Re: Information Request

On Dec 28, 12:42 pm, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kbl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:14:53 -0800 (PST), James <jamo1...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Does anyone know how spam emails be stopped, or is there something
that can be downloaded
that would help?

There are many third-party tools available, depending on what E-mail
client you use. Some are free; some are not. I personally use
Cloudmark with Outlook 2007.

Also many ISPs and E-mail servers do a good job of filtering spam.

However, note that no tool, whether it's one that you run or one that
your ISP provides, is anywhere near perfect. At best they will
recognize some spam (although the good ones get *most* spam), and stop
it. The result is a *reduction* in spam, not total stopping of it.

I see that you use GMail. If you haven't done so, enable GMail's spam
filter. It's one of the best.

Also note that you posted here using what appears to be your real
E-mail address. Although some damage may already be done, you should
stop doing this immediately. There are spambots that garner E-mail
addresses from newsgroup postings. Either "munge" your address by
adding characters to it (with instructions on how to remove them in
your signature, if you want E-mail replies) or use an entirely fake
return address. Since I don't want E-mail replies here at all, I take
the later option, and my return address is
kbl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Ken the email programs I was use are Gmail, Outlook Express, and the
one I was actually asking about is my 3rd inbox-Hotmail.
Thanks in advance for helping
James
.

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