BTOpenworld Spam filter.

[Headtime]

Even though Openworld has it's own spam filter at the ISP end, I'm still getting about 20 spams a day. I know I'm properly signed up for it as I've got 684 spams in my box, but I still seem to be plagued by the stuff. Do others find ths?

[gerry]

yeah im with bt openworld and i have the same problem before i signed up for it i was told that i would never have to worry about spam again.Maybe the girl was talking about the meat lol.

[lisaj]

BT Openworld, SPAM filters, or otherwise... you simply cannot get rid of spam entirely if your email address is out there and in their databases. The girl at BT was clearly a lying salesperson! Computers are a bit dumb you see, and for every filter you put in place, spammers will get round them. The *only* surefire way to not get spam is to not publish your email address, and to buy a domain so that you can have an infinite quantity of email addresses. I've given this answer before, so just do a search...

[Headtime]

Cheers LisaJ... I do actually have my own domain so I suppose I can do something about that..what should I search for to find your advice?

[xyzzy@bok]

If you need to give your email addy to get products and services etc. you can get a free Yahoo address and use that. :-)

[lisaj]

headtime: take one domain (you have one :-), and create two mailboxes. Call one "junk" and the other one is your own mailbox. Now point the default alias, ie. anything not matched before the @, to point to your mailbox. Now give every organisation, company and website their own address at your domain, for example [email protected]. Now, if that address begins to receive spam, you can not only cut it off by directing it to the "junk" mailbox, but you know which unscrupulous company sold your address in the first place.

[lisaj]

Ooh and don't post your email address on the web either : see www.unblue.co.uk/index.php?page=contact to see what alternatives there are.

[Headtime]

Lisa, that is genuis. I'll give it a go. Although, I'll still get the spam I suppose.

[lisaj]

You'll get spam to the existing address, yes. I have an old address that I have to monitor that I get spam on. However, I have some great filters in place and I get *no* spam as a result.