my email is hopelessly spammed...

[FeelGood]

i use junk hotmail accounts to register at sites to reduce spam.

i only use my home address for sites that require a non-free email like ebay etc.

but i still lost.

i just reactivated my home account after a 2+ year downtime and i get about 20+ spam mails a day. anything from viagra to penis enlargers to std prescriptions to free electronic equipment to dildos. my email seems to be their safe place.

i remove spyware about 1-2 times a week.

i use outlook express 6.

anyway i can block the spam? a quality program that either autoblocks or allows me to stick all the junk i want to block in a folder or something.

what do you fellows use?

thx.

 

[Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew]

anything from viagra to penis enlargers to std prescriptions to free electronic equipment to dildos.

So what spam do you get?

 

[evil wasabi]

stop using outlook.

get a gmail account.

 

[FeelGood]

is gmail considered a non free email? how so if anyone can get one thanks to the invitations which seem to be in no short supply?

 

[KagerouSama]

Mozilla Thunderbird should be a little safer guard about the spyware stuff.
If not that, I'd say change your e-mail address. Update your needed places that require a pay-address. If spammers don't even know you exist, you're less likely to get e-mail from them.

 

[slerch666]

Download Thunderbird for email instead of Outlook and download the plugin that blocks images from opening automatically.

Mail Washer is a decent program to setup filters and the like. Instead of going right into your email client, you go into Mail Washer, see what's there and then delete it before it's even downloaded. You process your mail and it opens you mail client, clean and spam free, so long as you check the messages to be deleted.

It costs $30, but I'm sure you can find a copy some warez on-line for free.

Once I started using Mail Washer I only receive 3-5 messages of spam a day, if that, even before I filter my messages.

You may want to look into changing your current email address and then start using mail washer as well. This will give you a fresh start.

 

[Curt]

Feelgood PM me an email address to send it to, and i'll send you a G-mail Invite.

It will be one of the greatest days of your life. (and it's integrated Spam Filters, are top notch, AND customizable.)

 

[slerch666]

Feelgood PM me an email address to send it to, and i'll send you a G-mail Invite.

It will be one of the greatest days of your life. (and it's integrated Spam Filters, are top notch, AND customizable.)

And as far as I know, as of right now it's not considered "free mail" so you should be able to use it to create new forum accounts and so on for places that require non-free email addresses.