Stupid Image Spam!!!! Grrrr!

[LisaM]

I use outlook express and have been googling like crazy trying to find a "rule" to to set up to get rid of these. I'm getting them at the rate of about 2 an hour. It's usually related to some penny stock, and I know it's common. It's the spam you get advertising cheap penny stock, but there is no keyword you can set up a rule to because body of the message is actually an image, rather than just typed words.

Has anyone figured out how to set up a rule to get this to not download? Or know of a FREE downloadable spam filter?

Also...what is the difference between "delete from server" and "do not dowload from the server" in the outlook express message rules?

Thank you muchly!
LisaM

[Chemar]

hi Lisa

i use the free version of MailWasher which allows me to vet and block before stuff reaches my Outlook Express inbox. Once you have blacklisted, it also stops further stuff from coming in, and you can also check headers to verify stuff. I also like that I can bounce the yuck back at 'em!:D

http://www.mailwasher.net/

hth
:)

[red river]

Hi Lisa. Our ISP has a free spam filter that gets much of the garbage out, but for those that get through, we can send them a "spam report" so they can filter better. Does your ISP have anything like that?

I also set my rules to exclude any mail that contains the words "stock", etc. It might exclude some important mail, but whatever.

Another thing, I have several e-addys and use one I can 'check' before opening on any site that might be hacked, support spammers, etc. It's cut down on my spam tremendously.