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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that Bill, wonder if that is what the 'Guest' meant, just noticed it was in Sep he posted that, go to other things by now!!!
Also Salva, is that 'yaspi' easy to use? sounds ok, but if it is that good why does not every one whose getting these e-mails using it, Ann
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Frank V
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IP: 24.210.*.*
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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I too get these messages (50 to 75 a day). I try to block sender but sometimes come in faster than I can block them. I have probaly blocked close to 1000 of them.
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phoenix22
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 8:40 am Post subject: |
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I'm thinking that you may want to consider shutting down your user accounts and starting new......I realize/realise it is a big PIA but.......you have obviously dropped your addys in a not so gooda place.......
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tray
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| Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2003 2:34 pm Post subject: Delete mail from server |
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If you need to empty MS messages from your server mailbox, use EREMOVE.
Go to eremove.com. Its free.
You view the headers and choose the ones you want to delete before they get to your computer.
I also have set my Eudora mail program to delete mail on server after one day.
It may not work with YAHOO mail as they no longer allow access by others.
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weddy
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | phoenix22
you have obviously dropped your addys in a not so gooda place....... |
I agree with phoenix22, you should get your ISP to assign a new email address to you.
In the meanwhile, do a search for free pop3 and sign yourself up with a few throw-away addresses to use for forums/newsletters/newsgroups/any "friends or family members" that do not use BCC (blind carbon copy) when sending mass emails, signing up for free stuff, anything that doesn't reqiure a real address (as far as I'm concerned, there's very few things that require my real address).
I use online mail (Yahoo/Hotmail) for freebie signups, and empty those accounts out about once every 2 weeks. If they get over filled more quickly than I delete them, I just start up a new throw-away account for the freebie stuff.
If you want to sign up for something that requires an email address, but don't want them to have any of your email addresses, try Mailinator. I don't think that every place that requires an email is an address thief, many are protecting themselves from auto-signup bots by having us verfiy that we're not a bot by having us go through the motions of an email (then again many ARE address thieves).
Just make up any name, put an @mailinator.com after your fake name, then go to mailinator and enter that name into the field to check the email. I believe the mail expires in 2 hours.
I don't recommend signing up for forums with Mailinator. How would you be able to subscribe to a topic/forum, and recieve notifications of PM's?
For newsletters, I use Softhome, who are usually pretty reliable, but don't give a lot of bandwidth...most newsletters I sign up for don't send out large mails. You can check your Softhome acct from online.
I use HotPop for family/friends because they allow more bandwidth than Softhome does, and this group sends larger mails (html). Last I checked, Hotpop doesn't have online mail yet, but it's in the works.
I use a second HotPop account for my family/friends that don't BCC mass mails (I got tired of telling them over and over to not include me unless they BCC me, and feeling like I was hurting their feelings, so I don't preach to them about this, I just change my address if it becomes junked up from them mass mailing...it's not the problem it was a few years ago, but it still happens).
Does that sound weird having that many email addresses? Well, I believe having throw away addresses helps keep the virus spread down on my end. I think I might have recieved 2-3 infected mails during that big infection week recently. I do get spam occasionally, but they mostly go to my spam folder (I used this filter tutorial by CecilW for setting up my Eudora filters).
Also, when my main ISP's mail server goes out occasionally, I can STILL email if I can get online, because both Softhome and Hotpop also give SMTP with their free accounts. With Hotpop, you have to check your mail before they'll let you send mail out, but Softhome doesn't have this rule (Softhome's SMTP port is 25000 so make sure to change that in your STMP area for port).
Good luck learning to combat mail abuses, and protecting your primary address! It's not a fun thing at first 
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widgetwilk
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 6:21 pm Post subject: Microsoft e-mails |
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Just to let you all know it has been 2 days and I have not had a Microsoft e-mail worm, I was having loads a day, so hope I have not 'opened my big mouth' but think they might go away, Ann
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Jamming
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| Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2003 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Ann, the only real problem here is that you think that your concerns are not important. Anytime you have a problem we are here for you to ask, in fact we kind of like it. 
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bells
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IP: 147.69.*.*
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:32 pm Post subject: swen |
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I have been receiving 50-100 swen emails every day for a couple of weeks now
did you sort your problem
if so I would love to know how?
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TimeGhost
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Joined: Apr 11, 2003
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Location: USA
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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The latest version of MWP (v3.3) now has autodelete for filters and for those messages that the hueristics determine probably/definitely harbor viruses. If you can manage to leave it running conencted to the Internet 24/7, it should help.
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