We have RR and are suddenly (within the last two weeks) getting an immense amount of spam in our email inbox. Anyone out there have TWN RR and have this going on? I've tried moving the emails to a Junk Email folder and to the Norton Antivirus Email folder... nothing. HELP!!!
Yes, there has been a definite increase in SPAM lately. It comes in waves like this as the SPAMMERS find ways of getting around filters, etc. We've reconfigured the SPAM and virus filtering on our mail servers this past week and have been monitoring them closely. On average we are seeing 60 - 75% of the messages that arrive at our servers each day as being SPAM. We hear about the SPAM problem every day, so you can believe everyone is getting their fair share. If your ISP or mail account provider isn't filtering it out at the server level as it is delivered, then you might want to try a tool like this: http://www.cloudmark.com/desktop/?from=cnsmr-menu Unfortunately, no matter what is done, some SPAM will get through and in the process of blocking it, some GOOD messages will get trashed. Until there is a way to financially hurt those that advertise this way, we can expect more in the future.
Upon recommendations from people in this forum, I switched my email program to Thunderbird. It has a built-in "junk-mail control" that learns over time, to recognize what you identify as junk/spam/whatever. Junk is automatically moved to a junk folder and held for several days, to give you time to assess it (and to correct a missread thereby further training the program). Then the junk is deleted. I like Thunderbird a lot. And I use TW Road Runner also.
Bayesian. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_filtering pretty much any anti-spam system that is based on Bayesian will be godly if you give it a little time.
The defined answer to preventing SPAM: 1. Create 3 email addresses. 2. The first email address is used for any web site entry that requires an email address and mostly for those idiot people who tag your email to mass lists and send you stupid crap. More or less your internet junkie friends. If you're one of those people, please don't read any farther and go back to your stipid crap duties. It's also for new people you really don't know or can trust. 3. The second email address is for your friends that could go either way. They may be mass listers or they're on the verge of becoming internet junkies. It's also a "clearing area" for people you just met but feel they may be trustworthy. If you find one of these people to be worthy you can move them to email address 3. 4. The third email address is for all the people you can trust. Warn them if they do slap you with a mass list, forward stuip crap or hand it out, tell them your going to kill them. 5. Checking email #1 & #2 is almost easy. You shouldn't have that many names to check. Check it by "from" name only. Checking email #3 will have you smiling. I get "0" spam on email #3 .... but I've had to kill 2 friends. (JK) :lol: :lol:
Explain to me please... The majority of my spam is for erectile disfunction. (I'm a woman. I have NEVER done even a search on this problem.) Why is so much of this being distributed? Does anyone answer this stuff? And what happens if a recipient does respond? (Let's say, a police officer) Can the sender, or the company providing the "solution" be prosecuted for anything? Surely, these can't be legitimate businesses.
Unfortunately there are enough idiots responding to these offers to keep the SPAM flowing: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,59907,00.html An order log left exposed at one of Amazing Internet Products' websites revealed that, over a four-week period, some 6,000 people responded to e-mail ads and placed orders for the company's Pinacle herbal supplement. Most customers ordered two bottles of the pills at a price of $50 per bottle. Do the math and you begin to understand why spammers are willing to put up with the wrath of spam recipients, Internet service providers and federal regulators. Good review of SPAM problem, rsponses and tips: http://www.rickconner.net/spamweb/spamrules.html BTW, one of the things I see Outlook users do that perpetuates the problem is making use of the "preview pane" in their inbox. Many SPAM messages have embedded code or graphics links that confirm to the spammer they have reached a valid address when the message is opened. Using the Outlook preview pane opens the message automatically - it's a great feature to get rid of! (And make sure that you turn it off for the DELETED folder also...it's a per folder setting.) One trick to use if you get a message and you aren't quite sure if it is SPAM or not (and you are an Outlook user). In the inbox, right click on the message and select OPTIONS. You'll get a window that shows the Internet Headers for the mail message. By looking at where the message REALLY came from in the background, you can usually tell right away if it is SPAM or not and delete it without opening it (and confirming your e-mail address as valid.) Here's an example of some of the lines to look for in the message header: Return-path: <bounce-q-3b82smb@quicksandwitch.com> Well, I'm pretty sure right away that I don't know and likely don't want to know anybody from "quicksandwitch.com." In addition, notice the cryptic name of "bounce-q-3b82smb." Anybody you know? :wink: Received: from [69.30.240.10] (helo=quicksandwitch.com) This is the IP number of the server that YOUR mail server received the message from. That is, assuming it wasn't spoofed. Also, keep in mind that SPAMMERS bounce mail off of valid servers all the time to hide their real identity. If you are feeling like doing some investigating, do a lookup on that IP number . It's easy by plugging it into the form here: http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl If an IP you lookup comes back as being on the following networks, you can bet it is SPAM: RIPE ASIAN PACIFIC WHOLESALE INTERNET From: "MomoDigi" <q-3b82smb@quicksandwitch.com> Right. Good old MomoDigi. Somebody I knew in highschool but forgot I'm sure. Subject: No Fee Ringtones Of course the original subject was a dead give-a-way that it was SPAM. (I don't understand ringtones anyway. I think a phone should ring, not play some overly loud RAP tune.) However, when viewing the message headers you will sometimes see additional coding displayed that is used to confirm that the message was opened. If you can identify it as SPAM by looking at the headers, you can safely delete it without opening it and confirming receipt to the SPAMMERS. And just to repeat, never ever never never click on the "unsubscribe me" link at the bottom of a SPAM message. Do that and you will receive SPAM beyond your wildest dreams!
9000 bottles at $50 each = $450,000. Geez! Maybe I should sell psychic premonitions on the web. 10,000 or so at $50 each would fund grad school and my retirement too.
