Re: [VFB] HELP, I am getting spammed to death

[Gary and Diane Smith]

I dumped yahoo because of all the spam.  Its yahoo related some how.  Now very little spam. Gary Smith Rodney Barilleaux wrote: Kevin, I know exactly what you're talking about. I also have Hotmail and Yahoo accounts and I get an overwhelming amount of spam. I do know that Yahoo has a way of fixing "Spam Mail"... Here's what you need to do... Open your "Inbox", (Yahoo Mail), and you'll see a button that you can mark mail as spam. Once you do that, it automatically blocks the sender from your inbox. There's also a "Spam Protection" where you can choose the tools you'll use to protect your mail from spam. Go through the options of how you want the spam mail delt with... It's fairly easy. Hope that helps... Rodney... :-) aka smokeater734 Fire Captain/Paramedic Los Chavez Fire Department ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin McClean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 4:34 AM Subject: [VFB] HELP, I am getting spammed to death Hi all, I know this is off topic but since we are on an e-mail forum I thought that you guys would be the perfect people to help me with my SPAM problem. I have had my current e-mail address forever "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Over the last 3 years I have had to pay yahoo for the privilege as I have to have access to a POP3 server so I can download my messages and then review and reply as sometimes I am on dial up. I am currently getting about 80 Spam mails a day. This is a real pain in the a$$ and to be honest I am sick of it. I recently signed up for a free online hotmail address again keeping my full name in the address i.e. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" The same as yahoo except at hotmail. No sooner had I signed up I started getting Spam. I know get about 15 a day on that address. Has anyone any thoughts or ideas with regard to new mail service that I could use for getting mail? It doesn't have to be free as I pay yahoo $20 bucks a year for the POP3 access and don't mind paying that to someone else. If any of you guys could help I would really appreciate it. Cheers, Kevin PS, I use outlook for my mail as well. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.676 / Virus Database: 438 - Release Date: 5/3/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.686 / Virus Database: 447 - Release Date: 5/14/2004