Spam, how do stop it effectively - Outlook?
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Don't post your website online in places like guestbooks or here. Malicious bots grab them and spam you. Dont signup to anything that offers free junk.
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Well, one thought is to switch to a better client.  Outlook Express's spam filters aren't too great, but Mozilla Thunderbird's work pretty well (and it's free like Outlook Express).  It uses adaptive filters, which essentially work by learning what types of mail you consider to be junk.  At first most of the spam will still get into your inbox, but you manually mark it as junk and rather quickly, Thunderbird is able to tell spam from good mail.  You can choose to have the spam instantly deleted or placed in a junk folder for your review.\n\nOption 2 requires money.  You can purchase the regular version of Outlook that comes with Microsoft Office, which has better filters than Express.  Or you can buy Norton Internet Security, which comes with a special anti-spam plug-in for both Outlook Express and Outlook, although it seems to work better on Outlook from my experience.\n\nThe current setup on my computer is Outlook 2003 coupled with Norton Internet Security 2006, which has proven very effective in zapping spam.  I had previously used Outlook Express, which gave me similar problems to those you were having with drug-related emails slipping by the filter.  Very rarely do I ever see junk mail in my inbox anymore, though.
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If you have a web mail address your best option is to use the "mark as spam" function (or something similar).  \n\nHowever, if you use Outlook or Outlook Express (or something like that) you should switch to Mozilla Thunderbird (free, mozilla.com), it will block most of your spam if you use the "mark as junk" feature.  \n\nAlso, if by "addresses that resemble mine" you mean they are  using the same email provider (@ISP_Name.com), using Thunderbird's message filters can usually eliminate all of that type of spam--think "To and CC lines contain (@My_ISP.com) and don't contain (My_Email_Address)". There are also options if your email generally is contained in the To or CC lines.  Just be sure to have it move mail thought as junk to the junk folder, not delete it--although it has NEVER mistaken something that wasn't junk for something that was while I've been using it, it is better to be safe than sorry.\n\nIf all else fails, change your email address and be more careful with it next time.  Make a "spam" yahoo (or other free web mail) account; if a website needs an email address, and you are not sure if they are legitimate, give them your "spam" yahoo account--you can always check it periodically for anything good.
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You need to 'train' your junk filter about what is and what isn't junk.\n\nGo through your spam folder and mark the 'Not Spam' as just that. After a few dozen messages your spam filter will start to get better at working out what is and isn't spam coming to you.\n\nThis is, of course, assuming you haven't put a 'bad' rule into your spam filter telling it to send everything to 'spam'.\n\nFinal idea use Thunderbird instead of Outlook Express and thereby get access to its better implemented spam filtering.\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/\n\n///\n\n///
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Most of the spam-mail that people get is from advertising groups that get your E-mail address from something you signed up for. In almost all cases these groups have a link at the bottom of their E-mails that will remove your E-mail address from their contact list. It's an End-User contract agreement, so you have to do what they say exactly. If they want you to send them a blank E-mail to remove you from their list, make sure the E-mail is blank! No subject, no content, blank. Most of them won't be that tricky, though. Usually, all you'll have to do is type in your E-mail address and press send. All this is regulated by the government, so you should feel pretty safe that you'll be removed. \n\nWikipedia also has suggestions for stopping spam:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam#Avoiding_spam\n\nHope that helps!!\n\n-Scratch @ http://www.somethingslacking.com/
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There is no way to get rid of it, unfortunately.\n\nThe worst thing to do is to reply to any of them. No matter what it says, never reply.\n\nThe only thing you can do is set up Junk Email filters to hopefully filter out the majority of it.
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You must be in bcc. There's no way to stop them. They just keep coming. They should normally get to your bulk folder; so once a day have a quick look at all the mails [I mean the sender and the subject] in the Bulk folder, look to see if one your friends' mail has accidentally been delivered to you Bulk folder, mark it as Not Spam. If you dont recognize any sender, just do a 'Select All' and delete.
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In my maibox. I get 16-20 emails of this nature that my Spam detector shunts into  the "Bulk" maibox. When I check my mail, I simply delete the whole 00000000*&*^&#@"?!? mess of them. survey offers and all.\nYou can do it too!
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Mark them as spam or block the email.
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If we all knew the answer to this question there would be no more spam. ;)\nbut,  you can try a few things. \n1. check on the bottom of the email to see if there is a place to check to cancel these sends.\n2. block them with outlook express.\n3. Go to the website listed in the email and tell them to take you off the mailing list.\n4. set up a spam blocker, in yahoo.com emails you can click spam and from then on it will go into the spam box instead of your inbox.\n\nhope this helps
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marke it as SPAM and delete it!
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Someone is spoofing your email to send spam.  There's not much you can do about it except mark it as spam and let it go.
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if you receive too many e-mails I would recommend you to change your e-mail address. If you open a Yahoo account use every tool to prevent spam since the beginning. \nAddress Guard (yahoo) is excellent for that. \nA couple of years ago I had the same problem, 200 mails daily.
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It depends what you're using for email.  I can't answer better without more info.\n\nFor example, if it's Yahoo! mail, you can simply mark it as spam and it should improve spam filtering for your account.  Same with Gmail.  Alternatively, you can set up filters for either type of account so that mail from that address goes straight to your trash.\n\nThat can also be done with outlook express.\n\nLike I said, without more info I can't be of more help.
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The most effective way to block spam, is to reject any mail that is not from someone in your address book.
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You can't really stop spam.\n\nYou can get a better filter, but it may filter out some "good" messages (from family, friends, companies that need to send you information on warranties, recalls, rebates, etc.)\n\nThe best idea is to get a new email address, make it hard to guess (not the same as any other email account you see anywhere), be more careful who you give it to. Then open another email address to use when you register with various sites on the web, such as news sites, ESPN, etc., that you don't care if you ever hear from. maybe you can use your current email address as your secondary address, since it's already attracting spam.
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Buy and use a spam filter, or use the ones provided by your ISP to filter the spam into a Junk Mail folder. You can also use Outlook to create Rules to block by content--- go to the Help tool and search for Rules. You really can't stop them from coming--- once the spammers know your address is valid, there is not much you can do. The link below will tell you some good tips for not getting on those lists in the first place.