How do I stop the Junk mail at work?

Question

I Keep getting Viagra e-mails on my work e-mail. How do I get them to stop? I have no clue how or why they started coming but they come from a different sender every time so I cannot just block the sender. There is no link on the bottom of the e-mail either that says click here to unsubscribe. Help I am getting a ton a day.

Answer 1

Here are a few steps you can take.



1. Don't open unsolicited Spam. Often what happens is that when you open up spam, it sends back a trigger to the originating source indicating that a valid email address has been found thus subjecting you to even more spam down the road.



2. Don't use the Preview Pane for the same reasons as #1



3. Set you email options to accept mail from only people in your address book or safe lists.



4. Set some filters to automatically route spam to certain folders for easy deletion later.



5. Use a throwaway account for any online registrations you need such as news sites and contests, etc. Often these email addresses are sold to other places, particularly advertising firms. If the throwaway account gets over run, you can simply delete it and create another.



6. Use the BCC when composing emails and encourage your friends to do the same. What this does is protects mailing lists from email harvesters.



7. You can consider using a third party application such as SpamFighter (free version can only be used for 1 account and it is for Outlook and Outlook Express only) http://www.spamfighter.com/



8. Never reply to any spam email that you happen to open and receive for the same reason as #1 above.



You can see more info at the webpage below:



http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-007.html

Answer 2

Forwarding the spams to the network admin won't accomplish anything except putting your name on the network admin's list of Top Ten Most Annoying Users. Since the sender changes all the time, blocking the address won't do any good, whether you do it or the admin does it.



For something like Viagra e-mails, DO NOT click on the unsubscribe links, even if the messages have them. That only informs the spammer that your e-mail address is legit and will open you up to getting even more spam, and possibly viruses and/or spyware in your mail. Only click on the "unsubscribe" links if the mail is coming from a legitimate source and/or one that's related to your work. For example, if your company makes widgets and you get unwanted e-mails from a known widget manufacturer or distributor, in those cases it **would** be OK to use the unsubscribe links.



A better bet is to ask the network person what mail filtering options you can use. There may be something that can be done at the ISP (mail server) level; or you might be able to set up something like Cloudmark that operates from the client side.

Answer 3

Unfortunately, there isn't much you can do about it.



You have gotten yourself on a SPAMMERS mailing list. SPAMMERS buy, sell, and trade these lists. So if you are on one list, you will soon be on many lists.



To avoid the SPAMMERS.



Be careful who you give your email address to. Many people don't remove the old email addresses when forwarding messages. You don't know who will get your address.



Only give this email address out when absolutely necessary.



Never respond to or opt out of a SPAM message. This lets the SPAMMER know they have a good email address.



Keep a junk email address. I keep a hotmail address for junk mail. I use my hotmail address whenever I am required to enter an email address when registering at a web site. This address gets slammed with SPAM. But I don't care as this is why I created it.



About the only thing you can do now is contact your Email server administrator and request you have your email address changed. And in the future, be more careful how you use your email address. Sometimes the administrator will accommodate you.

Answer 4

These emails are crafty. They are sent from none existant email addresses (yes, it's possible to do that) to your account that they retrieved in some way such as buying it from a website you signed up for, a spotty privacy statement leaving loopholes for them to spam you, or many other ways.



I use Gmail and I haven't recieved a Spam email in my inbox in almost a year (the entire time I've used Gmail). It's easy to sign up and I have all my other email addresses forward their mail to my google account. I may be putting all of my eggs in one basket, but it makes things easier that way.

Answer 5

sorry it could in simple terms bypass on your unsolicited mail. the two make a clean e mail handle or take care of what you have. yahoo does an extremely stable job on spamming undesirable emails i do no longer even observe and that they empty themselves too. whether you sign in for a clean e mail you will nevertheless get unsolicited mail.

Answer 6

Use a spam filter.

Answer 7

forward them to your network administrator so that he may add the addresses to the blacklist or filtering groups.