Beefsteak 305 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 I am currently in receipt of about 130 spam emails a day,my yahoo mail usually throws them in the bin but occasionally one or two are missed, likewise sometimes a real mail finds it's way into the spam box,which means I still have to glance at them (Not open please note) for a quick check and rescue before I delete them. The usual suspects are penis enlargements ,viagra or other such stimulants, Rolex watches and I must win 5 or 6 lotteries or I am the beneficiary in some Nigerian money laundering scam. Any one else getting this many? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 I've got no need for the other requisites that you so desire but I would like to win the Lottery http://www.websmileys.com/s Com'n Mick - sort this smilie out!!!........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob237 89 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 My past flood of spam coincided with membership of Yahoo discussion groups, and reduced to a trickle following my withdrawal from them - and any use of their sites. Apparently, they are notorious for all the spam they seem to stimulate, innocently or otherwise. Personally, I'm a great fan of Mailwasher, which is free and enables spam and potential virus material to be dumped prior to arriving at your Inbox. Cheers Robt P. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mickety 1 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 Agree with Rob, I use mailwasher pro, it filters all the spam before your email program opens, you can also train mailwasher to blacklist the mail from the same spammers where they try to get around it by using different 'from' addresses, it will also bounce the mail back to the sender if you wish. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 I roughly get seven spam mails a day that amount in my opinion isn’t a problem. I even get this site notifications going into my spam box again not a problem. But when my pension money gets paid into my spam box then it becomes a problem. Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted March 6, 2008 Report Share Posted March 6, 2008 I was up to about 300 a day in Yahoo, but it trickled to a mere couple of days last week, and now back up to about 80 a day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2008 I have been with Yahoo for 4 years and it has been very good (in my opinion) at removing spam ,it's only in the last week or so that it has gone 'wappy' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 207 in the last 24 hours (I 'won' the same lottery prize 14 times) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I use the spam filter that is provided by my domain server (Joker.com) - it works very well. The only spam that gets through is that to my "native" e-mail address which I try not to use. Joker.com forward all my e-mail automatically to that address. At work we use a corporate version of Symantec - which also seems to work pretty well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 As I said yahoo does a grand job filtering them out. I would hate for SWMBO to be plagued with them because she hasn't got a spam filter on her mail!! (I keep telling her to change but women know best) !clapping! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 with AOL all spam goes into the spam folder unless one gives it clearance to enter ones email to read folder....easy peasy.... Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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