nz320i 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 I use xtra as my ISP at home which i think are sh*t but i get it free through work so im not going to complain about it too much...except when i use outlook and download my emails, half of which are SPAM.. Its reaaaly annoying!!!! suggestions? Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 gmail. rocks your socks... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
martyyn 2 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 Ive been talking to the guys at Paradise about this and its all over work (Telecom) as well. Neither can explain why the sudden increase but both are supposed 'working' on it. Ive gone from no spam in 12 months with Paradise to a dozen emails a day and your right....its annoying. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkylineObsession 1 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 (edited) Spam: Lots of Spam: My free e-mail accounts are particulary bad with spam, one of them i get between 50-100 in about three days or so i think. Worst part is sorting through it to determine whether it is spam or not. Edited September 2, 2006 by SkylineObsession Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 yes about a year ago i was getting heaps even tho paradise have a "spam" filter,then it dropped of but lately i have been getting about 10 a day.Pisses me off! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nz320i 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 aparently its illegal overseas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 i think theoretically its illegal here too.The other aspect is the threat of viruses and even more spam if you follow one of the links.I ussually just delete them because the subjects lines are pretty recognizeable,but every now and then there is one that seems a bona fide email from someone.Because i get emails from allsorts of people re the BMWCC plus a couple of other sites i go too i dont always recognize the sender Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerrynzl 3 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 I know F**k all about computers [pocket calculaters maybe] , I use XTRA and get ZERO spam. XTRA had this Free spam filter that I now use, 2 out of every 3 emails I received had the word 'SPAM' in brackets attached. What I did was create a 'RULE' in my computer to Automatically delete emails with the word 'spam'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadowninja 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2006 Spam sucks @ss. I probably get 50/50 spam vs real email at work. At home Zone Alarm picks up 95% of it. Kerry the redirection would be funny for about a day, then chances are the recipient's ISP would idenfity you as a spam source & shut down your account. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kerrynzl 3 Report post Posted September 3, 2006 Yeah! He's such a good trusting mate [He won't give me his email address] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petone 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2006 mozilla thunderbird does a pretty good job at picking out the spam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Andrew Report post Posted September 3, 2006 Outlook 2003 Junk Mail filter FTW Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nobimmer 694 Report post Posted September 3, 2006 Anyone else get that sh!t from Binbo or bebo or something like that?Like 4/5 of my emails are from them,Tried blocking,still nothing ahhh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
320SHKBTE 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2006 gmail. rocks your socks... I second that, i have it, it rocks my world.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted September 4, 2006 bitdefender with antispam on and the toolbar in outlook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silver Fox 43 Report post Posted September 4, 2006 Mozilla Thunderbird for me, get maybe 1 a week when unlucky. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites