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590763	2007-09-13 06:09:00	The amount of rubbish e-mails I used to get was pretty minimal and I am using Mailwasher. However, since we've had the massive telecom faux-pas, I am bombarded, must be 20 or so a day I bounce and they mainly seem to be from China or Turkey or somewhere that doesn't use our alphabet. It's pretty annoying and a bit of a worry too. I'm just wondering what the best strategy might be to combat this? I thought; Get another e-mail address, which would be a bit of a shame as the one I've got, I've had since first going on line in '96. Change providers, with the deals that are better than telecom, it's kinda appealing. But at the end of the day, they're all the same. Upgrade to Mailwasher Pro and see if that programme can sort it. But that means spending money on something that might or might not make a difference. Doing the linux thing and using "fetch mail" (or whatever it's called) to handle my e-mails from my Debian machine and run Clam AV and or spam assasin. But I'd probably muck up the configuration, although it would be fun to try it. Any good ideas out there?	jcr1 (893)
590764	2007-09-13 08:13:00	I don't have an answer for you. I can only say that we are having the same problem. We chose not to Bubble, so cannot access Xtra's Spam Filters. We use Spamfighter Free & that puts all the Spam into it's own folder. Then we can look at it & dump it. One or two legitemate E-Ms get into here & can be rescued. PJ :thumbs:	Poppa John (284)
590765	2007-09-13 08:39:00	I'm the same. Not choosing to do anything about that bubble thingee too. The only thing is when we go away, we've found web mail quite handy in the past for keeping in contact. So I'll have to think of another way to do that, and just imagine what would happen if I was away for a few weeks (which we seem to do annually) with all that rubbish coming through everyday; 30 days or more, 600 to a 1000 unwanted and unsolicited messages. Are we looking at the doom of e-mail as a method of communication ?	jcr1 (893)
590766	2007-09-13 08:47:00	I cannot believe that it is not possible to shut them down. It might take a "dedicated Govt outfit" to do it, or a consortium of ISPs. But surely it can be done. Please don't preach to me about Privacy. MY privacy is being invaded. Why not theirs? PJ :mad:	Poppa John (284)
590767	2007-09-13 08:48:00	Just as a matter of interest. Is any one ISP better than the others at Spam Removal? PJ	Poppa John (284)
590768	2007-09-13 08:58:00	Just as a matter of interest. Is any one ISP better than the others at Spam Removal? PJ No. If Poptray wasn't installed, and if I didnt blacklist most domains, OE would be covered in spam.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
590769	2007-09-13 09:21:00	No. If Poptray wasn't installed, and if I didnt blacklist most domains, OE would be covered in spam. Some ISPs have very effective spam filters that don't require Poptray or similar products. By the way jcr1 you are wasting your time and resources bouncing spam, it is not achieving anything.	Safari (3993)
590770	2007-09-13 09:23:00	No. If Poptray wasn't installed, and if I didnt blacklist most domains, OE would be covered in spam. Hi Speedy. I nave downloaded Poptray to have a look at it but see no instructions. PJ:confused:	Poppa John (284)
590771	2007-09-13 09:25:00	Some ISPs have very effective spam filters that don't require Poptray or similar products. Well Ihug isnt one of them! I'll rather block the whole domain, saves me blacklisting something else from the same place later.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
590772	2007-09-13 09:32:00	Some ISPs have very effective spam filters that don't require Poptray or similar products. By the way jcr1 you are wasting your time and resources bouncing spam, it is not achieving anything. I wondered that myself actually.	jcr1 (893)
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