Going to have to get a new email address, and this means apparently I have to close my present address and be issued with a new one. The spam mail is getting out of hand, and seems that it will never stop.
The mistake I have made is using my primary email address for general use, and so I can't just change it at anytime, other email addresses I have that are not the primary address can be shut down or changed at any time.
Its a bit uncanny getting these spam emails, some times they come just after I have made purchases and I wonder if shops, flybuys or Qantas cards give out t
brickies said
12:10 PM Mar 15, 2017
I have a Hotmail address which I only use now to receive mail , But opened an Gmail address which I use all the time and have given it out to people I want to have it . Now only look at what I want to open on the hotmail .
KFT said
12:17 PM Mar 15, 2017
I have a couple of email addy's that I use for different accounts. Mine are with bigpond and if I get spam I can log in to bigpond and report it. The sender is then blocked by bigpond and I have no more issues.
Occasionally a new one pops up and I do the reporting thing again.
Frank
Cupie said
01:38 PM Mar 15, 2017
KFT wrote:
I have a couple of email addy's that I use for different accounts. Mine are with bigpond and if I get spam I can log in to bigpond and report it. The sender is then blocked by bigpond and I have no more issues. Occasionally a new one pops up and I do the reporting thing again.
Frank
I do a similar thing.
My personal & long standing address is a bigpond one.
For general use I have a sacrificial Hotmail one.
The block features were good on Windows Live Mail but not so hot on Mozilla Thunderbird. Might ditch them both soon.
rockylizard said
02:42 PM Mar 15, 2017
Gday...
I have only the one email address - had it for more than 10 years. It is a bigpond.com one.
I rarely get any spam/junkmail etc ... there are settings within my email program (Outlook) that lets me set parameter for junk/spam.
My virus-checker is also set to 'identify' and stop spam.
I doubt I would get two spam email a month.
Cheers - John
Santa said
03:02 PM Mar 15, 2017
rockylizard wrote:
Gday...
I have only the one email address - had it for more than 10 years. It is a bigpond.com one.
I rarely get any spam/junkmail etc ... there are settings within my email program (Outlook) that lets me set parameter for junk/spam.
My virus-checker is also set to 'identify' and stop spam.
I doubt I would get two spam email a month.
Cheers - John
Same here John, have had the same Big Pond email address for over 20 years, like you I use MS Outlook, I seldom see junk mail.
Tony Bev said
05:11 PM Mar 15, 2017
Hello Ian
If you can tell us what email provider you use, someone with that same email provider, may know of a way to stop spam
I have Iinet and successfully use their spam filter, but unwanted mail which comes only once a year (Isle of Man motorbike TT race Merchandise) always comes through, so I can live with that
I have Gmail which I use if you have to give an email address, it has taken nearly one year for all the spam emails to stop
Another trick I use, is that if I do not recognise the sender, or something in the header, then I will not open it, and automatically tag it as spam
In win 10 just go to the Junk folder on the top left. If you want to get rid of individual rubbish that slips through, It comes up with this splash screen.
But realise it is not really deleted. It is all in your Spam or trash folder.
Those folders are easy to empty. Right click and a list of things will appear. select "Empty folder." It is good to empty that folder to stop cluttering the program.
Also good to check in case a good message was pulped.
Lancelot Link said
11:07 PM Mar 15, 2017
I had a lot of problems with Spam. I changed my password and started to block the spam messages that had a common source. I also use report abuse button when unsubscribing which seems to work as well. Otherwise I put up with it as the measures I have put in place are gradually weeding them out.
The reason for changing the password is that sometimes, if hacked, can be used to flood you wit spam!
Joe50 said
01:39 AM Mar 16, 2017
Like most others I have my regular Telstra email for family & friends and a Gmail account I use for everything else. If you're using Thunderbird you can set up a filter to only allow mail into your inbox from people listed in your address book. Everything else can be shunted to the Delete folder or to a local folder if you want to go though the rejected mail just in case a genuine message slipped though.
Joe
Santa said
08:36 AM Mar 16, 2017
Lancelot Link wrote:
I had a lot of problems with Spam. I changed my password and started to block the spam messages that had a common source. I also use report abuse button when unsubscribing which seems to work as well. The reason for changing the password is that sometimes, if hacked, can be used to flood you wit spam!
