[cv67]

I have an msn email and I constantly am bombarded with spam emails with similar titles. I never open them and mark them as phishing scam or junk but they keep getting sent. I cannot fogure out how to report whatever address they are coming from.

Any tips?

 

[Chicken Coupe]

A-All of those emails are mass generated in the hope of reaching a valid email address. If you are deleting them, "Disconnect" from the internet before you delete them (unplug your ethernet cable or stop your wireless card).

B-Turn up the spam filter and if you can select addresses to "bounce" or "ignore" enter the addresses from those senders.

C-Set up another email address that you can use whenever you have to register your email address to buy online etc. The fewer times you give out your main email address, the fewer times it will be on those lists.

 

[Mike]

Try this (free):
http://www.mailwasher.net/

 

[bochnak]

Sign up for gmail.

 

[Mike]

I cannot figure out how to report whatever address they are coming from.

BTW ,never do that.
It just validates a working e-mail address.

 

[mdd71]

How to stop Spam....don't open the can!

 

[Dean]

cloudmark works good

 

[LKSV8]

i have g mail here in ireland, and the amount of spam is crazy, the main ones are buy a certain watch , and the next one is viagra tabs, just worked it out , i could time myself , ha ha , easist thing to do is DONT OPEN THEM , JUST CANCEL THEM STRAIGHT AWAY.

 

[TronDD]

BTW ,never do that.
It just validates a working e-mail address.

Reporting spam does not validate your address. Replying to it, or clicking a link to opt-out will validate your address.

I don't know what MSN has to filter mail, if they have their own spam blocking on the server or if you have to block it yourself.

Tim.

 

[tpshea]

A-If you are deleting them, "Disconnect" from the internet before you delete them (unplug your ethernet cable or stop your wireless card).

Why??

 

[Chris R]

I cant say if its risky or not myself. but I click on the unsubscribe link in those emails and put my address in thier unsubscribe list. I may be asking for trouble for doing that but I can say that it has reduced the amount of spam I have gotten in my MSN account.

 

[tpshea]

I cant say if its risky or not myself. but I click on the unsubscribe link in those emails and put my address in thier unsubscribe list. I may be asking for trouble for doing that but I can say that it has reduced the amount of spam I have gotten in my MSN account.

A lot of spammers are hoping you will do exactly that. They had a computer program do a broadcast address generation spam, and you've just told them that they found a good address. Best to use some form of spam blocker and never reply to them directly.

 

[OrrieG]

Move back to the main land???

 

[Chris R]

A lot of spammers are hoping you will do exactly that. They had a computer program do a broadcast address generation spam, and you've just told them that they found a good address. Best to use some form of spam blocker and never reply to them directly.

Thats what I thought also. But ill be honest. It does seem to be working though. I havent seen any repeat emails and its been way down to one or two spams a day since I have been doing it. Ill probably stop and see if it makes any changes.

 

[DaleM]

Opting out will work on some unwanted emails, those that come from legitimate marketers for example. Cialis/Viagra/drugs related or things like Nigeria or lottery scams, no.

The mass spammers are not worth the trouble to try and track down as many phish their address anyway. The best one can do is filter out spam as best they can whether it's through their email provider or a product like Dean suggested, Cloudmark. I've used Cloudmark for a number of years and while it doesn't stop spam, it's pretty successful at moving spam to a separate folder where it's easily deleted.

 

[joeyv69ragtop]

gmail has good spam filtering. granted, you still get all the spam, but it goes in a separate spam folder and doesn't clutter your inbox. I look through mine once in a while as sometimes valid emails get thrown into the spam folder.