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  1. JSinNOLA

    JSinNOLA Two Time F1 World Champ
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    #1 JSinNOLA, Apr 7, 2008
    I am now getting almost 200 spam emails per DAY on my primary email account and it is really getting to bug me. Outlook was only picking up about 15% of them and putting them in a junk folder. That was even after creating a ton of manual rules for the filtering.

    I just made the switch to Mozilla Firebird in order to see if it would be any more effective than Outlook Express.

    I also have Kaspersky Internet Security but I disabled the anti-spam function because it really wasn't working at all.

    Any ideas/suggestions?
     
  2. AntonyR

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    #2 AntonyR, Apr 7, 2008
    gmail is great for catching spam
     
  3. JSinNOLA

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    #3 JSinNOLA, Apr 7, 2008
    Agreed, its just that my primary email is my business website

    Ex. [email protected]

    It seems like over time my address is only going to attract more and more spam. Such a pain...
     
  4. DrStranglove

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    #4 DrStranglove, Apr 7, 2008
    Ha!!!!


    Seriously,

    The built in one on my Mac is down right amazing. They had an update this past year and now it nukes over 99% of my spam these days.
     
  5. JSinNOLA

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    #5 JSinNOLA, Apr 7, 2008
    Wow, that sounds fantastic! I wonder why it is so bad on the PC.
     
  6. AntonyR

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    #6 AntonyR, Apr 7, 2008
    everything is bad on PC. Maybe if you redirect your email to gmails pop3 then to your outlook?


    Antony
     
  7. Detailers Paradise

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    #7 Detailers Paradise, Apr 7, 2008
    I use Spambays. It takes a little teaching, but it now picks up about 90% of the spam directly and shoots another 8% into a "suspects" folder.
     
  8. ferraridude615

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    #8 ferraridude615, Apr 7, 2008
    +1, it is a wee bit over aggressive sometimes though.
     
  9. 4REphotographer

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    #9 4REphotographer, Apr 7, 2008
    My gmail does put some things into the spam folder that I don't want there but I usually have a good idea of which it is going to throw in there.
     
  10. mksu19

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    #10 mksu19, Apr 9, 2008
    Try McAfee's SpamKiller works great for me.
     
  11. wax

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    #11 wax, Apr 9, 2008
    With all the fixes, you're still gonna get all the crap in a spam folder. Instead of screening ****loads of nuisance calls, just change "your number" and boot it out of your life like a bad ex-girlfriend or ex-wife, man.

    Step one:
    Change your main email nic to... somethingelse @ suarezcapital

    Step two:
    Notify actual contacts of change.

    Step three:
    Rejoice in lack of SPAM to primary e-addy already!

    Step four:
    Redirect e-mails from actual contacts still contacting you at old e-addy to... somethingelse @ suarezcapital. Remind them of step two.

    Step five:
    Rejoice in lack of SPAM to primary e-addy already!

    Step six:
    Change e-mail settings on web page.

    Step seven:
    Rejoice in lack of SPAM to primary e-addy already!

    Step eight:
    Others'll have more advice regarding SPAM filters.
     
  12. derek002

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    #12 derek002, Apr 9, 2008
    it's really like that?
     
  13. ski_bum

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    #13 ski_bum, Apr 10, 2008
  14. mksu19

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    #14 mksu19, Apr 16, 2008

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