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Computer help: 70 or more spam emails a day with Hotmail & Outlook!!
70 or more spam emails a day with Hotmail & Outlook!!
by 6string_slinger - 2/8/06 11:19 AMI have Yahoo mail, Outlook express, and Hotmail.
I never get much spam at all with Yahoo, maybe 1 a day.
Hotmail & Outlook both are loaded with Spam everyday, maybe 70 to 100 junk emails! Hotmail seems to ignore the "report spam" feature and may possibly be selling my addy to spammers?? The block sender list is always too full to add new ones.
Outlook is rediculous, I'd bet over half are for prescription drugs and ***** enlargement ads!!!!!!!!
Whats the deal and how can I stop it?
Cloudmark
by knugs - 2/8/06 11:35 AM In reply to: 70 or more spam emails a day with Hotmail & Outlook!! by 6string_slingerI have found Cloudmark to be great with Outlook. You can download a free 30 day trial on their website, www.cloudmark.com, but after that you will have to pay for it.
Cloudmark, can I trust it?
by uling - 2/10/06 3:24 AM In reply to: Cloudmark by knugsI’ve been using Cloudmark for a year or two. BUT, during this period the amount of spam has quadrupled and, since I’m rarely sending and getting mail, I’ve got the impression that Cloudmark one way or the other are involved. Just to encourage me to pay the yearly fee?
I Really Don't Think So
by Robert K - 2/10/06 5:49 AM In reply to: Cloudmark, can I trust it? by ulingThe reason I subscribed to Cloudmark was BECAUSE of the bombardment of spam mail. It doesn't seem to be any worse than it was a year ago. I pretty much trust it from taking non spam and putting it into the spam folder, but I look in the spam folder about once a week before I delete the files, just to be sure. Every once in awhile I may find an ad from something I actually subscribed to in the spam folder and unblock that one.
I use PopFile. Free, works with my ISPs.
by R. Proffitt
- 2/8/06 11:44 AM
In reply to: 70 or more spam emails a day with Hotmail & Outlook!! by 6string_slinger
http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
I think I may get 700 spams a day on a bad day, but I don't see them in my email client.
Bob
(NT) Bob: how does this compare with K9 - or does it?
by gklein - 2/8/06 12:09 PM In reply to: I use PopFile. Free, works with my ISPs. by R. Proffitt
I think I had to pass on K9. Here's why.
by R. Proffitt - 2/8/06 12:21 PM
In reply to: (NT) Bob: how does this compare with K9 - or does it? by gklein
It didn't work with MSN's SPA encryption login system. Very few do. Even Norton didn't at one time. Maybe still?
Bob
It didn't work with MSN's SPA encryption login system ?
by gklein - 2/8/06 2:39 PM In reply to: I think I had to pass on K9. Here's why. by R. Proffitt
Bob, I'm sure I understand that, but I have been using
K9 with MSN messenger signed in as I use a web cam frequent with them.
I'll gladly switch from K9 for something more efficient.
It's been quite a long time since I tried them all.
by R. Proffitt - 2/8/06 5:10 PM
In reply to: It didn't work with MSN's SPA encryption login system ? by gklein
That's good news.
Popfile is not nirvana. But it's free and works.
I can't tell if you are using MSN's SMTP/POP3 email which requires SPA. Messenger would be fine...
Bob
(NT) Just installed POP3 - seems to run faster; thanks
by gklein - 2/8/06 5:35 PM In reply to: It's been quite a long time since I tried them all. by R. Proffitt
You can
by PudgyOne - 2/8/06 11:46 AM In reply to: 70 or more spam emails a day with Hotmail & Outlook!! by 6string_slingerYou can change your spam setting in the options of hotmail(on the server)
or I would and did get rid of my hotmail account.
I have gotten a better email account.
Hope this helps.
Rick
GMail
by tom.clarke - 2/10/06 1:59 AM In reply to: 70 or more spam emails a day with Hotmail & Outlook!! by 6string_slingerGet hold of a Gmail account. If you don't already have an invite, you must know someone who has invites to give away. GMail is much much better than Hotmail or Yahoo mail with advanced features and extra storage. If you really can't find an invite, I can send you one.
Then tell you family and friends your new email address. Then (and this is the important bit) never put that address in any online form unless you're confident that you can trust whoever you're giving your details to. Almost all spam occurs because at some point you have given your email address to an unscrupulous company or individual who has then sold your details on.
GMail has problems too
by rheppert - 2/10/06 5:56 AM In reply to: GMail by tom.clarkeI created an account about 6 months ago and have sent only about two or three messages total. Already I'm getting considerable spam in it.
My rarely used hotmail account gets tons of spam.
I have had a few Yahoo accounts for years. A couple get almost no spam, the others tons, although the filters get rid of most of it.
The difference between GMail and Hotmail and Yahoo...
by ericasavaaree - 2/10/06 10:50 PM In reply to: GMail has problems too by rheppertThe big advantage that GMail has is that hardly any spam lands in your inbox. Every day, I get a quick glance through the e-mail in my inbox vs. the e-mail in my spam; almost every time (so far, I estimate 88 times out of 90), mail that's supposed to be in the spam folder gets there and not into my inbox. The same doesn't happen for Hotmail and Yahoo, for both seem stricter and hence, some of my regular mail ends up in the spam folder.
Hence, I recommend Gmail as well. And if you need an invite, you can ask me for one as well.
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