How do I stop this sort of spam? particular, provided, Because, address

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. The xyz changes with each e-mail sent. After a little digging in the properties of most of them, the common denominator between each e-mail was the server name mwinb3203. Because the e-mail address I want to use is provided by Wanadoo, I went through their quot;Service Abusequot; page, and have yet to hear from them.

In the mean time, is there any way to block e-mail in Outlook Express that's sent from a particular server? Blocking the domain name won't work, as it changes with each e-mail. Don't suggest switching e-mail apps. The computer I want to use the e-mail address on is my mothers (it's the only one connected to the internet in my house), and she resolutely sticks to Outlook Express and Internet Explorer (why I don't know).

'? I have one that puts all my C-net stuff in one folder, and Cnet sends from a bunch of domains.

I'm gonna guess that your only real solution is to find a spam filter plugin for Outlook Express.

Search google for such a thing, may end up costing a little money though.

-Nic

Once the email address is on a list, there is no way to stop spam. Filters may help reduce it, but there will always be the odd one that gets through or the occasional false positive that blocks a genuine email.

The best way is to create a new account and inform all your genuine contacts that your email address has changed.

Get yourself a new hotmail address

I have a Hotmail address. I also have a Yahoo one which gets used more frequently, but it's this one I'd like to use more. My mother's also annoyed that it's the only thing in this particular inbox.

Wanadoo can't get off their backsides to stop it at their end.

I'm running out of options!

*cries in a dark corner*

Since I moved over to broadband I dropped using Outlook/Outlook Express altogether and only use Hotmail/MSN as their mail filtering and virus filtering is rather good (damn-it).

Even e-mails sent to my NTL account name are re-directed to one of my Hotmail/MSN accounts  Cheers

My domain's mail exchanger is pointed to my corporate spam-filter appliance, which is then forwarded to my personal server at home (little perk of admining them), but obviously that's not a solution for everyone...

If it comes down to it, there are ways to make Thunderbird and Eudora look just like OE. gt; Or at least you could use it while she uses hers. Really sounds like it's time to just get another address though, not like they cost anything. ISPs and mail domains hand them out like candy now.

Well thanks for all the suggestions. I haven't switched programs, but I've tried using the rule setting that filters out mail from the domain. I'll give that some time and see what happens.

Try using gmail.
You could have your email [Outlook] forwarded to gmail that have a very good spam filter. It is free.

I have to agree, I have had email accounts from just about all the popular providers out there and have definitely found gmail to be the best.
I have so much spam on my yahoo account I can hardly open the box, but I have had gmail for quite some time now and still no spam.

If you would like an invitation I still have some.

good anti spam solution is spambully.

See if this helps...

I've joined a company for *Free* called:- from--Www.BlueSecurity.Com/ - [ It's down @ the moment due to Spammers doing DDoS against the website.! ]
The Spammers are panicing @ the moment so they've resorted to temper tantrums against the website.!! - Very Mature Hey.?? - So it just proves, it's working.!!

Anyway, It's an quot; AntiSpam quot; community where after U join, U forward your Spam to BlueSecurity for analysis amp; they file your quot; Opt-Out quot; requests for you.!!
So for now ... This is what I'm doing to combat this Spam-Bs that's gotten to a ridiculous level where quot; I've Had Enough quot;.!!

Hey cheers for that! I'll take a look. Since I started filtering it in Outlook Express, and getting on Wanadoo's backs to get the ****ing thing sorted, it seems to have decreased in number. Thanks for your help everybody!

If it comes down to it, there are ways to make Thunderbird and Eudora look just like OE.

IMO Thunderbird already looks a lot like OE. It's the better program, no doubt - what I'm saying is that anyone who uses OE can easily be taught to use Thunderbird. I could explain my dad how to use Thunderbird in 10 minutes and he's having no problems (and that really means something!  )

For my most active e-mail address (and e-mail server), I use spamd -- this tool is pretty interesting as it stutters its communication with any known blacklisted ip address.  This consumes spammer process resources (but none really, of mine) for anywhere from 5-10 minutes per connection.

I also use greylisting with it.  This blocks any quot;spambotquot; PCs that are spewing mail on their own.  For any incoming mail from an unknown IP address, it gives a temporary error message for 25 minutes, then lets mail through for the next 4 hours.  This stops spambots, and only gives about a 30 minute delay for the first legitimate mail from a new e-mail server.  It doesn't stop quot;spambotsquot; who mail through legitimate mail servers ... those retry.  

For any incoming spam/phishing mail, I examine headers and check the sending (and relay) server address via and if it shows as a spam-harboring ISP, I just blacklist the ISP.  If it looks like a valid company or ISP, I contact their e-mail addresses of record from ARIN, APNIC, etc.

I do use public blacklists, along with my own.

mail servers are on the SORBS list.