Stu Peters Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I seem to get spam emails at a ratio of about 10 (spam):1 (legit) and it really pisses me off. Couple of questions for you elite experts (I'm using Outlook 2007 and W10): 1. I tend to 'add to blocked senders' any spam before deleting, but I'm getting the same emails from different addresses, so is it even worth trying to block them? 2. Is it correct that unsubscibing from spam is counter-productive (i.e. it proves your addy is live) 3. Given that the septics can zap a small target in a town square with an RC drone from 4000 miles away, why the fuck isn't the IT industry working harder to zap spammers? They must cost industry billions, clog the internet, wreck systems and generally piss billions of people off. I'm sure if I joined the Jimmy Savile fan club online, I'd have a visit from some men in black pretty toot sweet - surely they can just as easily trace back to the source of all this shit and put some people in jail until the rest get the message? ETA: Errant 'at sign' in header - don't know how to correct it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 The amount of spam seems to be escalating again. It went fairly quiet for a while but I feel as if I'm being stalked by some of the beggars lately. Like you, help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurricanII Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Is this to a manx.net address or one of your other domains? MT SPAM filters are not great. Your manxmultimedia.com email is delivered to MT eBiz. If you want to cut SPAM to that then I would get an IT person to spend half an hour setting up and routing inbound email through a good online SPAM filter for about £50 per annum for five mailboxes. The email will then be passed on to your eBiz mailboxes minus the junk. If it is your manx.net address then you can't change where inbound email is delivered to. A workstation based antivirus/antispam product that will check inbound emails, like BitDefender Internet Security 2016: http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/ £35 per annum per PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I have one of my 'rules' looking for "http" in the content, or any other common phrases etc in the offending spam and send do deleted folder, from then just a cursory look at the list before emptying. also '@whatever' if there are any common users at particular isp's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GD4ELI Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I seem to get spam emails at a ratio of about 10 (spam):1 (legit) and it really pisses me off. Couple of questions for you elite experts (I'm using Outlook 2007 and W10): 1. I tend to 'add to blocked senders' any spam before deleting, but I'm getting the same emails from different addresses, so is it even worth trying to block them? 2. Is it correct that unsubscibing from spam is counter-productive (i.e. it proves your addy is live) 3. Given that the septics can zap a small target in a town square with an RC drone from 4000 miles away, why the fuck isn't the IT industry working harder to zap spammers? They must cost industry billions, clog the internet, wreck systems and generally piss billions of people off. I'm sure if I joined the Jimmy Savile fan club online, I'd have a visit from some men in black pretty toot sweet - surely they can just as easily trace back to the source of all this shit and put some people in jail until the rest get the message? ETA: Errant 'at sign' in header - don't know how to correct it. 1) No 2) Yes 3) They are Others have said MT is rubbish, FWIW I run my own e-mail server (MailEnable, Windows 2012 server) and get ~5% SPAM. Check the options available with your mail server's host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I have found that Gmail seems to be pretty good at filtering spam. I used to get tons when I used my ISPs mail facility, and Gmail lets you use the same email address regardless of which ISP you are with. You do have to peep at your junk mail folder every so often to check that it is all crap. Also, I would be pretty sure from the advertising pop ups that I see that Google is running my mail past its algorithms to 'give me the adverts that I want to see"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Guzzi, Google is targeting adverts based on your browsing history and some companies target you based on what you've viewed on their websites - Amazon does this. There are some very clever algorithms at play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 FWIW I run my own e-mail server (MailEnable, Windows 2012 server) and get ~5% SPAM. Check the options available with your mail server's host. You are so awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Just ignore email & switch to Messenger Stu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 FWIW I run my own e-mail server (MailEnable, Windows 2012 server) and get ~5% SPAM. Check the options available with your mail server's host. You are so awesome Just a hardened professional sweetie. xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Just ignore email & switch to Messenger Stu Just ignore DT Stu and send a postcard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 I have found that Gmail seems to be pretty good at filtering spam. I used to get tons when I used my ISPs mail facility, and Gmail lets you use the same email address regardless of which ISP you are with. You do have to peep at your junk mail folder every so often to check that it is all crap. Also, I would be pretty sure from the advertising pop ups that I see that Google is running my mail past its algorithms to 'give me the adverts that I want to see"! whereas if you run adblocker, popup blockers and cookie protection you are blissfully aware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 I have found that Gmail seems to be pretty good at filtering spam. I used to get tons when I used my ISPs mail facility, and Gmail lets you use the same email address regardless of which ISP you are with. You do have to peep at your junk mail folder every so often to check that it is all crap. Also, I would be pretty sure from the advertising pop ups that I see that Google is running my mail past its algorithms to 'give me the adverts that I want to see"! whereas if you run adblocker, popup blockers and cookie protection you are blissfully aware Yes, I've tried them The trouble is that every so often, they get in the way or even hang sites that use pop-ups. I'm not that bothered by the ads, so I prefer just to ignore them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 don't respond to this one supposedly from Manx telecom Dear Customer,It has come to our attention that your account Billing Information records are out of date. That requires you to update your Billing Information. Failure to update your records will result in account termination.Click on the reference link below and enter your login information on the following page to confirm your Billing Information records...Click on https://myaccount.manxtelecom.com/account/Login to confirm your Billing Information records.Thanks,Manx Telecom Customer Support © Manx Telecom Trading Ltd 2016. Manx Telecom, Isle of Man Business Park, Cooil Road, Braddan, Isle of Man IM991HX. the link goes to : myaccount. manxtelecom. com. account. Login. drupal. scooterslinedancing. com. au/ mtex/ index.htm Subject: Update Your Manx Telecom Billing InformationTo: Recipients <aldholmi@uwm.edu>From: Manx Telecom <aldholmi@uwm.edu> and Manx Telecom don't seem to list an email address you can forward suspect phishing scams to, just a contact form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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