Under no circumstances click on unsubscribe links in spam emails, you will find they are also prime sources of malware.
Have been connected to the internet since day one, early 1990's and have never had a password (or anything else for that matter) hacked, yes, we are quite heavy users.
Safe browsing habits and secure regularly changed passwords will stand you in good stead, there is no need/reason to have to use two email addresses to avoid spam.
Unfortunately those who will benefit most from the information probably wont bother reading it.
Have a read through the information below, bit long I know, however valuable tips.
"We all get emails we dont want, and cleaning them up can be as easy as clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of the email.
However, some of those handy little links can cause more trouble than they solve.
You may end up giving the sender a lot of information about you, or even an opportunity to infect you with malware.
Of course, not everyone who sends you mail is a spammer and if you know that a sender is trustworthy its safe to unsubscribe.
Unfortunately phishing attacks rely on the fact that its very, very easy to fake who and where an email has come from so its all but impossible to be 100% sure who has sent you an email.
Here are 5 reasons why unsubscribing can be a bad idea, whether you do it by sending a reply email or opening an unsubscribe web link:
1. You have confirmed to the sender that your email address is both valid and in active use.
If the sender is unscrupulous then the volume of email you receive will most likely go up, not down. Worse, now that you have validated your address the spammer can sell it to his friends. So you are probably going to hear from them too.
2. By responding to the email, you have positively confirmed that you have opened and read it and may be slightly interested in the subject matter, whether its getting money from a foreign prince, a penny stock tip or a diet supplement.
Thats wonderful information for the mailer and his pals.
3. If your response goes back via email perhaps the process requires you to reply with the words unsubscribe, or the unsubscribe link in the message opens up an email window then not only have you confirmed that your address is active, but your return email will leak information about your email software too.
Emails contain meta information, known as email headers, and you can tell what kind of email software somebody is using (and imply something about their computer) from the contents and arrangement of the headers.
4. If your response opens up a browser window then youre giving away even more about yourself. By visiting the spammers website youre giving them information about your geographic location (calculated based on your IP address), your computer operating system and your browser.
The sender can also give you a cookie which means that if you visit any other websites they own (perhaps by clicking unsubscribe links in other emails) theyll be able to identify you personally.
5. The most scary of all: if you visit a website owned by a spammer youre giving them a chance to install malware on your computer, even if you dont click anything.
These kind of attacks, known as drive-by downloads, can be tailored to use exploits the spammer knows you are vulnerable to thanks to the information youve shared unwittingly about your operating system and browser.
So how do you avoid unwanted email without unsubscribing?
If the message is unsolicited then mark it as spam.
Marking something as spam not only deletes the message (or puts it into your trash) it also teaches your email software about what you consider spam so that it can better detect and block nefarious messages in the future and adapt as the spammers change their tricks.
This not only helps you, but also everyone else too."
-- Edited by Santa on Thursday 16th of March 2017 08:40:22 AM
-- Edited by Santa on Thursday 16th of March 2017 08:42:44 AM
iana said
10:58 AM Mar 16, 2017
Thanks for the info, my email comes vis Telstra, and I use windows ten and Microsoft Outlook as my program. I while back I had a more than usual brain fade, and while trying to decide what my replacement laptop would be, I got a message from Goggle saying as I've been suck a long customer, I could have a free IPhone. Well I started filling out the details, and then got cold feet and closed the page, unfortunately they must have been recording my input, having given then just enough info to sell to their friends. Sh-t Happens.
Going to have to get a new email address, and this means apparently I have to close my present address and be issued with a new one. The spam mail is getting out of hand, and seems that it will never stop.
The mistake I have made is using my primary email address for general use, and so I can't just change it at anytime, other email addresses I have that are not the primary address can be shut down or changed at any time.
Its a bit uncanny getting these spam emails, some times they come just after I have made purchases and I wonder if shops, flybuys or Qantas cards give out t
Occasionally a new one pops up and I do the reporting thing again.
Frank
I do a similar thing.
My personal & long standing address is a bigpond one.
For general use I have a sacrificial Hotmail one.
The block features were good on Windows Live Mail but not so hot on Mozilla Thunderbird. Might ditch them both soon.
Gday...
I have only the one email address - had it for more than 10 years. It is a bigpond.com one.
I rarely get any spam/junkmail etc ... there are settings within my email program (Outlook) that lets me set parameter for junk/spam.
