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| Thread ID: 75373 | 2006-12-26 21:49:00 | Ok I know I am not the only one but | Thomas01 (317) | Press F1 |
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| 509847 | 2006-12-30 02:31:00 | Value of No preview? Very big value to you when a virus arrives in an email - one that hasn't yet been actioned by your virus apps - and you, being suspicious of the header, DON'T open it to view! With Preview on you don't have the option, it's happened before you realize it. Why is it Slingshot's problem? All they do is deliver email addressed to you - isn't that what you're paying them to do? It's your problem that YOU gave your email address to other people who allowed their address books to be filtered off to the baddies. Or that you subscribed to something - anything - somewhere that leaked your address to the baddies. The best solution I've heard is to change to a clean email address every few months - like regularly washing socks or the car.:D |
coldot (6847) | ||
| 509848 | 2007-01-09 01:22:00 | Hi Speedy, have downloaded Poptray and installed it. Have this Socket Error #11001 Host not found and the instructions from KY Dave of Poptray have been carried out to the letter, but still #11001. As a matter of interest the problem occured on the laptop ( daughter off Polly for the school break) she was connected to Clear and I wanted Xtra. Internet Explorer connected ok on the Lap. Thanks for any help. Lurking |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 509849 | 2007-01-09 01:45:00 | Most of these new spam emails are embedded graphics so most spam filters do not spot them, at least on content, so unless you spam filter can do OCR there is very little else to filter on. The preview plain, as mentioned, is very bad as it is how 99% of all nasties get triggered and NO anti-virus maker has a time travel device so they can see what virus is due next! best they can do is guess :) The idea of filtering with the address book cuts allot of the spam back, unless someone in your address book is using the preview plain and gets infected with a spambot :) |
ughnz (8297) | ||
| 509850 | 2007-01-10 02:44:00 | she was connected to Clear and I wanted Xtra. I think that may be your problem. Does the error occur when checking emails from Clear? A little tip: next time it would pay to start your own thread as those most able to help might not look in on such as thread as this one, particularly one with such a bad subject heading. :) |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 509851 | 2007-01-10 04:56:00 | Mailwasher. I second that. Preview without even downloading, that way there's zero chance of any exploit getting past your Av or other protection. Best of all, it susses out what's junk and what's not so you don't even have to preview, just click "process mail" and it is gone. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 509852 | 2007-01-10 05:19:00 | Mailwasher. I third this -- been using it for years, it's great. My gut feeling is, by using it to bounce spam back, my spam intake has decreased over the last two years ... however, that's all it is, a gut feeling. :D Has anyone done any research on whether bouncing spam back actually works? |
davehartley (3487) | ||
| 509853 | 2007-01-10 06:37:00 | Has anyone done any research on whether bouncing spam back actually works? 99% or more of spammers probably never revisit the address from which the mail was delivered from, either because its been closed by the ISP or because any incoming mail from "bounces" has filled up the inbox. Worse, many spammers now "spoof" the email address, so you (and all others) are bouncing the mail back to some innocent person, effectively crippling their email address. I have researched a few email addresses on spam, and they often belong to legitimate entities that would have nothing to do with the product offerred. The "response" that spammers want is usually from a link in the email, or with the current trend of sharemarket ones, they are artificially inflating the share price, they buy cheap, hype it up and bail out. No email response from anyone is required, just that some suckers do buy the shares. So while you may "feel good" about bouncing, all you are doing is chewing up valuable bandwidth or harassing an innocent person, all for no effect on spam. |
the godfather (11663) | ||
| 509854 | 2007-01-10 07:39:00 | You could, as I did, change the ISP as the first step. I went back from Orcon to Xtra. I did this because Orcon changed the terms and conditions of my account from when I first signed up with Orcon. I was told that I had unlimited downloads with Orcon for $59.95. Then my account was downgraded so I eventually managed to get back to Xtra. You do not have to change the ISP! Some time back I used Mailwasher and cheerfully used the bounce feature. This was a free program back then. I must admit I probably used it without thinking. Then along came Gmail. Before that we had Hotmail. Gmail works in so far as you can sign up for most anything with a Gmail account. I have four Gmail adresses at this time and I don't use Outlook to download to my computer. These are Webmail accounts only. You possibly may be able to get a child account from Slingshot or change the Email address from what you currently use. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 509855 | 2007-01-10 20:48:00 | At this time, if you want to stop receiving spam, get a gmail account. If you don't let this address into the wild (use it for forums etc) you will get NO spam. Even if your address does get known, like mine, the gmail filters stop virtually all of it. This may not always be the case but it is true as of now. Try it - you will be amazed. You can pop a gmail account so you can use your normal mail client if you wish. | linw (53) | ||
| 509856 | 2007-01-11 06:11:00 | I second the Gmail suggestion, no idea how they do it but I get virtually no spam either on mine. | the godfather (11663) | ||
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