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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
I found this on another group. I did it and it is already helping a
lot! ------------ You can block email addresses in Yahoo ... go to Mail Options. You can block up to 100 addresses or URLs. Since the MS update spam blizzard ... I've blocked the following address and URLs and it's helped a lot. microsoft.net updates_ms.com homeserver.net bigfoot.com mxserver.net ..syntax-error xqqi.msn.com mailserver.com "Microsoft Corporation Customer smtpserver.com ntlworld.com technet.com entelchile.net rocketmail.com subtechnologies.com When after blocking these addresses and URLs .... when another spam gets through ... look for the sender's address or URL and add it to your blocked address list Can anyone add any more to the above list? |
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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
On 23 Sep 2003 15:13:25 GMT, Ignoramus7651
wrote: you are doing it wrong... Then how? Mark In article , Ferrante wrote: I found this on another group. I did it and it is already helping a lot! You can block email addresses in Yahoo ... go to Mail Options. You can block up to 100 addresses or URLs. Since the MS update spam blizzard ... I've blocked the following address and URLs and it's helped a lot. microsoft.net updates_ms.com homeserver.net bigfoot.com mxserver.net .syntax-error xqqi.msn.com mailserver.com "Microsoft Corporation Customer smtpserver.com ntlworld.com technet.com entelchile.net rocketmail.com subtechnologies.com When after blocking these addresses and URLs .... when another spam gets through ... look for the sender's address or URL and add it to your blocked address list Can anyone add any more to the above list? |
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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
Ignoramus7651 wrote:
you are doing it wrong... i Okay, Igor, how do you do it? My email address is being mail-bombed so hard that I actually had the account yanked. (I've just gotten it back through the good graces of the system admin who knows my husband.) I use PINE to read my email and the filters only work to delete the crap AFTER I start pine. That means I need to keep PINE open all the time to keep this account clear. It's been happening since Thursday. What the hell are we supposed to do? And why me? -- Wendy In article , Ferrante wrote: I found this on another group. I did it and it is already helping a lot! You can block email addresses in Yahoo ... go to Mail Options. You can block up to 100 addresses or URLs. Since the MS update spam blizzard ... I've blocked the following address and URLs and it's helped a lot. microsoft.net updates_ms.com homeserver.net bigfoot.com mxserver.net .syntax-error xqqi.msn.com mailserver.com "Microsoft Corporation Customer smtpserver.com ntlworld.com technet.com entelchile.net rocketmail.com subtechnologies.com When after blocking these addresses and URLs .... when another spam gets through ... look for the sender's address or URL and add it to your blocked address list Can anyone add any more to the above list? |
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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
"Wendy Marsden" wrote in message ... And why me? -- Wendy somebody who got infected w/ the virus had you in their address book. That's "why you". Short of a 3rd party mailwasher/mail filter .. I'm not sure how to recommend to get rid of them. the other option is to change your email address. |
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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
"Wendy Marsden" wrote in message ... Ignoramus7651 wrote: you are doing it wrong... i Okay, Igor, how do you do it? My email address is being mail-bombed so hard that I actually had the account yanked. (I've just gotten it back through the good graces of the system admin who knows my husband.) I use PINE to read my email and the filters only work to delete the crap AFTER I start pine. That means I need to keep PINE open all the time to keep this account clear. It's been happening since Thursday. What the hell are we supposed to do? And why me? -- Wendy Wendy, It isn't just you! My machine is clean as a whistle but it takes me hours to check my email because I have to check 'okay' on the 600 or so virus infected emails that come through and are caught by Norton. If I get one more 'your message has been returned' email, I might just break the computer. Sadly, I do a lot of work through email and this is absolutely crippling. I have already deleted a couple of important emails that were buried between microsoft update emails. Apparently, the senders properties are also forged so there is no way to tell who the emails are coming from. I am so frustrated I could just cry. When it started last week, I was an hour late for one of my clients as I was panicky trying to scan every single little file on my computer and making sure that all my virus definitions were up to date. My firewall security is so high that it slows me down when and blocks me from doing certain things I need to do. It is notable that this started for me on Thursday which is the day after Norton automatically updates it's system. The first 50 or so went unchecked although attachments are disabled in my email anyway and it did no harm. I did notice Norton had an update on Friday which is unusual. I called my ISP and they were fairly useless. Removal of the recent bugs is supposed to be fairly complicated so I'm glad it isn't me. However, it would seem that since removal is difficult, we will continue to be inundated for a while. I do so wish I could change my email address. In fact, I am seriously considering adding a new one. It's just that I have spent three years building relationships with clients and many of them email me. I would hate to appear unresponsive. j In article , Ferrante wrote: I found this on another group. I did it and it is already helping a lot! You can block email addresses in Yahoo ... go to Mail Options. You can block up to 100 addresses or URLs. Since the MS update spam blizzard ... I've blocked the following address and URLs and it's helped a lot. microsoft.net updates_ms.com homeserver.net bigfoot.com mxserver.net .syntax-error xqqi.msn.com mailserver.com "Microsoft Corporation Customer smtpserver.com ntlworld.com technet.com entelchile.net rocketmail.com subtechnologies.com When after blocking these addresses and URLs .... when another spam gets through ... look for the sender's address or URL and add it to your blocked address list Can anyone add any more to the above list? |
