EMAIL SPAM & VIRUS, Help wanted Options

[Wassy]

Many forum readers have substantial hardware and software expertise. Previous discussions on video drivers/cards have been helpful, and I hope someone can help in the following area.

We receive approximately 50 - 75 junk emails (spam or virus attachments) daily. Our ISP has installed antispam & antivirus filters. The ISP flags some emails in their SUBJECT line as being spam, or having a virus, and Outlook Express filters move these emails directly to the deleted folder. The ISP and Outlook Express filters catch approximately 50% of the problem emails. Remaining spam & virus infected emails still get deposited in the inbox. My Norton Antivirus flags any virus infected emails, but they're still deposited in the inbox.

Ideally, I'd like to have something that would keep a greater percentage of the spam/viruses completely off my computer, or moved automatically into the deleted email folder.

Any help that you guys can provide will be appreciated.

This post has been edited by {DMW}Wassy: 03/29/04 11:50am

[Kirby]

Once you get on a email advertising list you have pretty well had it with that email address. I recently had to drop my ebay address of 2 years because someone put me on a email list. Best thing to do is slightly change your email address, but make sure you have your old one removed so that people know with the reject you changed your address. Also notify any clients you regularly do business with your email is now changed. I have a personal email address now since 1997 that I give only to those I trust, and to date have never had any junk mail or other garbage to my primary email. Keep one specific email for registration etc, and other activity, and a personal one for clients or friends.