pasdetrois Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 For several months now I have been receiving dozens of pornographic emails daily -- I have no idea how they got my email address, as it's a corporate account for my home business (no network, just my PC). I'd like to be able to block or stop these from coming in entirely and have tried multiple tools, used with Outlook Express and Outlook (I tried everyting in both email clients). I've tried: Block sender, which of course cannot anticipate the hundreds of new senders coming in, so no good. Message rules for Outlook Express and Outlook, which just moves some of the spam to various folders, and does not eliminate spam. POPFile is filtering the email and delivering it to my Delete folder. But I cannot use it to block the email entirely or delete it from the server. In other words, it still comes in. Reported IP addresses to various people, such as Yahoo, Network Solutions, my ISP. Used Abusenet to report the emails. Is there anyting spamcop will do differently to keep these emails from coming in? Or am I doomed to replace this email address and notify hundreds of people of a new email address? Any ideas on how to prevent this happening in the future? I'm pretty careful to run daily spyware, adware and virus checks. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Geeze .... posted in the "How to use ... SpamCop Forum" section ... nothing that looks like a Tutorial, a How to ... moving this to ??? the Lounge, I guess .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff G. Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Is there anyting spamcop will do differently to keep these emails from coming in?34300[/snapback] Not automatically, sorry. The filters of the SpamCop Email System could help you to filter those emails and keep them on its server, but only if you trigger the filters manually. If those emails were large and you had a slow link to the Internet like a dialup, that might make some sense, but you appear to be using a Comcast cable modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullnameoralias Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 For several months now I have been receiving dozens of pornographic emails daily -- I have no idea how they got my email address, as it's a corporate account for my home business (no network, just my PC). I'd like to be able to block or stop these from coming in entirely and have tried multiple tools, used with Outlook Express and Outlook (I tried everyting in both email clients)... 34300[/snapback] Hello, Are the advertized (spamvertized) Web sites all hosted on Yahoo (abuse mail network-abuse[at]cc.yahoo-inc.com)? I've been getting those for about 2 months now, and there's at least one more person on this board getting the same sh$t. I'm sick of it; yahoo-inc is not responding to my reports, and there's no way to stop the spam itself, since emails are coming from different sources. They either have bot network or affiliate program of some kind. People here are saying that since the provider is not reacting, there's nothing I can do. That sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wazoo Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 take a look at http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4625 ... suggestion is to reverse your 'logic' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasdetrois Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 Some are from Yahoo, but many are not. The look and feel of each email is the same, so they appear to be coming from the same source way back along the chain of information. Hello, Are the advertized (spamvertized) Web sites all hosted on Yahoo (abuse mail network-abuse[at]cc.yahoo-inc.com)? I've been getting those for about 2 months now, and there's at least one more person on this board getting the same sh$t. I'm sick of it; yahoo-inc is not responding to my reports, and there's no way to stop the spam itself, since emails are coming from different sources. They either have bot network or affiliate program of some kind. People here are saying that since the provider is not reacting, there's nothing I can do. That sucks. 34316[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasdetrois Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 Not automatically, sorry. The filters of the SpamCop Email System could help you to filter those emails and keep them on its server, but only if you trigger the filters manually. If those emails were large and you had a slow link to the Internet like a dialup, that might make some sense, but you appear to be using a Comcast cable modem. 34313[/snapback] Not sure what you mean by triggering filters manually? It would be worth trying to stop this. Would I stop using POPFile, which currently marks the Subject line with [porn] so Outlook knows where to file it? And work only with SpamCop? Or would I build on what I am already doing? I do have Comcast, and lots of times I also use neighborhood wireless capability. Could someone have seen my email address via this public wireless network and used it to send me spam? Maybe as a malicious kind of thing? What is the arrangement where anti-spam tools challenge an email coming in? I think they call it "call and response"? Would that work for me? What do big corporate networks do when this kind of thing happens? Thanks so much for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff G. Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Not sure what you mean by triggering filters manually?34328[/snapback] As I wrote in my reply to White List, the IMP Filter Rules only happen when you want them to happen (Login, Refresh, and/or when you push the funnel-shaped Filter Button)." For more info, please see FAQ about Filtering and Held Mail and FAQ about the personal webmail filters.It would be worth trying to stop this. Would I stop using POPFile, which currently marks the Subject line with [porn] so Outlook knows where to file it? And work only with SpamCop? Or would I build on what I am already doing?34328[/snapback] It could happen either way.I do have Comcast, and lots of times I also use neighborhood wireless capability. Could someone have seen my email address via this public wireless network and used it to send me spam? Maybe as a malicious kind of thing?34328[/snapback] Yes, unfortunately, that could have happened.What is the arrangement where anti-spam tools challenge an email coming in? I think they call it "call and response"?34328[/snapback] The current phrase is "Challenge/Response (CR)". SpamCop doesn't recommend CR systems - they are now considered abusive and reportable by SpamCop per the "Messages which may be reported" section of On what type of email should I (not) use SpamCop? and the Challenge/response spam filtering section of Why are auto-responders (and delayed bounces) bad?. Please see http://forum.spamcop.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=85 for more info.Would that work for me?34328[/snapback] No. CR is bad.What do big corporate networks do when this kind of thing happens?34328[/snapback] They sometimes track down and sue the spammers, implement blocklists (only recommended with whitelists and notice to the employees), implement draconian content filters (not recommended), ignore the problem (not recommended), pay lip service to the problem (not recommended), blame their employees for being promiscuous with their email addresses (sometimes necessary - proof helps), and/or force their employees to change email addresses (sometimes necessary).Thanks so much for your help.34328[/snapback] You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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