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| Do I get something wrong here? | Jul 22, 2006 |
Jabberwock wrote:
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I can tell you what I would do, although many people might find it to be too drastic... I would setup a completely new address (although it might be similiar to your old one), then notify all my associates, partners, friends etc. of the new address. On the old address I would set up an autoreply function informing of the new address.
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And if you do change your address, distribute it in such a way that it is not easily picked up by spambots, otherwise it will be the same after a while.
The way I see it:
Thanks to the autoreply function spammers wouldn't need spambots or stuff. The reply to their message to the old address would conveniently provide them with the new one.
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| Spam Assassin for e-mail accounts hosted by Proz | Jul 25, 2006 |
I have recently activated my Spam Assassin filter and I am very satisfied with the result. It protects me against 90% of the spam (and no false positives so far). Those which are not caught by Spam Assassin are filtered by Cactus Spam Filter (which is supposed to work with any pop e-mail client) and I receive virtually no spam in my Inbox.
The Spam Assassin can be activated in the cPanel (Mail > Spam Assassin).
[Edited at 2006-07-25 15:33]
| | | | | Depends on your e-mail server, I guess... | Jul 29, 2006 |
Very good advice from all. I have so many e-mails I forget the passwords to some sometimes, but it really helps with the spam. I get a ridiculous amount of Spam to just one address which was (and is) my main address for everything not related to work.
I don't know what server you use, but hotmail, for instance, has an option where you have a "safe list" of e-mail addresses, and you can choose a filter where any mail from an address not on your safe list automatically goes to your ... See more Very good advice from all. I have so many e-mails I forget the passwords to some sometimes, but it really helps with the spam. I get a ridiculous amount of Spam to just one address which was (and is) my main address for everything not related to work.
I don't know what server you use, but hotmail, for instance, has an option where you have a "safe list" of e-mail addresses, and you can choose a filter where any mail from an address not on your safe list automatically goes to your junk folder. This is what I use, and it works really well because I can still check the junk folder from time to time to make sure no one got sent there by mistake, but when I open my inbox, I only have one or two mails, and always from people I know.
That might be a way to plug the hole that all the spam is getting through, since changing your e-mail can be a pain for you and your contacts.
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I just caught this thread when I logged in for the purpose of changing my registered email address at ProZ as the one that was registered now receives so much spam as to make it unusable.
I have various addresses and use Thunderbird. The Thunderbird junk filter is next to useless and the address I use for my translation business is now unusable. My hosting package is about to expire so I plan on moving to another solution that offers better spam protection and maybe then I will be ... See more I just caught this thread when I logged in for the purpose of changing my registered email address at ProZ as the one that was registered now receives so much spam as to make it unusable.
I have various addresses and use Thunderbird. The Thunderbird junk filter is next to useless and the address I use for my translation business is now unusable. My hosting package is about to expire so I plan on moving to another solution that offers better spam protection and maybe then I will be able to start using that address again. At the very least I should be able to use the domain but with a different address. My current solution provides only one email address.
Meanwhile, this might be of interest, although I haven't followed it up myself. I listen to a variety of tech-related podcasts in which tech journo John C. Dvorak participates:
He famously 'gets no spam' and has a link on his blog which explains how this comes to be. I'm off to read up on it now.
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Thanks to the poster for the suggestion of Mail Washer. I'm giving the 30-day trial a try with five email accounts and it seems easy to use and effective. Some of the other solutions I've found work on a subscription model, but I prefer to pay and forget. If Mail Washer works out, I guess 37 dollars is reasonable for that amount of control.
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