Hi all,
I am not the youngest guy in town but every day I get a email like this:
"DOES THE
.............. REALLY MATTER?
Yes… More than you can imagine.
But the..............you choose matters even more!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
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For The LOWEST Price On The Net:
Viagra is available online and is shipped overnight. Our US licensed doctors will evaluate your medical history (online form that takes just a few minutes to complete) and, if viagra is appropriate for you, your order will be processed and shipped overnight. Viagra is used by millions of men it the US everyday. If you feel that your...... could be better, try Viagra. All orders shipped discreetly via FedEx®
CLICK HERE for VIAGRA
to stop this come here
1817FTqA8-303SPMX0536BGNi8-996NAVl31"
I feel offended.
I clicked on the stop spam button but it did not help at all!
Anyone has some good advice (no, no not about the product) to stop this once and for all.
I am not the youngest guy in town but every day I get a email like this:
"DOES THE
.............. REALLY MATTER?Yes… More than you can imagine.
But the
..............you choose matters even more!CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For The LOWEST Price On The Net:
Viagra is available online and is shipped overnight. Our US licensed doctors will evaluate your medical history (online form that takes just a few minutes to complete) and, if viagra is appropriate for you, your order will be processed and shipped overnight. Viagra is used by millions of men it the US everyday. If you feel that your
...... could be better, try Viagra. All orders shipped discreetly via FedEx®CLICK HERE for VIAGRA
to stop this come here
1817FTqA8-303SPMX0536BGNi8-996NAVl31"
I feel offended.
I clicked on the stop spam button but it did not help at all!
Anyone has some good advice (no, no not about the product
) to stop this once and for all.
Elso,
As a first rule, never reply to those messages asking them to stop e-mailing you. What you are doing is telling them that the address is active and somebody is looking at messages. This will most likely increase the spam.
You did not mention what mail client you use, but most of them have filters that can be applied even before the message is retrieved from the server. In Outlook Express for example, you can go to tools/Message Rules/Mail. Other mail clients have similar features.
Here is an example for Outlook Express:
Click on New and create a filter by checking the appropriate boxes. Give it a meaningful name and save it.
As a first rule, never reply to those messages asking them to stop e-mailing you. What you are doing is telling them that the address is active and somebody is looking at messages. This will most likely increase the spam.
You did not mention what mail client you use, but most of them have filters that can be applied even before the message is retrieved from the server. In Outlook Express for example, you can go to tools/Message Rules/Mail. Other mail clients have similar features.
Here is an example for Outlook Express:
Click on New and create a filter by checking the appropriate boxes. Give it a meaningful name and save it.
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Did you stop recieving ads or did you stop clickingPeter Daniel said:
I used to receive all those adds when I was checking all those porn sites on the net, but not anymore
/U.
Proof that spam is not aimed at your specific needs: I constantly recieve ads for a drug that'll make me taller...well ok, I am only 1,95 m (6'5")
A caution! Beware all those ads for products promising to make your whatsis longer. I found out the hard way (bad pun) that the effects of these devices and pills are additive. Now, after using ten different products, each promising an extra 3 to 6 inches, I keep tripping over that thing. Very, very inconvenient.
Fortunately, I'll be able to afford a surgical repair, just as soon as all that Nigerian money shows up in my bank account.
Fortunately, I'll be able to afford a surgical repair, just as soon as all that Nigerian money shows up in my bank account.
Nisbeth said:
Proof that spam is not aimed at your specific needs: I constantly recieve ads for a drug that'll make me taller...well ok, I am only 1,95 m (6'5")
You are right! In my hotmail account, before setting up the "exclusive" filter, I used to get messages inviting me to enhance different parts of my anatomy. Some of them did not apply to my gender, of course.
For those of you that have visited adult-oriented sites or installed shareware, I strongly suggest to check you computer for spyware. Those pesky programs track your on-line activities and report them back to the sender. They usually attract more spam. You can download Ad-aware, my favorite, here for free (personal edition):
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Add that to the list of good things that come from Sweden.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Add that to the list of good things that come from Sweden.
Ad-aware
I downloaded and installed the Ad-aware program you suggested.
It found 6 data-mining files mostly from gator after scanning my computer.
I am a bit shocked. Now I have a virusscanner, firewall, Ad-aware.
What else do I need??
Anyway grimberg and all others thanks for the help!
Hi grimberg,grimberg said:For those of you that have visited adult-oriented sites or installed shareware, I strongly suggest to check you computer for spyware. Those pesky programs track your on-line activities and report them back to the sender. They usually attract more spam. You can download Ad-aware, my favorite, here for free (personal edition):
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Add that to the list of good things that come from Sweden.
I downloaded and installed the Ad-aware program you suggested.
It found 6 data-mining files mostly from gator after scanning my computer.
I am a bit shocked. Now I have a virusscanner, firewall, Ad-aware.
What else do I need??
Anyway grimberg and all others thanks for the help!
Keld said:
Having your e-mail on your home page is a sure way to get spammed. Many people write something like nospammyname@mydomain.com and count on people figuring out that the expression "nospam" has to be removedefore sending a message. The programmers who write the bots that mine for e-mail addresses from home pages are smart and know what to remove. A more effective way would be to express your e-mail as:
Contact me using myname in domain mydomain with extension com.
This is just an example. If you look around you will find other creative ways of doing it.
JBL said:
I don't know how it is done at your university, but in general, spam is avoided by analyzing patterns.
1) Certain sequences of words in the subject.
2) Certain sequences of words in the message body.
3) Large number of e-mails with exactly the same subject line.
4) Reply to address invalid or masked.
5) Large number of messages coming from certain IP addresses.
These are just for illustration purposes. There are more sophisticated ways to try and detect spam. The programmers hired by spammers are smart and talented people too so they alway come up with ways to defeat most filters.
Nice to know but 99 % of mankind has a pc
These functions are not restricted to Mac's and certain OS'es only. A good mailclient has them too ( or should have them )Although I have a Mac myself I am beginning to dislike the U-word in combination with MacOS X. It's like keep on saying that there is alcohol in wine.
Mailwasher is a good program to bounce mail but unfortunately they have become commercial and the latest version is not free anymore. The version before that can still be downloaded and is free. Just Google for mailwasher2b28.exe and I think you will find the file.
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