Shelds up!

Mike Gaskins wrote:
One of my main job responsibilities is admining our email system at
work, and I can tell you truthfully that auto-challenge systems (which
you seem to imply you're using) are not a good thing to put into place.

I have used earthlink and its spam-blocker with good success for
over a year. The key: I set it to send me a summary DAILY of senders and
subjects blocked. If I see something I want to check out, I check it in
WEBMAIL and if its legit, then I click to add.

I would venture to say only 30% of legitimate, desireable senders use
the auto-challenge to send me an allowed senders request. BUT.. it keeps
30-50 emails a DAY off my machine (the virus laden, spam laden ones)

So.. Richard, while the setup you are using is not a good idea for
someplace that does high volume business email, for people like you and
me, its not a bad deal at all. Just check the webmail for blocked
messages, and once you add someone its not blocked again.

Dave

Dave S wrote:

Mike Gaskins wrote:

One of my main job responsibilities is admining our email system at
work, and I can tell you truthfully that auto-challenge systems (which
you seem to imply you're using) are not a good thing to put into place.


I have used earthlink and its spam-blocker with good success for over
a year. The key: I set it to send me a summary DAILY of senders and
subjects blocked. If I see something I want to check out, I check it in
WEBMAIL and if its legit, then I click to add.

I would venture to say only 30% of legitimate, desireable senders use
the auto-challenge to send me an allowed senders request. BUT.. it keeps
30-50 emails a DAY off my machine (the virus laden, spam laden ones)

So.. Richard, while the setup you are using is not a good idea for
someplace that does high volume business email, for people like you and
me, its not a bad deal at all. Just check the webmail for blocked
messages, and once you add someone its not blocked again.

Dave


Done done it, Dave.

Got the address book uploaded easily.

Even used the notice link to add one early bird
..
I noticed that reading web mail did not remove the mail from the
server, so it was still available for pop3 download.
That's nice.

Maybe there is life after the internet?


Richard

Get off earthlink and get a free gmail account.

"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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Well, I guess that's the way the world works.

I've had this account up for a couple of weeks and
have started receiving the same old spam loaded
with viruses.

Last year, one somehow got through and perty well
ruined the whole day.

So, for a while at least, I'm raising my shields to
max (one reason I picked Earthlink).

I don't have everybody listed in my address book yet.

So anyone sending a legitimate email will likely receive
a reply advising them how to complete the contact.

Sorry about this.

But I'm not going through that mess again.


Ta.

Richard

Juan Jimenez wrote:

Get off earthlink and get a free gmail account.


More?

I've got several gmail invitations left if anyone would like one let me
know.



"Richard Lamb" wrote in message
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Juan Jimenez wrote:

Get off earthlink and get a free gmail account.


More?

Juan Jimenez wrote:

Get off earthlink and get a free gmail account.

You really think gmail will stop spam. gmail/google and yahoo are too of the
biggest sources of it!
John

Juan Jimenez wrote:
Get off earthlink and get a free gmail account.

Get off a virus vulnerable operating system.

Seriously. A Salvation Army $30 pc running a lightweight version of Linux or an old second hand Mac is more than
sufficient for email and usenet. Probably good enough even for most web browsing. Way cheaper than all the
anti-malware you can buy, especially when you consider the on-going subscription prices.

yes, I know there is free anti-virus available, but its using your compute power to run. Much better to not have
the problem to begin with than have to band-aide it.

BTW, I am not trying to start an OT OS religious war. I am the system and network administrator for a 200+ node
medical clinic. Due to our applications, we have to run Windows of various flavors. There is no way, though, that
I allow any of these systems to touch the internet, nor do I allow external media (floppies, CD ROMS) on site
without my approval.
--
Frank Stutzman

Frank Stutzman wrote:

Juan Jimenez wrote:

Get off earthlink and get a free gmail account.


Get off a virus vulnerable operating system.
snip
--
Frank Stutzman


Gladly, venerable master.
But this one is unenlightened.

I have an Ubuntu setup disk coming because it was
recommended by a friend.
(might outta go check the snail box today)

There are some windoze apps that I am emotionally attached to.
Cad mainly.
The rest can be easily replaced.
Found a link that reputedly would allow well behaved (their
words - not mine) windows applications to run under Linux.

Like many people, I feel like I'm caught in "the only game in town"

Without knowledgeable guidance, well, there's only google...


Richard

Web mail address book updated easy enough.

Sorry Corky, you were just too fast for me.


Richard

Richard Lamb wrote:
Well, I guess that's the way the world works.

I've had this account up for a couple of weeks and
have started receiving the same old spam loaded
with viruses.

Last year, one somehow got through and perty well
ruined the whole day.

So, for a while at least, I'm raising my shields to
max (one reason I picked Earthlink).

I don't have everybody listed in my address book yet.

So anyone sending a legitimate email will likely receive
a reply advising them how to complete the contact.

Sorry about this.

But I'm not going through that mess again.


Ta.

Richard



First, go to:
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

Run their scan.

They will tell you which ports are open (very bad), which are
responding, and which are in "stealth" mode. They will try to scare you
into buying their security software. Go ahead and buy it if it makes
you feel more secure.

Next, install Zone Labs "Zonealarm" firewall (it's free), and have your
computer scanned again to see what a difference it makes. Be sure to
run a scan before you install Zonealarm so you'll see just how open and
insecure your computer was.

Next, download "Spybot" (it's free) and run it on your computer.

A good, free anti-virus software is AVG.

You are, of course, regularly backing up all your data, aren't you? A
good (free) program for that is Syncback. A good but not free program
for that was Ghost. Now it's Symmantic-Norton Ghost, so it may have
turned into a piece of crap. It's too early for me to tell yet.

Finally, broadcasting your real email address on usenet is an open
invitation for spam. So change your email address now and use a phony
or coded email address like I and many others do. I consider using
Microsoft Outlook an open invitation for viruses, too, but that opinion
was formed several years ago and I'm sure they've improved their
security since then.

I haven't gotten ANY spam in the last two years, and I haven't had a
computer virus ever in the last ten years that I've been online.

--
John Kimmel


I think it will be quiet around here now. So long.