Annoying Spam Emails

Posted by NLW2 (515 days ago)

For the last couple of weeks I am receiving about four spam emails daily about companies to invest in. I keep blocking the senders but they just keep coming. They seem to originate from the same source that keeps the first part of their email address but the last part changes with every email. Any ideas of how to get rid of them FOREVER!

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Ed (515 days ago)

Moved to Tech forum.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by ldldjr (515 days ago)

Forever? - stop using e-mail. Cut down on them by using an e-mail program that allows you to set up filters and use them. Move to an ISP that has SPAM filtering of all incoming messages.

(I am based in Vietnam)

Posted by Ed (515 days ago)

We use message labs - it virtually eliminates spam.

One other thing - never expose your email on a forum on a web site - scum use crawler programs to harvest emails and then they sell them...

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by JWM (515 days ago)

ED... Will you be selling the e-mail data base you have collected over the years/??

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Ed (515 days ago)

That would be tantamount to killing the golden goose eh...plus it would be unethical and illegal... so in two words - no and never... the only person with access to that database is my brother.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by NLW2 (515 days ago)

I haven't had a problem for over 2 years and have managed (with filters) to have very little spam. The FOREVER part is in relation to these particular people that are generating new email addresses (therefore I am unable to block them via outlook express) everytime they send me an email. I use netvigator, have a firewall, and do not give out my netvigator address to websites/forums (I use a hotmail account).

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by JWM (515 days ago)

Ed Glad to hear it... Thank YOU!!!!!

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by car_lover (513 days ago)

I don't think u cld ever get rid of them FOREVER. Even Firewalls cldn't stop them from entering, it's easy to create a fake email ID...hehe but if u got a good firewall with a feature that u cld control whether to release/reject the SPAM mail into ur inbox...that maybe cld lessen ur SPAM mails.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Hanuman (508 days ago)

I have beenn impressed with gmail. it is certainly more efficient at blocking out unwanted spam than Hotmail ever was.

... and I can't ever imagine anyone opening an email with the title "why your sausage so small man?" but I've had dozens of them.

(I am based in Bangkok)

Posted by the_poor_man (507 days ago)

There was a report last month or so that attributed the new wave of investment, viaggra/ciali$$$ and porn spam to a Russian internet Mafia.

Don't know if that kind of information will eventually help.

The worst for spam now has got to be Yahoo mail, with Hotmail coming in second. Gmail is still pretty good!

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Tidings2 (507 days ago)

You cannot stop the latest ones. That is why they use jibberish titles like dog money move talk, the spam filters don't read them as spam.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by kse4 (504 days ago)

The vast majority of junk in my inbox is "undeliverable mail" notices from everywhere in the world, for messages I never sent! Seems my domain name is being used illegitimately, and I've no idea how to stop this because the perpetrators are using nonsense IDs such as "njsdi@mydomain.com" or "oigx@mydomain.com". Because I own the domain, all responses from spam blockers out there end up in my inbox.

Anybody know a cure for this? Or is that not actually what's going on, and the spam blocker messages themselves are the spam?

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by briandwest (470 days ago)

kse4,
Check in your domain names email forwarding configuration for a 'catchall' alias that defines where non-existent ids, such as sillyidiot@mydomain.com, are sent to.
By default it usually gets sent to the registered administration email and therefore ends up in your inbox, but it is usually possible to change it to a spam email address such as nospam@domainhost.com

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Sam999 (454 days ago)

KSE4,

Might be a good idea to get your PC scanned for viruses or spyware. Automated spoofing like this of your domain (especially if it is a priv domain) usually means your computer has been infected with something and you can't see it. Thus someone is using your PC to spam everyone you know in your contacts lists...

(I am based in Shanghai)