OK, enough is enough. I use Outlook Express. How do I cut down on the spam?

[Hayabusa Rider]

I now get about 10 spam emails for every one I want. What are people using to cut down on this these days?

 

[minendo]

Message rules.

That or upgrade to Outlook 2k3.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: minendo
Message rules.

That or upgrade to Outlook 2k3.

Thanks. Never had to bother with it before. Now all I have to do to get rid of 4/5 of it was add "penis" "viagra" and "enlargement", oh Nigeria too. What a friggin sad state of affairs.

 

[ClueLis]

You could try Thunderbird

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: ClueLis
You could try Thunderbird

indeed cut my spam count a hell of a lot on my Anandtech account. I get 300+ emails a day with only like 4 useful ones.

 

[conjur]

Get your own domain and host it someplace that has SpamAssassin. My spam went from about 40-50/day to about 6-7.

 

[TallBill]

thunderbird acutlaly has good results on spam blocking?

 

[Adul]

Originally posted by: TallBill
thunderbird acutlaly has good results on spam blocking?

once you get it trained up, it works great.

 

[Saulbadguy]

I have absolutely positively no spam on my email account from my ISP. Its the email i registered with AT from too. I use it for just about everything (except registering for free items, give aways, stuff like that...) I think it has something to do with the name you choose. I've created accounts on my ISP email, and they get spammed immediately. I've had this name for a couple years now, and no spam.

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: Adul

Originally posted by: TallBill
thunderbird acutlaly has good results on spam blocking?

once you get it trained up, it works great.

That's the whole point, since it learns what terms do and do not show up in junk mail and in what patterns.

 

[TallBill]

so when junk mail comes in, you mark it junk? i already have it set to delete tagged junk, but it will remember patterns?

 

[gopunk]

does thunderbird spam filtering work with with imap email, or is it only pop3... it's hard to imagine a client side spam filter working with imap but who knows...

 

[DeviousTrap]

Originally posted by: conjur
Get your own domain and host it someplace that has SpamAssassin. My spam went from about 40
-50/day to about 6-7.

I agree, spam assassin has been working wonderfully for me. If you have a domain or can purchase one ($9 a year) I would be glad to help you out by hosting it for free.

 

[DeviousTrap]

Double post

 

[iwearnosox]

There's something so great I'm about to make a whole new thread about it. Search for "cloudmark"

 

[Yossarian]

I use mailwasher.

 

[Sluggo]

Someone in another thread turned me onto some little freeware called K9 it seems to work well, and doesnt take too much to configure it.

 

[XZeroII]

Don't browse p0rn and don't give out your email address.

Seriously, I have gotten 2 spam messages TOTAL in my ISP email account. [b[TWO[/b]. I've had that account for over a year and a half. I get about 2 message per day (this is private email) and they are all messages that I am expecting. I've used outlook express for about 1 year, and Office Outlook for about a half year.

So yes, it can be done.

 

[tm37]

you know I have had the same email address for over three years and I get ONE spam a day from some porn place

 

[gopunk]

omg thunderbird rulez!

i love this... it is perfect for my needs :love;

 

[BillGates]

Spam Assassin on mail server + Outlook 2003 + SpamBayes = no spam to inbox. Not one. I love it!

 

[JBT]

I used cloudmark it was pretty good got rid of it but seems like I am still not getting much for spam anymore.