Is there any way to stop this?

Reeka · 03-09-2003, 01:51 PM

I know I am not the only one, but I keep getting e-mails from porn sites. If they have the link to unsubscribe I do so; however, many of them have no link to unsubscribe. I have tried sending a reply to the e-mail address they give, but that more often than not returns to me as undeliverable.

Is there any way to get these people to stop sending these e-mails to my e-mail addy?

slicer15 · 03-09-2003, 01:56 PM

Do you have a hotmail or yahoo account? If so, you could set a filter to sift out unwanted junk mail or mail that contains certain words...

Dreamer128 · 03-09-2003, 01:56 PM

Block every last one of them. Keep that up for three months or so, and they'll leave you alone...

Reeka · 03-09-2003, 02:18 PM

I can't do either of those things. I have a tgeweb.com e-mail address. There is neither a filter or a way to block. Any other suggestions?

Larry_OHF · 03-09-2003, 02:30 PM

Responding to the e-mails of "unsubscribe" do nothing. In fact, they "do" let the bots know there is a live person on the other end of that signal they send out, and not an invalid address. I read somewhere that you do not respond to the unsubscribe option. I also have the tgeweb account, and get that stuff all the time.

Reeka · 03-09-2003, 02:42 PM

Well, actually I have had good success with the unsubscribe. But you know then that we have no way to block or filter. Or is there a feature of tgeweb.com mail that I don't know about.

I mean there must be some way to get these people to leave you alone.

Luvian · 03-09-2003, 02:58 PM

The tgeweb email is a pop3 one, right? You can block emails using them, too. In Outlook.

Outlook filter's are a lot more powerful, but sadly, my outlook is not in english, so I would have lots of trouble giving you step by step instructions.

[ 03-09-2003, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: Luvian ]

WillowIX · 03-09-2003, 03:40 PM

And there are software available that lets you "bounce" the spam from you server before you receive them. That way the company who sent the spam mail will think that your email address does not exist. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Reeka · 03-09-2003, 03:58 PM

Well, does anybody know how I would do this with POP? I am not very techy.

RevRuby · 03-09-2003, 04:12 PM

ummm.getting spybot helps too

but typing spybot.com doesn't work, so go to a search engine and look for it there. took out "sextracker" on my comp

03-09-2003, 01:51 PM	#1
Reeka Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: March 2, 2001 Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA Age: 70 Posts: 3,255	I know I am not the only one, but I keep getting e-mails from porn sites. If they have the link to unsubscribe I do so; however, many of them have no link to unsubscribe. I have tried sending a reply to the e-mail address they give, but that more often than not returns to me as undeliverable. Is there any way to get these people to stop sending these e-mails to my e-mail addy? __________________ <b>Order of the Holy Flame</b><br /><i>Member of Clan HADB</i><br /><b>Laughing Hyena</b><br /><i>Clan Liaison, IW Peace Keeping Force</i><br /><i>[url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com/Forum/index.php?board=29\" target=\"_blank\">The Silver River VoiceChat!</a><br />Last Saturday of every month. <br />See the forum link for scheduling!<br /><b> </b><br /></i><br /><b>Admin and Co-Owner of [url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Silver River</a></b><br />[url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com\" target=\"_blank\"></a>

03-09-2003, 02:18 PM	#4
Reeka Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: March 2, 2001 Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA Age: 70 Posts: 3,255	I can't do either of those things. I have a tgeweb.com e-mail address. There is neither a filter or a way to block. Any other suggestions? __________________ <b>Order of the Holy Flame</b><br /><i>Member of Clan HADB</i><br /><b>Laughing Hyena</b><br /><i>Clan Liaison, IW Peace Keeping Force</i><br /><i>[url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com/Forum/index.php?board=29\" target=\"_blank\">The Silver River VoiceChat!</a><br />Last Saturday of every month. <br />See the forum link for scheduling!<br /><b> </b><br /></i><br /><b>Admin and Co-Owner of [url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Silver River</a></b><br />[url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com\" target=\"_blank\"></a>

03-09-2003, 02:30 PM	#5
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 48 Posts: 14,759	Responding to the e-mails of "unsubscribe" do nothing. In fact, they "do" let the bots know there is a live person on the other end of that signal they send out, and not an invalid address. I read somewhere that you do not respond to the unsubscribe option. I also have the tgeweb account, and get that stuff all the time. __________________

03-09-2003, 02:42 PM	#6
Reeka Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: March 2, 2001 Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA Age: 70 Posts: 3,255	Well, actually I have had good success with the unsubscribe. But you know then that we have no way to block or filter. Or is there a feature of tgeweb.com mail that I don't know about. I mean there must be some way to get these people to leave you alone. __________________ <b>Order of the Holy Flame</b><br /><i>Member of Clan HADB</i><br /><b>Laughing Hyena</b><br /><i>Clan Liaison, IW Peace Keeping Force</i><br /><i>[url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com/Forum/index.php?board=29\" target=\"_blank\">The Silver River VoiceChat!</a><br />Last Saturday of every month. <br />See the forum link for scheduling!<br /><b> </b><br /></i><br /><b>Admin and Co-Owner of [url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Silver River</a></b><br />[url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com\" target=\"_blank\"></a>

03-09-2003, 02:58 PM	#7
Luvian Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Age: 43 Posts: 6,763	The tgeweb email is a pop3 one, right? You can block emails using them, too. In Outlook. Outlook filter's are a lot more powerful, but sadly, my outlook is not in english, so I would have lots of trouble giving you step by step instructions. [ 03-09-2003, 02:59 PM: Message edited by: Luvian ] __________________ Once upon a time in Canada...

03-09-2003, 01:56 PM	#2
slicer15 Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 12, 2002 Location: Banstead, Southeast England Age: 37 Posts: 1,162	Do you have a hotmail or yahoo account? If so, you could set a filter to sift out unwanted junk mail or mail that contains certain words...

03-09-2003, 01:56 PM	#3
Dreamer128 Dracolisk Join Date: March 21, 2001 Location: Europe Age: 39 Posts: 6,136	Block every last one of them. Keep that up for three months or so, and they'll leave you alone...

03-09-2003, 03:40 PM	#8
WillowIX Apophis Join Date: July 10, 2001 Location: By a big blue lake, Canada Age: 49 Posts: 4,628	And there are software available that lets you "bounce" the spam from you server before you receive them. That way the company who sent the spam mail will think that your email address does not exist. [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ Confuzzled by nature.

03-09-2003, 03:58 PM	#9
Reeka Ma'at - Goddess of Truth & Justice Join Date: March 2, 2001 Location: Birmingham, Alabama, USA Age: 70 Posts: 3,255	Well, does anybody know how I would do this with POP? I am not very techy. __________________ <b>Order of the Holy Flame</b><br /><i>Member of Clan HADB</i><br /><b>Laughing Hyena</b><br /><i>Clan Liaison, IW Peace Keeping Force</i><br /><i>[url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com/Forum/index.php?board=29\" target=\"_blank\">The Silver River VoiceChat!</a><br />Last Saturday of every month. <br />See the forum link for scheduling!<br /><b> </b><br /></i><br /><b>Admin and Co-Owner of [url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Silver River</a></b><br />[url]\"http://www.the-silver-river.com\" target=\"_blank\"></a>

03-09-2003, 04:12 PM	#10
RevRuby Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: July 11, 2002 Location: Limbo Age: 43 Posts: 1,720	ummm.getting spybot helps too but typing spybot.com doesn't work, so go to a search engine and look for it there. took out "sextracker" on my comp __________________ peek-a-boo

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