Outlook Express
 

Hi
I was just wondering if anybody has the answer to the following??
I use Outlook Express 6 email and in the past 8 wks I have been completely swamped with different emails (approx 100 per day) all starting with ***SPAM*** and then the sender mostly from the USA. I use Mailwasher but that is about as moch use as a chocolate teapot in the tropics, Except getting another email address with another server I cannot think what I could do , ANY IDEAS:confused: :confused: :mad:

I do not mean to sound glib, but I think it is a case of 'welcome to the world of spam'!

It sounds as if your email server has an effective spam filter (mine does and it is brilliant) and at least 'Mailwasher' enables you to delete said b***s before you download.

Unless our local experts think I am wrong, I have found that changing your email address will help, but it will only be a temporary respite as the spam 'trawlers' will find you again via someone's (or your) machine!

When you hear of cases such as:

According to a Reuters article that hit the wires on June 23rd, software engineer Jason Smathers, 24, who worked in AOL's headquarters in Dulles Virginia, was able to access and appropriate the screen names, zip codes and "credit card types" of AOL's 92 million customers. Jason then allegedly sold this rich vein of information to Sean Dunnaway, a spammer in Las Vegas, for $52,000.

it is difficult to believe that the plague of spam can ever be stopped. At least those caught for the AOL affair face, if convicted, up to 5 years in jail and fines of up to $250,000. Unless some bottom-feeding lawyer gets them off, of course.

My ISP has, fortunately. introduced very effective anti-spam software. I used to get a daily deluge of 90-100 e-mails from the usual viagra peddlers, willy-enlargers, porn-brokers and get-rich-quick merchants whereas now it's only a couple a day - which get reported straight back to the ISP abuse people for them to improve the filtering.

It would be so satisfying to see these identity thieves ruined financially and then sent to spend 5 years making sure they don't drop the soap in the prison showers..... Might just send a message to the rest of these scumbags.

I missed that news item, Beags, and it does give me some sort of 'satisfaction' since I levelled this very accusation against AOL in 2002, informing the UK regulatory authorities who, of course, did nothing!

I trust he will not enjoy his time 'in'. If you find his email address......................:D Bring on the slippery soap.

If you Google in their news secction under 'AOL Spammer' you may find further information.....

SPIT,

If you are using the latest version on Mailwasher, there is a Learn feature that trains Mailwasher to recognize specific emails and even eliminate them as soon as they hit your mail server so you never even see them.

It will greatly cut down the spam in your Inbox.

Take Care,

Richard

Makes me wonder how he could get them? It's a bit worrying if he could just do...

SELECT *
FROM customer_list
ORDER BY last_name ASC;

<wait a very long time>

92,000,000 rows returned.

(apologies if my SQL isn't quite right :) )