Spam!!!111

Conner · 1st February 2002

I would like to eliminate spam---I know that's an impossiblity--Almost anyway---Any one out there using a spam filter---My ISP has one for free---They claim 85% stoppage of all unwanted email--Do you believe that---Some feed back please concerning that daily chore of spam deletion and how to manage the problem---
Thanks>>>>>>>>

**Ramona** · 1st February 2002

Hi Connor,

My ISP (ATT) has an email filter that I use, Brightmail, and it definitely stops at least 86% of the SPAM I used to receive.

Netscape also has a Message Filter feature, which you may already be using.

http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19990412-7.html

Ramona

**brett** · 1st February 2002

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I would like to eliminate spam---I know that's an impossiblity.

I am spammed only about once every other month. This is significantly less than the amount of UCE which I previously received.

For all web forms (including BBS's) and newsletter subscriptions I now use a Sneakemail address.

I use a DeadSpam address in the header of Usenet posts and include a ROT13'd Sneakemail address in the signature (applying ROT13 prevents the Sneakemail address attracting spam which means that I do not have to frequently change it).

To try to kill of the leftover spam I was still receiving, I drafted a two mail templates (one to the spammer and one to his ISP) which I pieced together from the text on this page. The response to the spammer (which stated that all future mails would be automatically redirected to his ISP) was CC'd to the ISP and the mail to the ISP (which reiterated this fact) was CC'd to the spammer. This actually appeared to work and after only a few weeks the flow of spam dried up almost completely.

The above is contrary to the usual advice of "Don't acknowledge spam ... in doing so you'll simply confirm that your e-mail address is valid and end up receiving even more spam." It would seem, however, that the following assertion:-

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The argument that responding to spam generators at all is likely to bring you further spam seems somewhat convincing on the surface, but is highly questionable if you consider it. It's predicated on the belief that spam generators use software which searches the towering spires of unpleasant replies they receive from their mass-mail programs, and somehow uses this information to decide who will be spammed next time. Were this to be the case, people who didn't reply would never get mailed again. Sadly, keeping silent rarely has this effect – it might thus be concluded that spam generators don't use the replies to their spam as signs of life.

(culled from the page to which I previously provided a link)

is, at least in my experience, to be perfectly valid.

If you are unfamiliar with how to interpret e-mail headers, the easiest way to work out who to report the matter to is to feed the spam through SpamCop.

Hope this helps.

Kittie Cat · 18th January 2003

what about accounts that have been set up for months/years and are getting overloaded with spam??? What to do then?

Thanks!!

schamish · 18th January 2003

Conner,

you might want to look at the thread "Anti-Spam Help ".

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread...threadid=12538

Might give you some tips of how to deal with and insights into the lovely world of "Spam"

They say that it is only going to get worse and worse !!!

tranquilo · 18th January 2003

Your choices are to abandon the account, get a spam filter, or attempt to ignore the spam (difficult).

One spam filter is Popfile, but I am sure there are others that people use.
http://popfile.sf.net

tranquilo

GPaDavis · 19th January 2003

Just my tuppence worth:
Using ATT as ISP. Their filter works pretty well, clearing out 80+ % of the junque. I use Mailwasher to start the day off and that does a fine job on about 3-4 spams that ATT missed. Mailwashr deletes from the server (no attachment threats) and bounces the email back to the originator (bouncing does work -- my spam count has dropped in half since using mailwasher).

Bob