spam filtering then check
> into e-mail providers that do provide it. Spamcop.net has accounts that
> are supposed to be spam-free but there are plenty of e-mail providers
> that include spam filtering.
>
> Otherwise, install a client-side spam filtering product. I use SpamPal
> and several of its plug-ins (all are free) and they have their own forum
> for getting help, but there are lots of anti-spam products.
>
> Announcing your true e-mail address in newsgroups is a guaranteed method
> of ensuring to up the amount of spam you receive. Spambots roam the
> newsgroups looking for e-mail addresses. Munge it or use a bogus one
> (if you never want to take a discussion offline from the newsgroup to
> move it to e-mail). If webtv.com is your ISP then
> http://www.webtv.com/pc/experience/email.asp says they provide spam
> filtering. However, if it is the same level of filtering as afforded to
> Hotmail accounts then get used to some spam. Microsoft hasn't been very
> effective in their spam filtering. I've had both Hotmail and Yahoo
> accounts and Hotmail gets hits a lot more with spam than my Yahoo
> accounts.
>
>
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