how do I stop junk mail?

[sharkrider]

I get shed loads every day.... mostly about payday loans (apparently from america! all US dollars ect...) I add the domain to my "junk" list, but they must have programms to randomly create new addesses to send from ....

bugs me.

any ideas? nice little programms to sort it ect?

I use outlook.

Thanks!

[Lofty79]

start a new email, and basically make doubly sure you opt out everytime

[Evening Star]

Google is your friend... "outlook junk email filter"

Or switch to Thunderbird.

I used a method on several companies and that was I did BCC to them with their reply addresses copied into the recipients box at least 100-200x (C&P) and then put in the message in very large BLOCK CAPITALS

F**KING WELL STOP SPAMMING ME! & I set my computer to do that at least 10-20 times overnight or until the mails bounced because their mailbox was full.

I've also done it to several large companies who kept on faxing my phone line, the last one got 500 pages telling them to stop. It worked.

[sharkrider]

thats a good idea I may do some spamming of my own...

I'm not changing my e-mail, I've had it for many years, and am very carefull not to putmy e-mail address into anything! unless its a trusted place with no marketing ect ect....

[Babs]

Absolutely no way of doing, most are sent from spoofed addresses. Don't click any links, just delete and get on with your day

[@Lee]

what Babs said, also, if you want some c1ali5 cheap, I know a guy!

[sharkrider]

lol... PMSL

[gadgetman]

Google is your friend... "outlook junk email filter"

Or switch to Thunderbird.

I used a method on several companies and that was I did BCC to them with their reply addresses copied into the recipients box at least 100-200x (C&P) and then put in the message in very large BLOCK CAPITALS

F**KING WELL STOP SPAMMING ME! & I set my computer to do that at least 10-20 times overnight or until the mails bounced because their mailbox was full.

I've also done it to several large companies who kept on faxing my phone line, the last one got 500 pages telling them to stop. It worked.

A) a waste of time

B )likely to go to an innocent person who's email address has been spoofed as the sended

C) most spammers monitor emails using specialist software for replies or opt out link clicks. All you've done is confirm a valid monitored email which they then sell onto others. You actually help increase your spam!

As Babs says, just ignore and delete. Do FA with spam emails. If you're insistent on fighting back, join spamcop.net :thumbup:

[Evening Star]

Well I've had nowt since I did it.

I get the odd one or two phishing ones, but they just get binned. Had two tonight on about my refund on two airline tickets from Montgomery (one of them in the USA) to Washington.

That would be a tad difficult, 1: I don't have a visa. 2: I don't fly by any means 3: I don't like America.

[Macdemon]

Try Mailwasher

http://www.mailwasher.net/

That worked for me when I had a Windows laptop, before I poured HOT tea onto the keyboard and it started fizzing

[Robshaw]

Want to stop it? Shut down your email account. Job done -

[Jim H]

Try Mailwasher

http://www.mailwasher.net/

That worked for me when I had a Windows laptop.

I was going to suggest Mailwasher too. My dad uses it with his main email account for many years and it works a treat. You can preview messages, delete and bounce them before downloading them to Outlook.

[RainbowFire]

Which version of Outlook are you using? Have you kept up with the updates? (Almost weekly M$ are updating the junk filter.)

I'd go for Mailwasher too. Used it a few years ago without problems.

Edited 28 June, 2012 by RainbowFore

[GentleGiant]

Mailwasher, had it for years. The only issue is for people with more than one email account, you have to get the paid for version; unless like me, you have been around so long you still have copies of the older, multi account beta version (v2.2).

In future, set up and run everything through a gmail account, their spam filters are pretty awesome, very little gets through to my main account, even though I use the gmail address for all my site sign-ups.