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| | Dealing with MULTIPLE Junk mail My inbox regularly gets hundreds of items of junk mail, despite the filter which is supposed to stop the garbage. I can find the mail I want to keep alright but that leaves me with an inbox full of garbage. M'soft should issue an update to the windows mail program that makes it possible to highlight ALL the mail left, right click and do a MULTIPLE "junk email...add sender to blocked senders list". However, at the moment one has to go through each email individually. "One-at-a-time" is ok when you don't get much junk email (say on a brand new address) but when your email address is more than a few hours old then you are stuffed. It takes as long (or longer) to go through the emails individually and move them to the junk mail folder one at a time (blocking the senders address) as it did before junk mail filters came along and one just deleted the rubbish straight away, thus defeating the purpose of having the mail filters in the first place. ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ows.vista.mail |
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| | Re: Dealing with MULTIPLE Junk mail I spent some considerable time testing this utility with XP and it was better than any of the built in filters in ANY mail programs, Microsoft or otherwise. It never upset Outlook Express on XP but I have not tried it with Vista. http://getpopfile.org/ It basically sits between your mail server and client, pretending to be your server as far as the client is concerned. In fact while testing I used the one copy of it to filter the email for several computers, so I only had to train it once. It learns what you consider to be spam quite quickly. Blocked senders is not really successful because spammers use fake addresses and stolen genuine ones, and they are stored in the registry so eventually would likely cause trouble and become impractical. I have had one or two email addresses that never get spam, the one I use here gets thousands because I use it here, literally, so get your IPS to give you two addresses and keep one exclusively for your bank, business email, reputable companies etc. Avery Tom Deacon Harry wrote: Quote: > My inbox regularly gets hundreds of items of junk mail, despite the filter > which is supposed to stop the garbage. > I can find the mail I want to keep alright but that leaves me with an inbox > full of garbage. > M'soft should issue an update to the windows mail program that makes it > possible to highlight ALL the mail left, right click and do a MULTIPLE "junk > email...add sender to blocked senders list". However, at the moment one has > to go through each email individually. > "One-at-a-time" is ok when you don't get much junk email (say on a brand new > address) but when your email address is more than a few hours old then you > are stuffed. It takes as long (or longer) to go through the emails > individually and move them to the junk mail folder one at a time (blocking > the senders address) as it did before junk mail filters came along and one > just deleted the rubbish straight away, thus defeating the purpose of having > the mail filters in the first place. > > ---------------- > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then > click "I Agree" in the message pane. > > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ows.vista.mail |
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| | Re: Dealing with MULTIPLE Junk mail Using the Blocked Senders list to stop spam is a waste of time. Spammers routinely change their From address. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP "Avery Tom Deacon Harry" <AveryTomDeaconHarry@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4B51F6C0-C772-4C81-AED0-3785E3702B24@xxxxxx Quote: > My inbox regularly gets hundreds of items of junk mail, despite the filter > which is supposed to stop the garbage. > I can find the mail I want to keep alright but that leaves me with an inbox > full of garbage. > M'soft should issue an update to the windows mail program that makes it > possible to highlight ALL the mail left, right click and do a MULTIPLE "junk > email...add sender to blocked senders list". However, at the moment one has > to go through each email individually. > "One-at-a-time" is ok when you don't get much junk email (say on a brand new > address) but when your email address is more than a few hours old then you > are stuffed. It takes as long (or longer) to go through the emails > individually and move them to the junk mail folder one at a time (blocking > the senders address) as it did before junk mail filters came along and one > just deleted the rubbish straight away, thus defeating the purpose of having > the mail filters in the first place. > > ---------------- > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then > click "I Agree" in the message pane. > > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ows.vista.mail |
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| | Re: Dealing with MULTIPLE Junk mail Not all of them, especially if they post through Google Groups. Also, some that post there change only the number in their username again and again, especially if the spammer is located in China. "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%238V1qFX0IHA.4400@xxxxxx Quote: > Using the Blocked Senders list to stop spam is a waste of time. > Spammers routinely change their From address. > > -- > Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP > > > "Avery Tom Deacon Harry" <AveryTomDeaconHarry@xxxxxx> > wrote in message > news:4B51F6C0-C772-4C81-AED0-3785E3702B24@xxxxxx Quote: >> My inbox regularly gets hundreds of items of junk mail, despite the >> filter >> which is supposed to stop the garbage. >> I can find the mail I want to keep alright but that leaves me with an >> inbox >> full of garbage. >> M'soft should issue an update to the windows mail program that makes it >> possible to highlight ALL the mail left, right click and do a MULTIPLE >> "junk >> email...add sender to blocked senders list". However, at the moment one >> has >> to go through each email individually. >> "One-at-a-time" is ok when you don't get much junk email (say on a brand >> new >> address) but when your email address is more than a few hours old then >> you >> are stuffed. It takes as long (or longer) to go through the emails >> individually and move them to the junk mail folder one at a time >> (blocking >> the senders address) as it did before junk mail filters came along and >> one >> just deleted the rubbish straight away, thus defeating the purpose of >> having >> the mail filters in the first place. >> >> ---------------- >> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the >> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the >> "I >> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow >> this >> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and >> then >> click "I Agree" in the message pane. >> >> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ows.vista.mail |
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| | RE: Dealing with MULTIPLE Junk mail I can't delete my junk mail . I keep getting an error box pop up. Is there a way to repair this in windows Mail? -- D Walsh "Avery Tom Deacon Harry" wrote: Quote: > My inbox regularly gets hundreds of items of junk mail, despite the filter > which is supposed to stop the garbage. > I can find the mail I want to keep alright but that leaves me with an inbox > full of garbage. > M'soft should issue an update to the windows mail program that makes it > possible to highlight ALL the mail left, right click and do a MULTIPLE "junk > email...add sender to blocked senders list". However, at the moment one has > to go through each email individually. > "One-at-a-time" is ok when you don't get much junk email (say on a brand new > address) but when your email address is more than a few hours old then you > are stuffed. It takes as long (or longer) to go through the emails > individually and move them to the junk mail folder one at a time (blocking > the senders address) as it did before junk mail filters came along and one > just deleted the rubbish straight away, thus defeating the purpose of having > the mail filters in the first place. > > ---------------- > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then > click "I Agree" in the message pane. > > http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...ows.vista.mail |
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| | Re: Dealing with MULTIPLE Junk mail If any messages won't move or can't be deleted, apply this Microsoft fix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941090 Although that article only mentions Outbox, it works for all mail folders. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail) "D Walsh" <DWalsh@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7F2DFC51-AE82-4A11-9263-F388FE270ED7@xxxxxx Quote: >I can't delete my junk mail . I keep getting an error box pop up. > Is there a way to repair this in windows Mail? > -- > D Walsh |
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