I hate SPAM.... help me get rid of it

[Thevor]

My daughter broke up with her boyfriend and in retaliation he signed us up on a spam site. Getting 300 emails a weekend isn't fun.

What's the best way to get rid of this stuff? This is a primary email address that wasn't sent out to very many people now it seems like everyone that has something to sell has the address.

I use Outlook Express. Is there a way to create rules to block specific countries? or just their extensions? I have already created rules to block specific words in the subject line but that has only eliminated part of the problem. Most seem to come from the same addresses but don't have the same sender or subject line so blocking the address from the @portion of the address would work best. Any help?

Unless of course you need a p*n*s enlargement, then I can accomodate finding someone willing to send you a lot of email.

[Tootsall]

That just sucks, doesn't it, Thev? I had the same thing happen to me. I am fortunate that my ISP will give me up to three email addresses (for other members of the family if I so choose) so I just created a "new one" and use that. Then I let the "old one" (which is, unfortunately, the default and cannot be changed) fill up. Once it hits its limit it just rejects everything that comes in so I don't even bother emptying it out.

If the ISP has a problem with that, let them figure out how to block this junk. In the meantime, even my new email is receiving the worms. I figure that some one in my address book has their computer "contaminated" and either doesn't know it or doesn't care. Well, rules can be set up for that to automatically put the emails into the "deleted files" mail box and then empty it whenever Outlook shuts down. Norton AV takes care of the attachments (although I have to go in once a week or so and empty the Quarantine folder).

Still, it's a royal pain in the a$$ isn't it? I hope someone collects Microsoft's bounty. And soon!

[jamesfrmphilly]

there's a bunch of spam blockers for download, check out CNET.com.
i used inboxcop and it was pretty good.
now i use Norton internet security and that's even better.
good luck.

[camelbrass]

Had the same problem. Downloaded Norton and its pretty well fixed it.

Regards

Trevor