Topic '[Spam] Spam on my Comcast account dated 12-31-1969' in forum 'Scam and Phishbusters' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22741684 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:16:06 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:16:06 EDT Re: [Spam] Spam on my Comcast account dated 12-31-1969 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22748541 said by dandelion:

said by gugarci:

Thanks for the replies.
I can always set up additional spam filtering in Thunderbird.
However all these emails always go directly to my junk folder already. I'm just getting tired of seeing them every day and wish I could just block them all.
It may not be practical to you, but I have mine set up to only receive emails from certain people, the rest is deleted, course I have other "public" email addy's I use.
Which is white-Listing which I do also. I block one hundred percent of all email and only allow the legitimate emails to pass through by adding their addresses to a list.

My white-list has over twenty five thousand listings so you could imagine the sheer volume of spam and legitimate email that I receive on a daily basis. :hmm:

If you know you are going to get spam, prepare for it and deal with it , so that you don't have spend a lot of time deleteing it.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22748541 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:43:39 EDT Re: [Spam] Spam on my Comcast account dated 12-31-1969 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22746632 said by gugarci:

Thanks for the replies.
I can always set up additional spam filtering in Thunderbird.
However all these emails always go directly to my junk folder already. I'm just getting tired of seeing them every day and wish I could just block them all.
It may not be practical to you, but I have mine set up to only receive emails from certain people, the rest is deleted, course I have other "public" email addy's I use.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22746632 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:01:07 EDT Re: [Spam] Spam on my Comcast account dated 12-31-1969 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22744725 I can always set up additional spam filtering in Thunderbird.
However all these emails always go directly to my junk folder already. I'm just getting tired of seeing them every day and wish I could just block them all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22744725 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:34:41 EDT Re: [Spam] Spam on my Comcast account dated 12-31-1969 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22744309 said by TheWickerMan:

You can also set up filters thru the Comcast web site. I can't remember off the top of my head where that particular setting is, but I set up two of them awhile back.
In my humble opinion, it is better to use email clients off ISP's or email services like gmail because their are more options when it comes to spam filters and or blacklisting
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22744309 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:12:21 EDT Re: [Spam] Spam on my Comcast account dated 12-31-1969 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22743585 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22743585 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:52:05 EDT Re: [Spam] Spam on my Comcast account dated 12-31-1969 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22742224 said by gugarci:

I get about 2-3 emails per day which have no subject, show no sender, and always have a date of 12-31-1969. I opened up one accidentally a while ago and there was nothing there. But I closed it as quickly as I opened it up. The one I opened was not one of earlier emails dated 12-31-1969 either. At the time I opened up that email I had been receiving them for about 1 week.

Spammers do this to get around Comcast's spam filtering .

You can try creating a spam filter in Outlook Express or Thunderbird (assuming you are using S.M.T.P./POP with Comcast) that blocks all email coming from 12-31-1969 as the date, since this is a constant (not random) and doesn't change.

I also might want to add here that if Comcast allows it, you should send email on port 465 (SSL) and receive email on port 995. (POP)

Creating a Spam Rule Using Outlook Express client
»www.und.edu/dept/itss/faq/spamin···ter.html

Creating a Spam Rule Using Thunderbird client
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»www.spamfighter.com/Product_Info.asp
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22742224 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:18:07 EDT [Spam] Spam on my Comcast account dated 12-31-1969 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22741684
I get about 2-3 emails per day which have no subject, show no sender, and always have a date of 12-31-1969. I opened up one accidentally a while ago and there was nothing there. But I closed it as quickly as I opened it up. The one I opened was not one of earlier emails dated 12-31-1969 either. At the time I opened up that email I had been receiving them for about 1 week.

My wife also has a Comcast email account and we share the same desktop and she doesn't get these email. They only come to my Comcast account only.

Is there anyway to block these emails???
I can lived with them If I have too.
Thanks. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Spam-Spam-on-my-Comcast-account-dated-12311969-22741684 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:40:35 EDT