My virus-checker is also set to 'identify' and stop spam.
I doubt I would get two spam email a month.
Cheers - John
Same here John, have had the same Big Pond email address for over 20 years, like you I use MS Outlook, I seldom see junk mail.
Hello Ian
If you can tell us what email provider you use, someone with that same email provider, may know of a way to stop spam
I have Iinet and successfully use their spam filter, but unwanted mail which comes only once a year (Isle of Man motorbike TT race Merchandise) always comes through, so I can live with that
I have Gmail which I use if you have to give an email address, it has taken nearly one year for all the spam emails to stop
Another trick I use, is that if I do not recognise the sender, or something in the header, then I will not open it, and automatically tag it as spam
Hope that this info is useful
Hi iana, some very good answers already made,
In win 10 just go to the Junk folder on the top left. If you want to get rid of individual rubbish that slips through, It comes up with this splash screen.
But realise it is not really deleted. It is all in your Spam or trash folder.
Those folders are easy to empty. Right click and a list of things will appear. select "Empty folder." It is good to empty that folder to stop cluttering the program.
Also good to check in case a good message was pulped.
The reason for changing the password is that sometimes, if hacked, can be used to flood you wit spam!
Joe
Under no circumstances click on unsubscribe links in spam emails, you will find they are also prime sources of malware.
Have been connected to the internet since day one, early 1990's and have never had a password (or anything else for that matter) hacked, yes, we are quite heavy users.
Safe browsing habits and secure regularly changed passwords will stand you in good stead, there is no need/reason to have to use two email addresses to avoid spam.
Unfortunately those who will benefit most from the information probably wont bother reading it.
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2014/09/04/5-things-you-should-know-about-email-unsubscribe-links-before-clicking/
Have a read through the information below, bit long I know, however valuable tips.
"We all get emails we dont want, and cleaning them up can be as easy as clicking unsubscribe at the bottom of the email.
However, some of those handy little links can cause more trouble than they solve.
You may end up giving the sender a lot of information about you, or even an opportunity to infect you with malware.
Of course, not everyone who sends you mail is a spammer and if you know that a sender is trustworthy its safe to unsubscribe.
Unfortunately phishing attacks rely on the fact that its very, very easy to fake who and where an email has come from so its all but impossible to be 100% sure who has sent you an email.
Here are 5 reasons why unsubscribing can be a bad idea, whether you do it by sending a reply email or opening an unsubscribe web link:
1. You have confirmed to the sender that your email address is both valid and in active use.
If the sender is unscrupulous then the volume of email you receive will most likely go up, not down. Worse, now that you have validated your address the spammer can sell it to his friends. So you are probably going to hear from them too.
2. By responding to the email, you have positively confirmed that you have opened and read it and may be slightly interested in the subject matter, whether its getting money from a foreign prince, a penny stock tip or a diet supplement.
Thats wonderful information for the mailer and his pals.
3. If your response goes back via email perhaps the process requires you to reply with the words unsubscribe, or the unsubscribe link in the message opens up an email window then not only have you confirmed that your address is active, but your return email will leak information about your email software too.
Emails contain meta information, known as email headers, and you can tell what kind of email software somebody is using (and imply something about their computer) from the contents and arrangement of the headers.
4. If your response opens up a browser window then youre giving away even more about yourself. By visiting the spammers website youre giving them information about your geographic location (calculated based on your IP address), your computer operating system and your browser.
The sender can also give you a cookie which means that if you visit any other websites they own (perhaps by clicking unsubscribe links in other emails) theyll be able to identify you personally.
5. The most scary of all: if you visit a website owned by a spammer youre giving them a chance to install malware on your computer, even if you dont click anything.
These kind of attacks, known as drive-by downloads, can be tailored to use exploits the spammer knows you are vulnerable to thanks to the information youve shared unwittingly about your operating system and browser.
So how do you avoid unwanted email without unsubscribing?
If the message is unsolicited then mark it as spam.
Marking something as spam not only deletes the message (or puts it into your trash) it also teaches your email software about what you consider spam so that it can better detect and block nefarious messages in the future and adapt as the spammers change their tricks.
This not only helps you, but also everyone else too."
-- Edited by Santa on Thursday 16th of March 2017 08:40:22 AM
-- Edited by Santa on Thursday 16th of March 2017 08:42:44 AM