porn email

[judy]

My nephew was visiting and unbeknown to me surfed through
some porn sites. Now I'm getting a lot of porn email.
I'm using spam cop which is great but it expires soon.
Is paying for a filter program the only way to get rid of
this stuff? Help! thank you :)
judy

[judy]

Thank you for your help Francis. I'll certainly give
that a good shot.

judy


>-----Original Message-----
>Judy,
>
>I had a similar problem with someone looking at porn
with my computer. I
>was later bombarded with about 30-40 e-mails daily about
the craziest porn
>stuff.
>
>If you use Outlook or Outlook Express, you can set up
mail filters. ie, you
>can make it delete mail that meet certain conditions.
For instance, you
>could get Outlook to delete mail messages that contain
porn words in the
>subject line, or in the message body, etc.
>
>For the first while when I was receiving porn mail, I
would first look for
>key words in the subject line to the message body that
would indicate that
>the message was related to porn. I would then add these
key words to my
>"Delete Porn" message rule. If I could not find a key
word, then I would
>simply add the sender to my "Block sender" list.
>
>After about 2 weeks of this, my mail filters are
reasonably good. Out of
>the 40 messages I get per day, it usually stops over 35
messages from
>getting through.
>
>To set this up in Outlook Express, go to TOOLS -->
MESSAGE RULES --> MAIL.
>Then hit NEW, and follow the prompts to set a new rule.
Or go to
>MESSAGE --> BLOCK SENDER.
>
>Another solution is to change your e-mail address.
>
>I hope this helps!
>
>
>
>msnews.microsoft.com msnews.microsoft.com
>"judy" > wrote in message
...
>> My nephew was visiting and unbeknown to me surfed
through
>> some porn sites. Now I'm getting a lot of porn email.
>> I'm using spam cop which is great but it expires soon.
>> Is paying for a filter program the only way to get rid
of
>> this stuff? Help! thank you :)
>> judy
>
>
>.
>

[A Fraley]

You can keep "SpamCop" if that's working for you, or open a new email
address.


"judy" > wrote in message
...
> My nephew was visiting and unbeknown to me surfed through
> some porn sites. Now I'm getting a lot of porn email.
> I'm using spam cop which is great but it expires soon.
> Is paying for a filter program the only way to get rid of
> this stuff? Help! thank you :)
> judy

[Joe727]

You might have gotten spyware on your PC. You can use SpyBot or Ad Aware to
eliminate it.

http://security.kolla.de/

http://www.lavasoft.de/

Ad Aware has a free version. Spybot asks for a contribution, but it's not
required.

Joe

"judy" > wrote in message
...
> My nephew was visiting and unbeknown to me surfed through
> some porn sites. Now I'm getting a lot of porn email.
> I'm using spam cop which is great but it expires soon.
> Is paying for a filter program the only way to get rid of
> this stuff? Help! thank you :)
> judy

[JerryM]

Judy, you can download a free mailwasher program from the following address:
http://www.mailwasher.net/

It shows all incoming mail before it downloads to your computer, so you can
reject the ones you don't want. It also bounces mail back to the sender to
tell them there is no one at this address

--
Jerry


If all else fails, Follow Directions

"judy" > wrote in message
...
> My nephew was visiting and unbeknown to me surfed through
> some porn sites. Now I'm getting a lot of porn email.
> I'm using spam cop which is great but it expires soon.
> Is paying for a filter program the only way to get rid of
> this stuff? Help! thank you :)
> judy

[Francis Waterhouse]

Judy,

I had a similar problem with someone looking at porn with my computer. I
was later bombarded with about 30-40 e-mails daily about the craziest porn
stuff.

If you use Outlook or Outlook Express, you can set up mail filters. ie, you
can make it delete mail that meet certain conditions. For instance, you
could get Outlook to delete mail messages that contain porn words in the
subject line, or in the message body, etc.

For the first while when I was receiving porn mail, I would first look for
key words in the subject line to the message body that would indicate that
the message was related to porn. I would then add these key words to my
"Delete Porn" message rule. If I could not find a key word, then I would
simply add the sender to my "Block sender" list.

After about 2 weeks of this, my mail filters are reasonably good. Out of
the 40 messages I get per day, it usually stops over 35 messages from
getting through.

To set this up in Outlook Express, go to TOOLS --> MESSAGE RULES --> MAIL.
Then hit NEW, and follow the prompts to set a new rule. Or go to
MESSAGE --> BLOCK SENDER.

Another solution is to change your e-mail address.

I hope this helps!



msnews.microsoft.com msnews.microsoft.com
"judy" > wrote in message
...
> My nephew was visiting and unbeknown to me surfed through
> some porn sites. Now I'm getting a lot of porn email.
> I'm using spam cop which is great but it expires soon.
> Is paying for a filter program the only way to get rid of
> this stuff? Help! thank you :)
> judy

[you]

Bouncing via mailwasher is not recommended at all.
99.9999% of all spam has a false, spoofed or borrowed
email address. This means that the wrong person gets
a "bounce", or a distant mail server has to deal with an
invalid address.

Also, if it *is* valid, bouncing is not done immediately -
so the spammer still knows it's a valid email.

Mailwasher should ONLY be user to delete.


>-----Original Message-----
>Judy, you can download a free mailwasher program from the
following address:
>http://www.mailwasher.net/
>
>It shows all incoming mail before it downloads to your
computer, so you can
>reject the ones you don't want. It also bounces mail back
to the sender to
>tell them there is no one at this address
>
>--
>Jerry
>
>
>If all else fails, Follow Directions
>
>"judy" > wrote in message
...
>> My nephew was visiting and unbeknown to me surfed
through
>> some porn sites. Now I'm getting a lot of porn email.
>> I'm using spam cop which is great but it expires soon.
>> Is paying for a filter program the only way to get rid
of
>> this stuff? Help! thank you :)
>> judy
>
>.
>

[judy]

Thank you all for your help and advice :) I decided the
easiest way was to change my email address.


>-----Original Message-----
>You can keep "SpamCop" if that's working for you, or
open a new email
>address.
>
>
>"judy" > wrote in message
...
>> My nephew was visiting and unbeknown to me surfed
through
>> some porn sites. Now I'm getting a lot of porn email.
>> I'm using spam cop which is great but it expires soon.
>> Is paying for a filter program the only way to get rid
of
>> this stuff? Help! thank you :)
>> judy
>
>
>.
>