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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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509837	2006-12-26 21:49:00	It's this scam I am bothered with. I keep getting completely ludicrous emails that are in colour - with pathetic printing all over the place - starts by offering financial advice about shares or something then just becomes a complete mess - no sense at all. They use various names as the sender. Now I do know I am not the only one suffering but can anybody tell me if there is any action being taken to stop this lot? At the moment I just delete the things (shift/del) - Windows seems incapable of recognising it as scam. Tom	Thomas01 (317)
509838	2006-12-26 21:57:00	Just install a program and block them. Windows won't block them, by itself. As there's nothing built into Windows to stop it.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
509839	2006-12-26 22:04:00	The ISPs are doing all they can to prevent spam but some still manages to slip through, unfortunately . Here is a suggestion to help minimise the bother of it . First, change your email program's layout to non-preview mode so that you do not view the email when you click on the header . Put a "Preview" shortcut icon up on the toolbar for quick switching between modes if desired . Next, change your email program's setting to show emails in 'plain text' . Now you will be able to view all your sender and subject lines without actually opening or viewing any emails and can quickly delete all those that are obviously spam .	FoxyMX (5)
509840	2006-12-26 22:25:00	Just get a program like poptray which is free. It'll pick up the emails, then once u get whatever, u can add it/them to the whitelist or blacklist. It shows where the email is from, (the email addy) the subject, and u can even preview the email with it. The spams/emails u add to the blacklist can also use wildcards. Which will let u block the origins of the spams for good. Or the domain for good. Works for me.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
509841	2006-12-26 22:38:00	First, change your email program's layout to non-preview mode so that you do not view the email when you click on the headerThat's the best first piece of advice. By simply viewing certain emails you can be infected with all sorts of nasties.	Greg (193)
509842	2006-12-26 22:56:00	Use filters - incoming emails are checked "is sender in my Thunderbird address book?" If not, they are flagged bright purple and moved into a 'Junk' folder. Check headers in 'Junk' once a day, find occasional valid senders, salvage message, add sender to address book. Then delete all 'Junk'. Haven't used layout with default 'view' for years - it shouldn't even be an option in email apps these days!	coldot (6847)
509843	2006-12-27 21:14:00	Thanks everybody for the advice. I looked at changing to NON PREVIEW mode but frankly cannot see how I would benefit. I do like the preview mode and despite the nuisance of these emails they appear to do no harm - I am protected by AVG and several other anti virus programs. I feel that its more a case of my server (SLINGSHOT) having the problem. However a filter seems a good idea from my angle anyway. I am also looking at POP TRAY but as I have never seen it before am still at the stage of wondering what the heck I need to do with it. Fortunately I am one of those strange people who actually read HELP files so I should learn. But I am still left wondering what the IT people are doing about the problem. And who the heck is sending these emails and why? Tom	Thomas01 (317)
509844	2006-12-27 21:22:00	Mailwasher.	Scouse (83)
509845	2006-12-27 21:33:00	All you have to do with Poptray (www . poptray . org) is download it, install it, then it'll put an icon on the taskbar . Then right mouse on it / options . Then accounts tab, put your name (any name), the ISP's server, your login/username / password . Under the rules tab, add one rule: Give it the name of Spam, Under Area, put it on Header, Under Compare, put it on Contains, and under Text type in [SPAM] . And underneath tick delete from server . Keep the other options unticked . Under the mail tab this is where you'll see the new email . When u get spam, (or other), u can right mouse on the email here and select add to white list or blacklist . Then click on the options tab again, click on general option, tick start minimized / animated tray icon . Under user interface option u can change the icon when it scans for email . Under the options tab, near the bottom on the left you'll see White / Black list . This is where u can add people u know to the whitelist (their email addies) . Or once u add people to the blacklist u can change it so it looks like this *@isp,xxx . This will block the whole domain (wherever the email / spam came from) . If u want some spam addies, (I think I've got around 60-70 lol) let me know I'll send some to you (all u have to do is copy and paste them into the black list window .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
509846	2006-12-28 04:22:00	Thanks everybody for the advice . I looked at changing to NON PREVIEW mode but frankly cannot see how I would benefit . I do like the preview mode and despite the nuisance of these emails they appear to do no harm - I am protected by AVG and several other anti virus programs . Right, well it is much less of a hassle switching between preview and non-preview modes if you have that shortcut icon on your toolbar, as I previously suggested . If you are like the majority of PC users you probably don't view your emails in plain text mode . Because of this when you view your emails those images embedded in the spam emails send a little notification back to the sender to let them know you have viewed that email . That alerts them to the fact that your email address is valid and you will then be the happy recipient of many more such emails . Is that not harm enough for you? Your AV and other programs will not prevent this . I feel that its more a case of my server (SLINGSHOT) having the problem . I can assure you that they would be doing all they possibly can to prevent spam as all the spam traffic costs them big money . Have you enabled the spam filter in your Slingshot account online or ensured that it is active? I am also looking at POP TRAY but as I have never seen it before am still at the stage of wondering what the heck I need to do with it . Poptray is great, though I no longer bother with blacklisting and creating rules, I just delete messages that are obviously spam . Why do the cretins send spam? Simple - because it makes them rich .	FoxyMX (5)
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