How to get rid of these email scams?

[Dragon]

On the Orange email server, there is a button to report scams and to add to the blocked list. But the list has a limit of just 100. This scam list filled up very quickly. What the solution to this problem?

 

[columb]

None. Just remove them.

Cheers
Chris

 

[The Dent Guy]

I had that problem with Wanadoo/Freeserve/Orange

Don't use orange for your email - just use them for internet connection.

For email i use yahoo and hotmail

 

[IanA2]

Give up the net....no net no spam.

 

[andy_k]

stop signing up for mailing lists on dodgy sites

 

[Shude]

stop signing up for mailing lists on dodgy sites

Sorry Andy but IA2's advice is the best so far!

 

[scumbag]

Sorry Andy but IA2's advice is the best so far!

Yep. I 2nd or 3rd that point.

Give up the net and you wont have any problems. In fact, give it up right now.





please

 

[andy_k]

yeah if Dragon ditched the internet, it would solve the forum's spam problem

 

[Dragon]

yeah if Dragon ditched the internet, it would solve the forum's spam problem

4,064 vs 908, who is the habitual spammer?

 

[Shude]

4,064 vs 908, who is the habitual spammer?

Are you sure you want to argue this?

Andy has just 2 posts per day since joining, you have 7 posts per day. I'm sure I could say something about quality rather than quantity but that's tricky to define .

 

[Dragon]

Are you sure you want to argue this?

Andy has just 2 posts per day since joining, you have 7 posts per day. I'm sure I could say something about quality rather than quantity but that's tricky to define .

The champ. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084602/Because I am more exciting. :bannana: :bannana: :bannana:

Statistics well armed.

 

[Doodle]

Because I am exciting. :bannana: :bannana: :bannana:

What, like getting ebola or typhoid is "exciting"?

 

[Shude]

The way I see it, the more spam you get the more you appreciate the genuine e-mails when they arrive!

 

[IanA2]

What I can't work out is why we switch off a TV but leave a loudspeaker blaring......

 

[Marque]

On the Orange email server, there is a button to report scams and to add to the blocked list. But the list has a limit of just 100. This scam list filled up very quickly. What the solution to this problem?

Blocked lists are useless against spammers and scammers: they use a completely different 'from' address each time. Spam filters are only a partial solution.

The only way to beat the spammers and scammers is to move to a completely new e-mail address for private correspondence and only to give it to those people and organisations whom you trust not to pass it on. You would also need to have another e-mail address to use in other cases. This will become inundated with spam after a while, so use an account with an aggressive spam filter. The big free web mail services (e.g. Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail) are pretty good at filtering out spam (as well as some non-spam).

 

[scumbag]

What I can't work out is why we switch off a TV but leave a loudspeaker blaring......

You don't have to do that. I don't. It has an off switch as well you know!

 

[dsolds]

USA.net have a decent email service. You can have as many sub-email addresses as you need.
Example. [email protected] - this one you don't give out.
Then [email protected] for web forms.
[email protected] for this fine place.
etc. etc. Helps trace where your email addy is getting sold from as well. You might be surprised. Once you know which address is was sent to you have a good idea who is selling their databases to the spammers.

 

[columb]

Same with gmail...

Cheers
Chris

 

[DieselE]

Give up the net....no net no spam.

No forum either.

 

[IanA2]

No forum either.

Incorrect, better forum