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date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:57:52 -0700 (PDT),    group: uk.telecom.voip        back       
SPAM blocking   
Sorry I know it's off topic but I don't know how to block it or
delete.

I'm using Outlook Express with newsdemon or googlegroups

I'm open to suggestions

Stephen
date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:57:52 -0700 (PDT)   author:   hammond

Re: SPAM blocking   
hammond wrote:
> Sorry I know it's off topic but I don't know how to block it or
> delete.
> 
> I'm using Outlook Express with newsdemon

http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/spam.htm#outlookexpress

  or googlegroups

No hope there, I'm afraid. Google still make income on spammer posts so 
are not keen to block them.

> I'm open to suggestions
> 
> Stephen

I use Thunderbird and have some filters set up to drop threads that 
match criteria such as email address and subject. You should be able to 
do much the same in Outlook Express.

If it gets much worse, there are some news providers that will filter 
the feed for you.

-- 
Adrian C
date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:43:07 +0100   author:   Adrian C lid

Re: SPAM blocking   
"hammond"  wrote in message news:af6b9d76-c1d8-4599-96f5-cec343f9bab9@d5g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> Sorry I know it's off topic but I don't know how to block it or
> delete.
>
> I'm using Outlook Express with newsdemon or googlegroups
>
> I'm open to suggestions
>
> Stephen

I am using Eternal -September here, with no local filtering and I am hardly seeing
any spam in this group, although this wasn't the case a few weeks ago.
I just took a peep at GG, and ICWYM!

Eternal-September is free, and the server administrator is very accessible
if you have any queries.

-- 
Graham.

%Profound_observation%
date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:53:39 +0100   author:   Graham.

Re: SPAM blocking   
"hammond"  wrote in message 
news:af6b9d76-c1d8-4599-96f5-cec343f9bab9@d5g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
> Sorry I know it's off topic but I don't know how to block it or
> delete.
>
> I'm using Outlook Express with newsdemon or googlegroups
>
> I'm open to suggestions
>
> Stephen

In Windows Live Mail (replaces OE) right click then junk email then add 
sender block AND senders domain to junk list  works 100 % for me.
date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:47:12 +0100   author:   Dave @me.com

Re: SPAM blocking   
On 19/10/09 13:43, Adrian C wrote:
> hammond wrote:
>> Sorry I know it's off topic but I don't know how to block it or
>> delete.
>>
>> I'm using Outlook Express with newsdemon
>
> http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/spam.htm#outlookexpress
>
> or googlegroups
>
> No hope there, I'm afraid. Google still make income on spammer posts so
> are not keen to block them.

Funny that, Gmail has one of the best spam filters around. I route my 
mail via a Gmail account for precisely this reason - my spam dropped 
overnight from 150+ a day to less than a dozen.

>> I'm open to suggestions
>>
>> Stephen
>
> I use Thunderbird and have some filters set up to drop threads that
> match criteria such as email address and subject. You should be able to
> do much the same in Outlook Express.
>
> If it gets much worse, there are some news providers that will filter
> the feed for you.
>

I second the use of Thunderbird.


Ivor
date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:17:22 +0100   author:   Ivor Jones lid

Re: SPAM blocking   
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:17:22 +0100, Ivor Jones ate alphabet spaghetti and
shat out:

> On 19/10/09 13:43, Adrian C wrote:
>> hammond wrote:
>>> Sorry I know it's off topic but I don't know how to block it or
>>> delete.
>>>
>>> I'm using Outlook Express with newsdemon
>>
>> http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/spam.htm#outlookexpress
>>
>> or googlegroups
>>
>> No hope there, I'm afraid. Google still make income on spammer posts so
>> are not keen to block them.
> 
> Funny that, Gmail has one of the best spam filters around. I route my
> mail via a Gmail account for precisely this reason - my spam dropped
> overnight from 150+ a day to less than a dozen.
> 
>>> I'm open to suggestions
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>
>> I use Thunderbird and have some filters set up to drop threads that
>> match criteria such as email address and subject. You should be able to
>> do much the same in Outlook Express.
>>
>> If it gets much worse, there are some news providers that will filter
>> the feed for you.
>>
>>
> I second the use of Thunderbird.
> 
> 
> Ivor

Actually, as spam blocking goes, gmail is pretty lame. It's nothing 
special compared with anything else and I suspect it's built upon 
Postini, seeing gmail/google own it.

What is relevant is gmail/google/postini ranges are *known* sources of 
spam. It's not uncommon to see operators of non-trivial mail servers 
restricting or blocking such ranges.




-- 
political correctness: The safety net protecting deaf blind disabled 
ethnic minority gays & lesbians with odd religious beliefs from reality
date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:02:03 +0000 (UTC)   author:   Spamtastic Spastic

Re: SPAM blocking   
On 20 Oct, 02:17, Ivor Jones <i...@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> On 19/10/09 13:43, Adrian C wrote:
>
> > hammond wrote:
> >> Sorry I know it's off topic but I don't know how to block it or
> >> delete.
>
> >> I'm using Outlook Express with newsdemon
>
> >http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/spam.htm#outlookexpress
>
> > or googlegroups
>
> > No hope there, I'm afraid. Google still make income on spammer posts so
> > are not keen to block them.
>
> Funny that, Gmail has one of the best spam filters around. I route my
> mail via a Gmail account for precisely this reason - my spam dropped
> overnight from 150+ a day to less than a dozen.
>

Logged in to Google Groups, there is a report spam button

Once I discovered it about a month ago, I started reporting. The spam
would disappear sometimes in a day or two, or on one occasion within
seconds (I noticed the number of threads dropping on changing pages).

So I was hoping that the filters could be educated into recognising
some of the common spammers ...

But after a huge clean-up, to the point were this group had only about
a handful or two of spam threads remaining in the last 12 months, it's
stopped working

Whether the system is automatic and has failed, I'm starting to doubt,
and I'm now wondering if deletions were being done manually and
someone has got fed up with being overworked
date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:40:34 -0700 (PDT)   author:   andy

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