Bryan Carbonnell
Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca
Fri Jan 30 07:13:43 CST 2004
> 1) NEVER open these emails, especially if they are from other than a > microsoft.com address - and that is no guarantee, as the sending address can > be spoofed. If you have an e-mail client that does NOT automatically download images and crap from the internet or run scripts, like Pegasus Mail, you are safe in opening the e-mails. *Not* the attachments but the e-mails. The problem lies with web bugs, javascript and the like that should NOT be in e-mails in the first place. <soapbox mode off> :) > 2) NEVER use the "opt out" links included in these emails. All that does is > validate to the sender that your email address is valid, and they will send > you even more. Can't argue with that. > 3) Invest in a "spam-blocker" software program; there are many reasonably > good ones out there, and they are often free or at least low priced. > Personally, I have been using "iHateSpam", and it works quite well (cost is > about $15 ??). Why pay for one? There are two excelent ones that are free that I know of K9 - http://www.keir.net/k9.html (the one I use) POPFile - http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Bryan Carbonnell bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca >>> rbgajewski at adelphia.net 30-Jan-04 6:51:37 AM >>> Suggestions: 1) NEVER open these emails, especially if they are from other than a microsoft.com address - and that is no guarantee, as the sending address can be spoofed. 2) NEVER use the "opt out" links included in these emails. All that does is validate to the sender that your email address is valid, and they will send you even more. 3) Invest in a "spam-blocker" software program; there are many reasonably good ones out there, and they are often free or at least low priced. Personally, I have been using "iHateSpam", and it works quite well (cost is about $15 ??). Good Luck! Bob Gajewski -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Sad Der Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 02:08 To: Acces User Group Subject: [AccessD] OT: Cannot get rid of spam! Hi group, approx 2 weeks ago I saw that my mailbox for my AccessD-list mail was full. I then saw that I had only a 'couple' (100+) e-mails in it. I checked my Bulk folder and it was full with 'microsoft' updates. They all came from e-mail like: qweerejkks at yahoo.com 2q323312 at yahoo.com etc. I receive these mails every day. They keep comming in until my mailbox is completely full. I tried blocking the mailadresses, but since they change every day that didn't work. I tried blocking the 'domain' www.yahoo.com, that also didn't work. I tried to unsubscribe from the mails, no info about that in the mails I checked my Microsoft account, Yahoo account for any subscriptions and i canceled them all. Result? The mails keep coming in! How do I get rid of these mails? TIA!! Sander __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com