software to prevent junk email?

g · 08-20-2003, 03:46 AM

Hi,
We keep getting a lot of junk email. Just wondering if anyone knows of any good software to prevent this. We have Norton and the security setting is on the highest on the email filter.
Thanks
G

Funky Larma · 08-20-2003, 04:08 AM

I dont get a lot of junk mail on my main account but the OSX Mail app is susposed to be really good. When I first set it up it tried blocking all mail from the hotmail/yahoo style senders. I'm sure to could define some rules within it.
What application are you using at the moment?

g · 08-20-2003, 04:16 AM

hi, im using microsoft entourage

AKcrab · 08-20-2003, 04:57 PM

I get over 100 junk mails a day, and mail.app catches about 99% of them... Maybe a higher percentage than that.

Funky Larma · 08-21-2003, 02:10 AM

I have not used entourage myself but in outlook the only way I found was to set up rules to move the junk straight to the trash. Or pay out for a seperate service like spam assasin that will cost a lot and not catch all of them

houchin · 08-21-2003, 09:55 AM

I have found that the junk filters in the new Eudora 6 betas have been very good. A few others have not had such success, but with a bit of training and tweaking of the settings, they should be as good as anything else.

armin.nikgol · 08-22-2003, 07:55 AM

i have Mail too but get over 20 every day. how do i set it up? the training modus did not work for me

Jacques · 08-22-2003, 09:15 AM

After training Mail.app, you should turn it on - if I remember correctly.

I use Eudora 6, it works well for catching jumk.

Irene · 08-22-2003, 10:17 AM

I find Eudora 6 catches 99 percent of the junk and 10% of my non-junk too.

I found the latter more of a problem than the spam as most is put in the spam box. I had to tell it to whitelist anyone in my address book and add to the address book places to which I never send mail but from which I do accept mail-- the New York Times for example.

Every couple months I get many mail daemon or postmaster spam that does get through to the in box and it's clear that a spammer used my return address for evil things, but after a few hours it stops for months.

Comcast (my isp) has a spam alert that seems to be unteachable-- every month it marks a certain piece of mail --by inserting annoying text -- as probable spam-- despite my having told Comcast Tech support to bless this sender who uses all caps and does other things it looks for.

Funky Larma · 08-22-2003, 10:44 AM

We had a spam filter at the isp end and the thing never worked right. Try and try to configure it and nothing, isp had a go and nothing worked. Still got all the junk but this time it was just labelled 'this could be junk'

Still not heard from my friend in Africa who had a client with $5,000,000 who needed me to transfer the money to my account for legal reasons. Must try and get hold of hime and see what happened?

Jacques · 08-23-2003, 08:45 AM

As an FYI..

The new Eudora beta (came out yesterday) has ugly icons and no longer helps with junk mail unless you are using it in paid mode.

Jacques

mclbruce · 08-24-2003, 11:00 PM

I'm using Entourage and a product called SpamSieve is doing a great job on my junk mail:

http://www.c-command.com/spamsieve/

It took me a while to set it up exactly the way I want, but it does work well.

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Jacques All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 967	After training Mail.app, you should turn it on - if I remember correctly. I use Eudora 6, it works well for catching jumk. __________________ see / hear Joy is not the absence of suffering. It is the presence of God. -Robert Schuller ..believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable.. -1Peter 1:8

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Jacques All Star Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 967	As an FYI.. The new Eudora beta (came out yesterday) has ugly icons and no longer helps with junk mail unless you are using it in paid mode. Jacques __________________ see / hear Joy is not the absence of suffering. It is the presence of God. -Robert Schuller ..believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable.. -1Peter 1:8

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08-20-2003, 04:08 AM	#2
Funky Larma Prospect Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK Posts: 34	I dont get a lot of junk mail on my main account but the OSX Mail app is susposed to be really good. When I first set it up it tried blocking all mail from the hotmail/yahoo style senders. I'm sure to could define some rules within it. What application are you using at the moment?

08-20-2003, 04:57 PM	#4
AKcrab MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Wasilla, AK Posts: 1,043	I get over 100 junk mails a day, and mail.app catches about 99% of them... Maybe a higher percentage than that.

08-21-2003, 02:10 AM	#5
Funky Larma Prospect Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK Posts: 34	I have not used entourage myself but in outlook the only way I found was to set up rules to move the junk straight to the trash. Or pay out for a seperate service like spam assasin that will cost a lot and not catch all of them

08-21-2003, 09:55 AM	#6
houchin Major Leaguer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Northern Virginai Posts: 294	I have found that the junk filters in the new Eudora 6 betas have been very good. A few others have not had such success, but with a bit of training and tweaking of the settings, they should be as good as anything else.

08-22-2003, 07:55 AM	#7
armin.nikgol Triple-A Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: norway Posts: 154	i have Mail too but get over 20 every day. how do i set it up? the training modus did not work for me

08-22-2003, 10:17 AM	#9
Irene MVP Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,124	I find Eudora 6 catches 99 percent of the junk and 10% of my non-junk too. I found the latter more of a problem than the spam as most is put in the spam box. I had to tell it to whitelist anyone in my address book and add to the address book places to which I never send mail but from which I do accept mail-- the New York Times for example. Every couple months I get many mail daemon or postmaster spam that does get through to the in box and it's clear that a spammer used my return address for evil things, but after a few hours it stops for months. Comcast (my isp) has a spam alert that seems to be unteachable-- every month it marks a certain piece of mail --by inserting annoying text -- as probable spam-- despite my having told Comcast Tech support to bless this sender who uses all caps and does other things it looks for.

08-22-2003, 10:44 AM	#10
Funky Larma Prospect Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: UK Posts: 34	We had a spam filter at the isp end and the thing never worked right. Try and try to configure it and nothing, isp had a go and nothing worked. Still got all the junk but this time it was just labelled 'this could be junk' Still not heard from my friend in Africa who had a client with $5,000,000 who needed me to transfer the money to my account for legal reasons. Must try and get hold of hime and see what happened?

08-24-2003, 11:00 PM	#12
mclbruce Hall of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,870	I'm using Entourage and a product called SpamSieve is doing a great job on my junk mail: http://www.c-command.com/spamsieve/ It took me a while to set it up exactly the way I want, but it does work well.