junk email?

Question

i am getting 50-60 junk mails a day and dont know what to do, i have tried everything but nothing seems to work, i dont want my bits enlarging or canadian drugstore or even to verify my barclays bank details (to whom i am not with and i know its a spoof)

Answer 1

well it depends on what client or website your using, if its yahoo mail, u can setup filters to eg if the subject contains drugs, inlarge etc.. u can make these automatically goto the trash folder this is done via the options page.

Answer 2

I typed in antispam for outlook express and google came up with several antispam softwares. I chose one called 'spamfighter' which is free. It seems to be doing the job very well. Another solution is to keep one e-mail address just for when you buy things or surf the web and use your 'real' address for personal or professional purposes. Make sure you have a good firewall which stops spammers from getting inside your computer and stealing your details. If you are really fed up change your e-mail address and make sure that only friends and family know about it.

Answer 3

There are laws against the senders. Data Protection act 2001 (Covering electronic communication), Invasion of Privacy, you could even stretch it to harrasement.

Listen to this Idea:

I receive an e-mail everyday from someone offering me discount Viagra. Instead of binning it, I look at the senders details. The from line is easy to forge, but the IP address tells me the senders IP number.

It does not matter if you forge your from address, it has to come from somewhere. It does not just randomly appear.

I open DOS, type tracert, space, then the IP number of the sender. This then kicks back an exact map of how the offending e-mail got to me. It tells me who the provider of the e-mail account was. I could also use E-trackr to crack the name on the account, but this is timeconsuming. I am racing to get to the spammer before they suspect someone can find them and clears out. Lets say it was sent with Outlook express on a computer connected to the AOL network.

AOL, as well as most other providers, have a zero tolerance policy on the sending of unsolicited commercial e-mails (Spam). A quick forwarding of the offesive e-mail to the abuse@email provider puts the report straight to the e-mail provider. They will then terminate the account, and they do it, by the way.

Now to turn my attention to the website he gave me in his e-mail. The website could be faked, but looking at the raw text code, I can see the IP number of the website. A quick whoIS network search kicks out the site owners name, address, telephone number and date of purchase.

I don't know if its just me, but spammers don't like getting called at 4am in the morning to say I don't want your sh1te.

My spam volumes per day has shrunk in size, to a manageable 2, maybe 3 a month, and they quickly stop when you hunt them down and maul them.

How does that idea for spam handling appeal to you?

BTW; You need to start this as soon as you find them. If you get too many per day to do this to, try to spot the common offenders. The reputation of spammers getting kicked off of E-mail providers because you bite back will likely cause them to stop e-mailing you.

Answer 4

well u might hve signed up something that is available to the public.this is why u r receiving it if u r using microsoft outlook then from help find the way it has stated it.if not then use the spam control of yahoo and report if u think the mssg is a spam in few weeks ur mail will automatically reject spams u hve reported

Answer 5

Ok. What I would do is stop sighning up for stuff and make sure that aint no one ealse sighning u up for stuff. I'm a tell you now. If bulk mail is your problem. You cant get rid of it. You can also just delete ur thing nd make a new one. But the best thing for you to do is go out, find someone hot. and do them if you know what i mean.

Answer 6

Not much you can do at this point besides changing your email address or customizing your filters.

Don't ever use the unsubscribe option or click on links of any sort in a junk email, it will just confirm you're using the email address and then they will resell it to more mass emailers.

Answer 7

Just leave them in bulk and let pc delete them after a few days. Should be a law against people sending them anyway.

Answer 8

I use Zonealarm Security Suite. It has a great spam blocker

Answer 9

check how many people or companies(etc.) have your email adress or details. it's best to keep a low profile! to get a fresh restart make a new email account!

any more probs? feel free to email me and ask me any kind of question.confidential and free.

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good luck, lydia croft

Answer 10

get a new account