Outlook Express and spam

[choppbobby]

This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread and
send it my page freezes up.
Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like Firefox
has done?
Bob

[Yves Leclerc]

On 24/01/2006 "choppbobby" > wrote:
> This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread and
>send it my page freezes up.
> Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like Firefox
>has done?
> Bob

I sure hope not! Don't you find Microsoft large enough? Microsoft want us to
use Outlook.

You can successfully add your own to OE by adding SpamPal, which is free.

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Y.

[choppbobby]

SpamPal? I'll take a look at it.
Thanks,
Bob

"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> On 24/01/2006 "choppbobby" > wrote:
> > This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread and
> >send it my page freezes up.
> > Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like Firefox
> >has done?
> > Bob
>
> I sure hope not! Don't you find Microsoft large enough? Microsoft want us to
> use Outlook.
>
> You can successfully add your own to OE by adding SpamPal, which is free.
>
> --
> ---
>
> Y.
>
>

[choppbobby]

I'm not at all impressed by SpamPal. I have used it almost all day, and it
has not detected one bit of spam, and I've gotten a lot of it.
It looks like I can put a website on the "Black List", but usually the
whole web site URL is not in the return address. So, how do I enter the spam
URL into the "Black List"?
In Firefox I can highlight an e-mail, and designate it as spam, and it will
go to the Junk folder the next time it accesses my computer.
How can I 'train' SpamPal to do this?
BOB

"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> On 24/01/2006 "choppbobby" > wrote:
> > This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread and
> >send it my page freezes up.
> > Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like Firefox
> >has done?
> > Bob
>
> I sure hope not! Don't you find Microsoft large enough? Microsoft want us to
> use Outlook.
>
> You can successfully add your own to OE by adding SpamPal, which is free.
>
> --
> ---
>
> Y.
>
>

[choppbobby]

I tried SpamPal for several days, but as far as I can tell, it is not
effective.
I'll tell you why. I started a "Black List" of e-mail addresses. Then on
several occasions when I pasted an e-mail address into the "BlackLIst" I got
a message saying that that e-mail address has already been added to the
"Blacklist".
If those e-mail addresses are in the "Blacklist", why did the e-mails from
those e-mail addresses appear in my "Inbox" again?
Bob


"Yves Leclerc" wrote:

> On 24/01/2006 "choppbobby" > wrote:
> > This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread and
> >send it my page freezes up.
> > Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like Firefox
> >has done?
> > Bob
>
> I sure hope not! Don't you find Microsoft large enough? Microsoft want us to
> use Outlook.
>
> You can successfully add your own to OE by adding SpamPal, which is free.
>
> --
> ---
>
> Y.
>
>

[SimonRB]

I haven't really had a chance to look into it more, my I have the same
problem (when using the news component of outlook express)

"choppbobby" > wrote in message
...
> I tried SpamPal for several days, but as far as I can tell, it is not
> effective.
> I'll tell you why. I started a "Black List" of e-mail addresses. Then on
> several occasions when I pasted an e-mail address into the "BlackLIst" I
> got
> a message saying that that e-mail address has already been added to the
> "Blacklist".
> If those e-mail addresses are in the "Blacklist", why did the e-mails from
> those e-mail addresses appear in my "Inbox" again?
> Bob
>
>
> "Yves Leclerc" wrote:
>
>> On 24/01/2006 "choppbobby" > wrote:
>> > This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread
>> > and
>> >send it my page freezes up.
>> > Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like
>> > Firefox
>> >has done?
>> > Bob
>>
>> I sure hope not! Don't you find Microsoft large enough? Microsoft want
>> us to
>> use Outlook.
>>
>> You can successfully add your own to OE by adding SpamPal, which is free.
>>
>> --
>> ---
>>
>> Y.
>>
>>

[Plato]

=?Utf-8?B?Y2hvcHBib2JieQ==?= wrote:
>
> I tried SpamPal for several days, but as far as I can tell, it is not effective.

Use a disposable email address for webpages, purchases, other. Dont
publish your real email address.




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http://www.bootdisk.com/

[choppbobby]

Thanks to all who answered.
The solution here is either to wait for Windows new e-mail program, get an
effective spam filtering program, or use an e-mail server which has effective
spam filtering.
Bob

"choppbobby" wrote:

> This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread and
> send it my page freezes up.
> Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like Firefox
> has done?
> Bob

[Alan]

The way I use isn't listed, and is far more effective than those you give.

Read Plato's posting again. It's the way I use- with the addition of not
using your real email address when posting in newsgroups.

Compared to:
Your 1st way- no waiting for the next program
Your 2nd and 3rd ways- Effective spam filter not needed in the same way- you
aren't giving your address for the spammers to harvest. You may still need a
filter but you get less spam to be filtered if they can't harvest your
address in the first place.



"choppbobby" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks to all who answered.
> The solution here is either to wait for Windows new e-mail program, get an
> effective spam filtering program, or use an e-mail server which has
> effective
> spam filtering.
> Bob
>
> "choppbobby" wrote:
>
>> This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread
>> and
>> send it my page freezes up.
>> Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like
>> Firefox
>> has done?
>> Bob

[choppbobby]

Thanks for the suggestion.
I already have 3 e-mail addresses which is two too many.

"Plato" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?Y2hvcHBib2JieQ==?= wrote:
> >
> > I tried SpamPal for several days, but as far as I can tell, it is not effective.
>
> Use a disposable email address for webpages, purchases, other. Dont
> publish your real email address.
>
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.bootdisk.com/
>
>

[choppbobby]

Thanks,
As I told Plato, I don't need another e-mail address.
For now, I guess I'll just have to delete-delete-..................
Bob

"Alan" wrote:

> The way I use isn't listed, and is far more effective than those you give.
>
> Read Plato's posting again. It's the way I use- with the addition of not
> using your real email address when posting in newsgroups.
>
> Compared to:
> Your 1st way- no waiting for the next program
> Your 2nd and 3rd ways- Effective spam filter not needed in the same way- you
> aren't giving your address for the spammers to harvest. You may still need a
> filter but you get less spam to be filtered if they can't harvest your
> address in the first place.
>
>
>
> "choppbobby" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Thanks to all who answered.
> > The solution here is either to wait for Windows new e-mail program, get an
> > effective spam filtering program, or use an e-mail server which has
> > effective
> > spam filtering.
> > Bob
> >
> > "choppbobby" wrote:
> >
> >> This is the second try at posting this thread. After I write the thread
> >> and
> >> send it my page freezes up.
> >> Here goes the question: Will OE ever adopt junk mail filters like
> >> Firefox
> >> has done?
> >> Bob
>
>
>