Re: Outlook Express Question/Pornagraphic Spam

From: Moondove (writtenparadox_at_excite.com)
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:05:02 -0700

Thank you so very much for all your sound advice. What was concerning me the most is that this is my private email, one that only family members know. But like you said if I put it anywhere I am sure they can snactch it.

I do appreciate your taking the time to help.
Pilamayaye (thank you)
Moondove 

-- 
"I am building a road along side the clouds...."
Lakhota Prayer
"Bruce Chambers" wrote:
> 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
> -- 
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> 
> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> having both at once. - RAH
> 
> 
> "Moondove" <writtenparadox@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:B9FDE47D-6067-46A6-A6D0-75C2205DD5DF@microsoft.com...
> > yGreetings:
> >
> > In the last month or so I have been receiving spam that is not only
> vulgar and disgusting, it is illegal!!  No matter how many times I
> have removed form email from their list, nothing works.  I do not know
> where these freaks get people's emails.  I suppose where any other
> spammer would.   And this mail is just shy of child pornagraphy.  I
> have written to microsoft.  No response.
> > Their must be something I can do.  I want to report them, because if
> they are saying things such as "the "little girl" next door.  I am
> sure they will show pedifiles where to go to see that horror!!!!
> > Please, help me.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Moondove
> > -- 
> > "I am building a road along side the clouds...."
> > Lakhota Prayer
> >
> >
> > "t.cruise" wrote:
> >
> > > If the amount of SPAM email messages has escalated to the point
> where it's
> > > really bothering you:  Get with your Internet Service Provider and
> change
> > > your email address.  Then take steps to use safe email practices
> so that you
> > > might prevent or limit SPAM in the future, such as:
> > >
> > > 1.  Get a free hotmail email account, and use THAT account when
> registering
> > > software, or any online registration where your email address is
> required.
> > > Lists are sold, so let those lists have your hotmail account
> address.  Don't
> > > use your real email address when posting to news groups.
> Addresses are
> > > auto-harvested from these groups for SPAM.
> > >
> > > 2.  Many of the newer viruses/worms seek email addresses from the
> infected
> > > PC, and harvest them, and auto-send SPAM and/or the virus/worm
> itself.  So,
> > > if you understand how not to open unsolicited attachments, and
> what file
> > > attachments to never open, to avoid infection on your system, and
> use a good
> > > antivirus program and update your definitions frequently:  If you
> have
> > > people in your address book who don't practice the same safe email
> practices
> > > that you do, when you get the hotmail email address, give those
> people your
> > > hotmail email address.
> > > --
> > >
> > > T.C.
> > > t__cruise@[NoSpam]hotmail.com
> > > Remove [NoSpam] to reply
> > >
> > >
> > > "Will Sutton" <sutton@swiftdsl.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:c5bre0$2q8slu$1@ID-202516.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > >
> > > > "dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
> > > > news:e40x%23z9HEHA.1548@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > > > /Will Sutton/ said:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I have OE and am now receiving obscene amounts of spam
> > > > > > with Microsoft updates etc. These all have viruses but my AV
> > > > > > program stops these but I want to stop the messages. So
> > > > > > I have set up a filter that deletes any message with
> Microsoft or MS
> > > > > > in the subject . Problem is that it wont stop these messages
> so
> > > > > > does anyone know the problem or the solution ?
> > > > >
> > > > > If these are "Messenger" pop-ups, they can be banished by
> enabling the
> > > XP
> > > > > built-in firewall (which should be done anyway).  See HELP &
> SUPPORT for
> > > > > easy instructions.
> > > > >
> > > > > If this is a program that has been inadvertently installed on
> your PC,
> > > > > running ADAware may enable its removal.
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com
> > > > > Read the instructions, download, install and run the program.
> The basic
> > > > > utility is free.  Or try Spybot from
> http://www.safer-networking.org/
> > > > >
> > > > > If the pop-ups are site-related - the page that is being
> visited - then
> > > a
> > > > > pop-up blocker may help.  http://google.com    Search for "ad
> blocker".
> > > > > Or install and use a new-generation browser that has pop-up
> blocking,
> > > > > such as the Mozilla suite from http://mozilla.org.  Also has a
> built-in
> > > > > news/mail client.
> > > > >
> > > > > It will selectively block pop-ups and images, and is much more
> > > > > customizable than I.E.  For more, check in with these groups.
> > > > >
> > > > > snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.mozilla.user.general or
> > > > > snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.mozilla.user.win32
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Should have made it clearer, these are actual emails that have
> been faked
> > > > and use the headings like Microsoft Security Update , MS
> Internet Security
> > > > Patch etc and all contain those dreaded viruses .
> > > >
> > > > What I cant understand is why when you put in message rules that
> state the
> > > > message should be deleted if the subject contains Microsoft, MS
> etc wont
> > > > work ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> > > Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004
> > >
> > >
> > >
> 
> 
>

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