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In large part because I have had my 2 email addresses for over 5 years, I
literally get some 100 spam to 10 real emails mper account. Since I get
about 400 to 600 emails a day total, you can see the problem. Despite
Outlook filters, I was overwhelmed. The last straw was my 9 year old niece
sitting with me looking at my email to see if her mother sent an email and
a picture of woman doing things no 9 year old needs to see popped up in an
email.
I researched and bought a spam filter. I am pretty happy with it. You can
find out more at www.outlook-spam-filter.com. It moves all suspect email to
another folder for me to peruse later. It works in Outlook and I generally
like it. About $30. I have no affiliation with this product, except it
helps a lot.
Everyone I know with an email address is also deluged with this stuff. It
is awful and a pain to find the real email under this flood.
Of course, antivirus software and a hardware firewall for the other nasty
stuff.
sharon
Original Message:
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From: Michele Davis michele -at- krautgrrl -dot- com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:18:21 -0500
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Subject: Leaving Techwhirlers
Just to add my two cents, I have been inundated with over 400 emails a
day, including Spam. A firewall doesn't help you here people, ours
certainly hasn't helped me. HOWEVER, this exploit is AT LEAST 9 months
old which means you either:
1) Haven't updated your sw patches in the past 6 months
or
2) Clicked on something you shouldn't have
I find it interesting that two people are leaving the list serv, when
everyone is suffering. Where would the list serv go if we all walked off
because of the level of Spam and Virus emails? I feel people should be
more considerate! Take the time to treat your computer as your friend,
do you change the oil in your car? Well, your PC needs maintenance too!
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Michele
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