carlgeldard
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| posted on 6/9/04 at 09:46 AM |
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Junk Mail
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
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 6/9/04 at 10:31 AM |
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dont you just hate carp mails.
I prefer a nice bit o cod meself
atb
steve
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Chris_R
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| posted on 6/9/04 at 10:34 AM |
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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.
A bit of slapstick never hurt anyone.
http://www.chris.renney.dsl.pipex.com/
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Jasper
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| posted on 6/9/04 at 09:02 PM |
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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.
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