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spurs1234

Hi everyone i keep getting this stock trade spam, its a differant email address every time and hasnt got a unsubscribe button.

Has anyone else been getting these ? i get around 12 a day the only way i can think of getting rid of it is by changing email address .



Any Help on this matter would be great Thank you !

superscaper

Don't think it would make much difference. I get them to the domain I own at lots of different speculative addresses. Luckily Outlook identifies almost all of them as spam anyway. But at least I have the option of blocking those addresses and keep my legitimate ones free (which don't get any spam).

alanrowell

and hasnt got a unsubscribe button.

Pressing unsubscribe buttons is probably the best way to ensure you get more Spam as it proves that your address is valid & hence saleable.

As for your problem, try mailwasher

cloud_dog

Got fed up of spam to our domain address so installed Popfile:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=63137

Very good (after it learns) and its free

clyde_valley

I have also been getting these spam e-mails, and have noticed recently that they have been increasing. This is despite having Norton Anit-Virus software on my computer. Superscaper what do you mean when you say "Luckily Outlook identifies almost all of them as spam". Can I do something with Outlook to ensure that I stop getting these e-mails. I am very much a novice when it comes to computers, and all this spam is a PAIN.

cloud_dog

clyde_valley wrote:

I have also been getting these spam e-mails, and have noticed recently that they have been increasing. This is despite having Norton Anit-Virus software on my computer. Superscaper what do you mean when you say "Luckily Outlook identifies almost all of them as spam". Can I do something with Outlook to ensure that I stop getting these e-mails. I am very much a novice when it comes to computers, and all this spam is a PAIN.

Norton is not an anti-spam software.

Outlook requires you to setup / configure rules (Tools > Rules Wizard) and works on you identifying specific values, i.e. to specific mail addresses, where the from address is not in your contacts folder, etc, etc. You then select the action you want to be taken, i.e. permanently delete, etc.

If you are suffering from spam the only real way of dealing with it is to install aome spam software (as a previous poster mentioned mailwasher, etc - or Popfile).

cloud_dog

spurs1234

Its nothing to do with spyware ,malware or viruses my machine is 100% all the time , im a technician by trade i can normally find away around these things , and i dont use an antispam as i dont get any until these stock spams started to come through.

This is a link that explains what it is

http://www.spamnation.info/stocks/FAQ.html

The spammers have harvested the emails from email lists and websites not through the usual way of spyware and there is no way of stopping it as explained in the link above

micra20000

You can let the ISP know about the spam problem on their system and help them to stop it in the future. Make sure to include a copy of the spam, along with the full e-mail header. At the top of the message, state that you're complaining about being spammed.