Outlook express blocked senders list

[drmemory]

After making an online purchase, I have noticed an increase in unwanted solicitions via email. I placed them on my "blocked senders" list and even added the domain name "@mail.ru, etc). Messages still come thru...can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[PeterGriff]

It seems to be better to filter junk e-mails straight to the bin rather than blocking. Maybe the spammers can distinguish between "blocked" messages that have been returned, and those that are returned because the e-mail address is invalid.
Nonetheless it is hard to escape any which way. I have also had randomly generated addresses targeted to my ISP so everyone who has an email address starting with "pet" cops this.
The best advice is to get a Hotmail or Yahoo address for use in any public space (e-mail registrations etc...), dont put your e-mail on any web pages, and to filter e-mails to send the junk to the bin.
There are also some anti-spam programs around of two types. One just makes the filtering option more user-friendly and I dont see any advantage over doing it manually. The second sort collates and pools your block-list data with all its other users to create a continually updating "master list" for blocking. This sounds smarter to me, but I havent tried one yet.

Peter G

 

[smah]

The blocked sender list is quite ineffective because spammers are always changing their 'from' address. Here's some info about creating mail rules. One of these days I'll write a FAQ.

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