Hi All

Can you advise me? I have a colleague who has been off work as his wife has just had a baby, and I have been looking after his email account looking for orders etc. I was surprised at how many Carp emails that he gets 1300 in two weeks. Is there anything I can do to minimize this or any kind of filter’s we can install? Or is it a case of changing his email address.

Thanks for any Guidance

Carl

dont you just hate carp mails.

I prefer a nice bit o cod meself

atb

steve

It depends on your email client, but most will allow you to block an email address (e.g. john.smith@domain.name.com) or all emails from an particular domain (e.g. anything that is sent from domain.name.com in this instance). Keep two email addresses and only give one to friends, family, colleagues etc: a trusted list. Use the other for your online affairs: mailing lists, registration forms etc. Don't put your email address on a web page as text, use an inline image as is done on locost builders (the email button that appears below most posts) and never try to unsubscribe from a dubious list, if you do they'll just take it as confirmation that someone is actually receiving the mails that they send. Don't get me wrong, if the mail's coming from a reputable company, e.g. Natwest, then by all means unsubscribe, otherwise prolly best to leave it.

Personally I have 3 mail addresses and only one of them is publicised. Thankfully, I don't receive any junk, or haven't yet. It's just down to being careful I think.

I use SpamNet by Cloudmark - excellent piece of software, plugins in to Outlook, and Outlook Express, and deals with over 99% of all my Spam, I get around 100 a day.

Totally worth the charge after the trial period is up.