Re: Tips to cut down spam et al??

This is what I did when my Spam got out of control. I got two new addresses.

For the first one, I never enter my e-mail address at a Website except those
I trust will not share, or sell, my address to others. Banking, Credit Card
Company, Phone Company on-line bill paying etc. I have had this address for about a year and have never received any Spam, and have no message rules to block any Spam.

The second address, I use at sites I believe will share my address. Buying
things online such as ink cartridges, etc. Since these sites will send
confirmations, they will be addressed to me, and only me, so I have two
messages rules.

1. If the To line does not contain my address, Delete it from the server. This will block any mail with my address in the CC or BCC line.

2. If the To line contains any letter not in my address, (entered into the rule one at a time), Delete it from the server.

Now I receive no Spam on the primary account, and very little on the secondary account since most Spam is sent to multiple addresses.

And, of course, never use your true address when posting to a newsgroup. Change the domain name to .invalid.

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   Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
       ~IB-CA~

"Ron Hirsch" <ronhirsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O7ZDkBYoFHA.2904@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I'm considering changing my e-mail address, and taking other steps to cut
down the damn spam that loads my mailbox daily. My present numerous mail
rules, and blocked senders aren't sufficient to handle things.

I would keep the old e-mail address until I felt I had covered sending
messages back to all senders that I want to keep active.

Is there a "simple/convenient" way to send a fixed message to all the
senders in a given folder of received messages, without manually dong a
"reply" to each sender? If so, I could start accumulating a folder with
messages that I receive, and where I want to advise the senders of my new
address.

I know that I can generate a "group" in my address book, of all the people
in there, and send that out in one shot. But I do get e-mails from many
places that aren't in my address book. So, I'd like to automate that also,
if possible.

And, are there any good tips on creating a new e-mail address to maximize
the blockage against the spammers who use machine generated e-mail
addresses by the millions.

Also, what are some good tips to use as an e-mail adjustment when listing
one's address on forums, et al? Does JohnSmithnospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx  really
work? People trying to send a personal message in that case, would know to
remove the "nospam". But I'd guess that the sappmers would also.

So, would something JohnSmith-removethis@xxxxxxxxxxxx work better?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ron Hirsch


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