Help - Viagra Emails Are Running My Cred !!!_

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:) Seriously does anyone know a good way to stop the 30 or so viagra emails I get a day via ntlworld email addy using outlook express - Ive tried setting up a rule excluding all emails containing the word viagra but its totally ineffective

and no I didnt order any Viagra - not even once :saywhat:

[TierraDelFuego]

two ways;

set up rules with every possible spelling of V1@gr4 or,

ditch the account and setup something unlikely to be breached by spam.

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REALLLY want to avoid option 2

option 1 doesnt even work at all. First rule I set up with just basic spelling of viagra - still lets basic spelling of viagra emails through ..... aaaaaaarrrrggghhhhh

[TierraDelFuego]

never seen a prob with the rules not working, how have you set them up.

i had an old ntl account which was bombarded so went and bought myself a cheap domain from 123-reg.co.uk for £3 a year. set up an obscure ntl account that noone needs to know about and set up the forwarding.

[emailrob]

Mailwasher http://www.mailwasher.net/ seems quite popular. This can help weed things out before using your mail program.
Also, Outlook 2003 has a spam filter which is 'ok'. A combination of this with some advanced rules would be a good defence.

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MailWasher® Pro retrieves information about all the email on the server. With that information (some of which is also processed by MailWasher® Pro), you can decide what to do with each individual email - download, delete, or report.

If you check your accounts with MailWasher® Pro first, you can delete the email you do not want. Then, when you use your email program, it downloads only the remaining email, those that you want to read.

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thx m8 mailwasher sounds good - I'll seek it out

[PhilEnfield]

Yup .... I can recommend Mailwasher .... been using it for several months now.

You can blacklist stuff and bounce it too ... gives you a real sense of satisfaction :D

[Chris IOW]

Definatly go for Mail Washer!

I cant live without it now :)