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Fritz24
Joined: Jul 25, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Nottingham, England
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Can anyone recommend any (preferably free) software for somehow blocking spam emails? I use an orange.net email account and never used to get any spam until about a year ago. Now, even though I've not subscribed to any dodgy websites, I seem to be deluged with it.
I generally don't use Outlook on my home PC and just send and read my emails from the Orange website so I'm not sure if there's much I can do. Orange has their own filter but all it does is move blocked emails into the deleted folder. What I really want to to is stop them before they get that far.
I realise I could use a new email address but all my friends and contacts have this one and I'm loathe to change it.
Any ideas or suggestions would be gratefully received.
Thanks 
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wildmurphy
Joined: Jul 30, 2002
Posts: 49
From: Sheffield, UK. The only place.
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check your inbox - i have no doubt some twat will have sent you a spam about stopping spam.......
erm theres loads out there, goto www.tucows.com or www.download.com
always a good start....
Now the first thing i need to tell you is don't just go around decappitating zombies left right and center.
*zoom zooom (chinsaw busts more heads)*
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Fritz24
Joined: Jul 25, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Nottingham, England
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Thanks for the reply, but I've already looked there. What I'm really after is recommendations of actual packages that people have used, or suggestions on how to remove my name from these lists.
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wildmurphy
Joined: Jul 30, 2002
Posts: 49
From: Sheffield, UK. The only place.
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Removing you name from the lists is pretty easy - just spen a smal amount of time unsubscribing from them and they will stop. I do it all the time. And i get less spam than anyone i know.
Spam Blocker is a good program...
Now the first thing i need to tell you is don't just go around decappitating zombies left right and center.
*zoom zooom (chinsaw busts more heads)*
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Fritz24
Joined: Jul 25, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Nottingham, England
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I was under the impression that the 'click here to unsubscribe' buttons did nothing more than prove you had a valid email address, therefore opening you up to yet more spam.
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wildmurphy
Joined: Jul 30, 2002
Posts: 49
From: Sheffield, UK. The only place.
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A small minority of them are, most spam comes from legitimate companies that bought a mailing list - therefore removing yourself does prevent it. I know a lot of people will tell you not to but i do it on my computer and it works fine, i have gone from 20 - 30 spam emails a day now down to 2 or 3. |
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Posted: 2004-01-19 14:52
