Junk mail

[fishaholic18]

I'm sick of getting junk e-mail/spam. Is there any type of filter or e-mail program I can use to cut down on it?

[JohnR]

There are a bunch of programs you can but and download - go to download.com . Step 2 is to change your e-mail addy

[fishaholic18]

I really don't want to change my e-mail addy. Too many people to tell. I get 75-100 e-mails a day, mostly bogus Ms security update and critical patch crap. My anti virus picks them up and quarrentines them. I opened one up once and screwed my whole rig up. It's a pain in the a** because I have to delete all this crap every day. I don't know what to do about it. I get alot of Viagra mail too, I was going to try it but the wife said NO!!

[Caffeine fisherman]

Here are a couple of good articles I found from my two favorite tech sites. tecktv.com and pcmag.com

http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/an...597682,00.html

http://www.pcmag.com/search_results/...te=PC+Magazine

Hope this helps.

I am using msn and they are great for reducing spam. I'm lucky if I get more than two spams a week.

You also may have a spy ware program hidden on your pc. Spy ware keeps track of where you go and sends it to advertisers. One blatant program is gator. Here is a link to a program to see if you have spy ware on your system. http://www.safer-networking.org/

Also I highly recommend the Norton Antivirus and Internet security package. It not only has antivirus but a firewall. A personal firewall can not just prevent unwanted downloads to you but unwanted uploads from a hidden program on your system. This package also rocks for pop up blocking and add blocking.

[fishaholic18]

Thanx Caffeine fisherman, I'll check it out.

[hooked]

I'd recommend you try Qurb.

The junk mail still gets downloaded to your local mail app (outlook or express) but messages from senders not in your permit list are quarantined in a folder for easy review or deletion.

There's a free trial at http://www.qurb.com.

[macojoe]

I got a new email and still use the old one for junk!! Anytime I have to sign into a site I use taht old address and I never get email in my regular address. Been workig good form 2 tears now still no spam in my box!

[Caffeine fisherman]

Good article on cnn.com,
If you have a have high speed connection, spammers could download a virus onto your system and trun you machine into a spam proxy server.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/0....ap/index.html