identical to the last. hundreds of messages a day, often in long queues of the exact piece of spam. on hotmail, i get pretty much only one type of spam, and only four pieces a day, or so, but they're OBVIOUSLY from the same spammer - they all begin with the same sequence of nonsense letters and numbers. SOMETIMES it's recognised as spam, but often it isn't, even though i report each of those pieces, as well. why is this happening, and can ought be done to stop it?
2006-08-13 05:17:17 · 5 answers · asked by altgrave 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
my spam gaurd is on.
2006-08-13 05:22:32 · update #1
the current yahoo account is known to those who need to know it; to change it would be a great inconvenience. i have three gmail acounts. i use 'em as extra storage.
2006-08-13 05:25:53 · update #2
Once your email address is on a spammers list it is almost impossible to get off. Right now, your e-mail address (along with millions of others) is on a CD being sold from the back rooms of software shops from Bangladesh to Botswanna and from Norway to the Netherlands.
However there are several things that you can do to prevent even more spam.
1. Start by removing your e-mail address from your Yahoo profile,if it is on it. The spam-industry has programs that are continusously crawling the web looking for the "@" symbol which is a sure sign the the word before it and the domain name after it is an e-mail address!
2. Use a longer address. The spam industry uses programs that try sending e-mail to all known domain names. Example: a program might start trying to send out e-mails to everyone starting with aaaaa@INVALID.com and continue down to zzzzz@INVALID.com. Using a longer e-mail address will make this harder to do.
3. Never click the "Unsubscribe Link" in any e-mail. This will only confirm to the spammers that your e-mail address is indeed real and that you are reading their garbage. In fact, do not even open any e-mail from anybody you don't know or trust. Many spams are not only annoying but contain viruses of other malware. Just delete 'em without opening 'em!.
You can however click that "Unsubscribe Me" button from businesses that are well known and that you trust. Walmart... yes. Someone selling Viagra...no.
4. Open up a second e-mail account. Whenever, a website requires you to register using your e mail address, use this secondary address. There are many unscrupulous websites that will sell you address to others or bombard you with spam themselves.
5. Download a free copy of SiteAdvisor. SiteAdvisor will alert you when you search (Google, Yahoo, MSN, search only) of websites that are known to send out spam. This can help you avoid registering with any sites that are known to spam people.
Treat your e-mail address just like you would your telephone number or home address....only give it out to those that you absolutely trust!
2006-08-13 05:24:15 · answer #1 · answered by jibberjabbar 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if a lot of the spam is from the same address, go to the blocked senders list in Yahoo options and rather then add the entire email address add just the domain name (@luxerywatches.com for example). A common technique is to constantly change the name of the email address and that way, if you block the entire name, it will still get through because it is a "new" email address. Block the entire domain and it will provide more spam protection. Keep in mind though, if you block a common domain name such as @juno.com or yahoo.com people who are sending you personal mail will be filtered as junk mail. Also, you could consider creating another email account as your personal and leaving the existing account as your newsletter/public account. A lot of spam also is generated simply by placing an order with an online company or creating an account with a website who then publicizes your email address either with or without your consent. Ebay is also a huge target as well. I have a "ebay only" email address that I use for all my paypal receipts or bidding notices etc and the spam AND PHISHING emails I get at that account total about 100 a day.
2006-08-13 05:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by dshcpa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
turn on the spam guad on ur Yahoo!
2006-08-13 05:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by pri 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Get a new account...or try gmail.
2006-08-13 05:22:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest that you use the delete button. That works for me.
2006-08-13 05:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