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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
Uh, is there a 3rd party email washer/filter you recommend? Even when I
block them in Outlook, they clutter up the server where I pull email from when I am out of my office. j "JayJay" wrote in message ... "Wendy Marsden" wrote in message ... And why me? -- Wendy somebody who got infected w/ the virus had you in their address book. That's "why you". Short of a 3rd party mailwasher/mail filter .. I'm not sure how to recommend to get rid of them. the other option is to change your email address. |
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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
"Julianne" wrote in message news:UPlcb.3154$k74.1685@lakeread05... "Wendy Marsden" wrote in message ... Ignoramus7651 wrote: you are doing it wrong... i Okay, Igor, how do you do it? My email address is being mail-bombed so hard that I actually had the account yanked. (I've just gotten it back through the good graces of the system admin who knows my husband.) I use PINE to read my email and the filters only work to delete the crap AFTER I start pine. That means I need to keep PINE open all the time to keep this account clear. It's been happening since Thursday. What the hell are we supposed to do? And why me? -- Wendy Wendy, It isn't just you! My machine is clean as a whistle but it takes me hours to check my email because I have to check 'okay' on the 600 or so virus infected emails that come through and are caught by Norton. If I get one more 'your message has been returned' email, I might just break the computer. Sadly, I do a lot of work through email and this is absolutely crippling. I have already deleted a couple of important emails that were buried between microsoft update emails. Apparently, the senders properties are also forged so there is no way to tell who the emails are coming from. I am so frustrated I could just cry. When it started last week, I was an hour late for one of my clients as I was panicky trying to scan every single little file on my computer and making sure that all my virus definitions were up to date. My firewall security is so high that it slows me down when and blocks me from doing certain things I need to do. It is notable that this started for me on Thursday which is the day after Norton automatically updates it's system. The first 50 or so went unchecked although attachments are disabled in my email anyway and it did no harm. I did notice Norton had an update on Friday which is unusual. I called my ISP and they were fairly useless. Removal of the recent bugs is supposed to be fairly complicated so I'm glad it isn't me. However, it would seem that since removal is difficult, we will continue to be inundated for a while. I do so wish I could change my email address. In fact, I am seriously considering adding a new one. It's just that I have spent three years building relationships with clients and many of them email me. I would hate to appear unresponsive. j In article , Ferrante wrote: I found this on another group. I did it and it is already helping a lot! You can block email addresses in Yahoo ... go to Mail Options. You can block up to 100 addresses or URLs. Since the MS update spam blizzard ... I've blocked the following address and URLs and it's helped a lot. microsoft.net updates_ms.com homeserver.net bigfoot.com mxserver.net .syntax-error xqqi.msn.com mailserver.com "Microsoft Corporation Customer smtpserver.com ntlworld.com technet.com entelchile.net rocketmail.com subtechnologies.com When after blocking these addresses and URLs .... when another spam gets through ... look for the sender's address or URL and add it to your blocked address list Can anyone add any more to the above list? I've been lucky enough that the only one I'm getting is the one that appears to be from security(at)microsoft.com and always states the title as "use this patch immediately!". My problem seems to be that no matter what I put in my message rules, it still downloads it from the server. Irritating but glad I'm not getting masses of it. I was getting tons with the same virus from various sources but managed to weed those out with message rules and deleting them from the server. |
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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
"cplus" wrote in message le.rogers.com... I've been lucky enough that the only one I'm getting is the one that appears to be from security(at)microsoft.com and always states the title as "use this patch immediately!". My problem seems to be that no matter what I put in my message rules, it still downloads it from the server. Irritating but glad I'm not getting masses of it. I was getting tons with the same virus from various sources but managed to weed those out with message rules and deleting them from the server. I guess I've been real lucky as I haven't received one of these through my newsreader provider - of course they may have had some problems because my email was down for a few hours a couple of days ago. The only place I've seen them is in the newsgroups. |
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Yahoo: Do this to block Microsoft updates!!
"Beverly" wrote in message ... "cplus" wrote in message le.rogers.com... I've been lucky enough that the only one I'm getting is the one that appears to be from security(at)microsoft.com and always states the title as "use this patch immediately!". My problem seems to be that no matter what I put in my message rules, it still downloads it from the server. Irritating but glad I'm not getting masses of it. I was getting tons with the same virus from various sources but managed to weed those out with message rules and deleting them from the server. I guess I've been real lucky as I haven't received one of these through my newsreader provider - of course they may have had some problems because my email was down for a few hours a couple of days ago. The only place I've seen them is in the newsgroups. Well that should have been through my ISP who does provide the email and newsreader service. |
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