E-Mail Spam; I've reached that point again

MMiz

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My server provides an automatic filter for spam. It looks at all email, and rates in on a scale. For example, the mail gets 2 points if the central spam database has the email already reported as a spam. .5 points if "MORTGAGE" is in the subject, and so on. There are literally hundreds of filter points. I then set the level at which points the mail is sent to another "Possible Spam" folder. Right now I have it set to 5 points.

I have all reported spam go into another folder on my mail client. Every 15,000 spam emails or so my mail program (MS Outlook) begins to freeze. I now have 30,000+ spam emails in my spam folders, and it grows by the hundreds daily.

I'm wondering how everyone else deals with spam, and how much you get.
 

Chimpie

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The great thing about AOL is that they automatically block Spam. It rarely ever reaches my inbox. There is a "spam box" so I can make sure I'm not missing anything important. In a typical day I used to receive 30 - 100 spam emails. AOL has done a great job combating spammers and the number has dropped dramatically, from 1-3 a day to sometimes none, in my inbox or spam box.
 

Alpha752

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The way I deal with spam is a little more time consuming. I have 2 email address.

I have my "personal" email address, that I give out to friends, family... any person I want to talk to.

Then I have a junk email account. This is the account that I use when ever I have to post my email address on the internet, order something on the net, sign up for things....any time im not giving the address to a living person.

95% of junk mail goes to the junk account. I check it every so often, and skim thought to make sure im not missing something and empty it. I think using 2 accounts accually saves time, instead of messing with those spam filters. I never have had much luck with those things.

Just my $.02

Russ
 

ffemt8978

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Originally posted by Alpha752@Jul 17 2004, 05:23 PM
The way I deal with spam is a little more time consuming. I have 2 email address.

I have my "personal" email address, that I give out to friends, family... any person I want to talk to.

Then I have a junk email account. This is the account that I use when ever I have to post my email address on the internet, order something on the net, sign up for things....any time im not giving the address to a living person.

95% of junk mail goes to the junk account. I check it every so often, and skim thought to make sure im not missing something and empty it. I think using 2 accounts accually saves time, instead of messing with those spam filters. I never have had much luck with those things.

Just my $.02

Russ
I've actually got about 7 e-mail accounts.

I give them out depending upon what I set them up for. I have one for work, one for Fire/EMS, one for personal, etc...

Any webpage that I think my send me spam if I enter my e-mail address gets my junk account also. I go through about every week and empty it out.

You're right, this does save time in the long run.
 

rescuecpt

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I too have a junk-mail only account. I still get a small amount of junk-mail in my personal account, but its manageable.
 
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