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scam n spam e-mail fed up
redbull08
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I keep getting hundreds of spam
outlook express cant block i suppose due to scammers n spammers changing their addy?
OE used to store my blocked list, it doesnt anymore it deletes after 24 hrs
lots of the emails are from
hawk alerts
hawk deal a week etc
they are constant
i get disgusting ones to selling pills & enhancemments
i have to regularly change my addresses but this is no good for me
why do they do this kinda thing, what gain do they get, i have several email addresses i get them to all
im at wits end, i spend first 5 mins deleting & trying to block but it never stops its making the computer no fun for me anymore
any ideas please?
thanks too!
outlook express cant block i suppose due to scammers n spammers changing their addy?
OE used to store my blocked list, it doesnt anymore it deletes after 24 hrs
lots of the emails are from
hawk alerts
hawk deal a week etc
they are constant
i get disgusting ones to selling pills & enhancemments
i have to regularly change my addresses but this is no good for me
why do they do this kinda thing, what gain do they get, i have several email addresses i get them to all
im at wits end, i spend first 5 mins deleting & trying to block but it never stops its making the computer no fun for me anymore
any ideas please?
thanks too!
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I use a googlemail service and have it set up for OE. Googlemail automatically filters out most spam and I get very little in my OE inbox. Not perfect but the best (free) answer I have found so far.Try saying "I have under-a-pound in my wallet" and listen to people react!0
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Not a tremendous amount you can do. Are you following simple rules about never displaying your email address online (e.g. never put your email address on the Forum like MSE?)
You could give Mailwasher a try (it's free). It gets good reviews.
I feel left out, I wish I got some disgusting ones, all I get is boring Lottery, Ebay, Viagra, Medicines etc..... rubbish!0 -
I agree with Mailwasher. I used to use it myself and it is very good. I don't need it any more though I am happy to say.Try saying "I have under-a-pound in my wallet" and listen to people react!0
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A spam-free world by 2006? That's what Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates is promising.
“Two years from now, spam will be solved,” he told a select group of World Economic Forum participants at this Alpine ski resort.
Did a great job Bill, great job.....[greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
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The impact of this is to stigmatise people on benefits,
and we should be deeply worried about that[/redtitle](house of lords debate, talking about Cameron)0 -
Remember the (invented!) Bill Gates quote, that "640K of (virtual) memory ought to be enough for anyone"?
"Prediction is difficult, especially about the future..."0
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