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Email advice please?

StanmoreAddickStanmoreAddick
edited November 2006 in Other Football and Sports
I need some e-mail techie advice please and i'm pretty dim when it comes to this sort of stuff

I must now get 40-50 spam emails a day (viagra/ loans/ stock etc)and they are starting to drive me mad.

I use outlook and have a firstname@myfullname.co.uk email address

Any advice/ tips greatfully appreciated.

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    MeddersMedders
    Do you have any security type software installed, ie Norton Security Centre? They normally come with a spam filter....
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    StanmoreAddickStanmoreAddick
    AVG and a non up to date McAfee
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    MeddersMedders
    McAfee - just anti-virus, or the full internet security suite?
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    MCSMCS
    Stan, get a mac! Sorted then!
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    KetmanKetman
    The latest Spam E-Mail I got was a classic won't bore you with the full details but it was a 26 year old Russian Girl wanting to know if I'd like to meet her and discuss the possibility of Marriage. Thing is soon as I read it, it reminded me of a film about a bloke buying a Russian wife (Nicole Kidman) & then gets scammed cannot for the life of me think what the film's called. By the way it's not 'Terminator' Ollie..!
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    MCSMCS
    Termi.............

    I'll get me coat!
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    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    I think the film was "Birthday Girl".
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    F-BlockerF-Blocker
    BFR's right - "Birthday Girl" (with Nicole Kidman looking particularly edible!!)
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    StanmoreAddickStanmoreAddick
    [cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]McAfee - just anti-virus, or the full internet security suite?

    Just the anti virus- free stuff that came with my laptop.

    maybe there's something free i can download that will work alongside my AVG????

    Bleeping computers!!!
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    SolidgoneSolidgone
    Read an article in the independent yesterday about the sudden increase in the number of spam emails - it's also happening to me. It said that the spammers were able to get round the block by starting their subject with known phrases (or something like that). It also said it may take Norton's etc some time before they're able to stop prevent the spam getting through. Alas, there is nothing you can do until then........What's the cheapest you can buy viagra? What's the Russian girlie like... as Ketman said.....might be worth the punt!
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    InspectorSandsInspectorSands
    1) Get a new "real" e-mail address, start afresh. Get yourself a spare Google or Hotmail account as well. You could always buy your own domain - a .co.uk one is £10 for two years.

    2) Never give out your "real" e-mail address in public - if you have to sign up to forums, mailing lists or whatever, use the Google/Hotmail one. Make sure your "real" e-mail address is only given to those you trust.

    3) Never give your real e-mail address to ANYBODY who sends group "joke" e-mails all the time - this is where most spam starts, where some dickhead who can't look after their computer "replies all", sticking all the names in their address book, ready for the next time they let their computer invaded by a virus.

    (If you're in the habit of sending these e-mails, ALWAYS stick the names in the Bcc field so they can't be seen.)

    You should consider getting anti-spam software too - but to be honest these common-sense measures should block 99% of it.
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    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    edited November 2006
    Good advice from Inspector Sands...

    If it's a personal e-mail address (ie not work/business) get a yahoo account - mine is virtually spam free, I reckon I get one or two bits of spam a year...however on my work account I'm getting 30+ a day.
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    StanmoreAddickStanmoreAddick
    Exactly- unfortunately it's my business one ( i run my own and it's my name.co.uk )

    I'm definately going to do a seperate one for personal stuff but that won't stop the biz address.

    Any suggestions for anti spam software that won't slow my machine up working alongside avg.

    BTW- Solidgone last couple of Viagra spams- $2 each , let us know if you need it and i'll forward the email!!! ;-)
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    razilrazil
    edited November 2006
    If you have spyware on your machine you will find you get spam, and pop ups. Get a fully subscribed security suite like norton or mcafee. But even then I am afraid, particularly if you sign up to anything 'dodgy' you may get spam.

    It would be nice if you could set up gmail (which has a good built in spam filter) to pick up mail from other accounts, I have done this via O2, but it doesn't look to be a feature on gmail. On some web services you can forward email on to another account so that might be the answer (forward your email to gmail and let it filter the spam).

    If its a business account you can often buy additional spam filtering from the ISP.

    R
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    MCSMCS
    [cite]Posted By: stanmoreaddick[/cite]Exactly- unfortunately it's my business one ( i run my own and it's my name.co.uk )

    So your email is stan.co.uk

    That quah man, quah (this word is short for quality in case anyone was confused!)
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    KetmanKetman
    I am also willing to listen to offers for the Russian Bird Maria's personal e-mail address...!
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    Dutch AddickDutch Addick
    - Ask your provider if he is running any anti-spam software on his server.
    - In Outlook you can set rules where you can delete email when it has certain keywords in it.
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    BlackForestRedsBlackForestReds
    http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1942262,00.html

    Article from yesterday's Guardian about the increase in spam.
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