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Originally posted by Wade:
Don't broadcast your email address ever.
I recently switched my personal address and went from 100+ spam per day to zero.
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Don't broadcast your email address ever.
I recently switched my personal address and went from 100+ spam per day to zero.
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Okay thanks for the tip, but I already knew that (perhaps it will help out others). The problem is actually my mom has a public website, and her business email is posted online and she emails with lots of different people. I can't just change the email address because she advertises that address and lots of people have that address in the address book. And yes I already told her never to click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of junk mails as they only verify you are actually reading the junk and gets you even more spam.
I am looking for a software solution she can run to help her reduce spam, any ideas?
I am looking for a software solution she can run to help her reduce spam, any ideas?
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Take her e-mail off of the website. Use forms. Search Trolls like Google and Altavista that index pages use the same technology that troll software uses to gather posted e-mail addresses.
McAfee Spam Killer works pretty good. Using MS Outlook (Express) is your first No-No. Once you throw your E-mail into that, it is added into the Registery, and thrown into Internet Explorer, where websites can gather the information (regardless of whether you want it to or not!).
If your mom's e-mail is something specific, like say a short username, have her address change every year. I use glasskev_03. Starting in November, I turn on glasskev_04, and in Feb, disable the _03. If it is a small business and a easy run mail system it will not be hard to do.
It cuts %95 of my Junkmail. I start to get some by the end of the year, but then I change it and I get none again.
Like Probeman said, try download.com. Do a search for Spam Express (Spam guards will come up, and will look for ones with keywords for Express (normally Outlook Express).
It comes up with quite a few programs, most of which you have you pay for (20 - $80) but these are generally good investments from major companies that will seriously help your mom out.
Perhaps also your mom's business could purchase it, or her and a few co-workers could pool togther some money and buy.
[ November 06, 2003, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: Fuzz ]
McAfee Spam Killer works pretty good. Using MS Outlook (Express) is your first No-No. Once you throw your E-mail into that, it is added into the Registery, and thrown into Internet Explorer, where websites can gather the information (regardless of whether you want it to or not!).
If your mom's e-mail is something specific, like say a short username, have her address change every year. I use glasskev_03. Starting in November, I turn on glasskev_04, and in Feb, disable the _03. If it is a small business and a easy run mail system it will not be hard to do.
It cuts %95 of my Junkmail. I start to get some by the end of the year, but then I change it and I get none again.
Like Probeman said, try download.com. Do a search for Spam Express (Spam guards will come up, and will look for ones with keywords for Express (normally Outlook Express).
It comes up with quite a few programs, most of which you have you pay for (20 - $80) but these are generally good investments from major companies that will seriously help your mom out.
Perhaps also your mom's business could purchase it, or her and a few co-workers could pool togther some money and buy.
[ November 06, 2003, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: Fuzz ]
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I don't use outlook, but I would imagine it has filters or "rules" as other mail clients I've worked with certainly have them.
You can set them for sender, subject contains, body contains, and other boolean type stuff.
This can eliminate alot of junk - and only takes a minute to block new stuff that gets through.
example: delete if body contains "viagra", sender contains spammer domain, etc. etc.
Changing to forms vs. a publicly displayed address on a website certainly will reduce new harvesting as well.
You can set them for sender, subject contains, body contains, and other boolean type stuff.
This can eliminate alot of junk - and only takes a minute to block new stuff that gets through.
example: delete if body contains "viagra", sender contains spammer domain, etc. etc.
Changing to forms vs. a publicly displayed address on a website certainly will reduce new harvesting as well.
