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date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:33:24 -0400,
group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
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Re: Message Rule Not Working
Changing your email address will only help as long as you
are extremely careful about who gets to see it. But human
nature being what it is, slipups will occur, and eventually
the new address would get just as much spam.
Thanks for the good report on MailWasher.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
"JamesJ" wrote in message news:OCuYvyF6IHA.2240@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I'm using MailWasher and like it so far.
> So, changing my email really wouldn't do much good?
> Sell and trade?! What a racket!!
>
> Thanks much,
> James
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23Pl0lmF6IHA.2220@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> We can't comment on your message rule failure unless you
> post the complete message rule here.
>
> The amount of spam you get is directly related to where all
> your email address is published. Once the spammers get your
> new email address, they sell and trade it among themselves,
> so the problem escalates quickly.
>
> Some people like third party anti-spam solutions like
> MailWasher.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "JamesJ" wrote in message
> news:u%23Gs$SF6IHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have a Message Rule that states if the From field contains a certain word
>> to send the mail to the Deleted Items folder but Windows mail doesn't
>> send all matching criteria to the Deleted Folder. Some remain in the >> Inbox.
>> Is there something I'm missing?
>> Also, will changing my email address prevent me from receiving some 80
>> to 100 of these annoying emails a day or will it be a matter of time
>> before
>> I
>> start getting these again?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> James
>>
>
date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:53:28 -0700
author: Gary VanderMolen lid
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