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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: tapakeg on November 14, 2005, 01:55:19 PM

Title: Anti-spam software
Post by: tapakeg on November 14, 2005, 01:55:19 PM

I keep getting e-mails from the same place.  I "block sender" but they are very persistant in just changing e-mail addresses.  Is there a way I could block an IP address that is sending these e-mails?

I went to download.com and got a spam fighter, but I had to uninstall it because it did not work well at all.  It eventually would lock up my e-mail.

I am using outlook express.

I just wanted some personal testimonies that a specific software works, I don't want to test software.


Thanks in advance.

Tapakeg

Title: Anti-spam software
Post by: Skuzzy on November 14, 2005, 02:13:37 PM

The best solution I have found is MailWasher PRO.  You cannot actually block all the SPAM, all you can do is filter it out.  Mail Washer PRO is really nice that way.  Custom rules (extensive and very flexible), and a very good learning ability.  It does not open attachments, and will detect potential virus attachments, which is really nice.

I do not recommend many things, but this is one I will recommend.

Title: Anti-spam software
Post by: Krusty on November 14, 2005, 04:37:09 PM

I've been working on a paper regarding spam regulation...

I already knew that they could fake everything in the header, including the "from" address, just from personal experience. However what I didn't know was how helpless the community at large is to prevent this. It stems from the problems with SMTP, written in the early 80s, it was never meant for so much adaptation, and has no sender authentication.

The problem seems to be that we'll never get this 100-ton dinosaur to move/change protocols because everybody's already using this one.

Go with something that won't let you fake the headers, and it would be easy as pie to simply block the bastages and be done with it (because only then would you know that you've blocked the true source).

Title: Anti-spam software
Post by: llama on November 14, 2005, 06:48:56 PM

For Outlook Express users, I find that the free Spamihilator (http://www.spamihilator.com/) does a pretty good job. It requires training, as does all good anti-spam products, but it works well and is unobtrusive, and it hasn't crashed my wife's PC.

Check it out.

-Llama

Title: Anti-spam software
Post by: uberhun on November 17, 2005, 06:00:17 PM

Whenever I have a issue with spam I write Hormel a nasty letter!:rofl

Title: Anti-spam software
Post by: Grits on November 18, 2005, 11:23:40 PM

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Title: Anti-spam software
Post by: Ghosth on November 19, 2005, 08:05:46 AM

Thunderbird

Mozilla's Email client to pair up with Firefox.

Has automated junk mail filters that you "train" for the first week.

Easy to setup, configure and use.