Stopping spam emails

[Kyure]

A colleague in my address book recently started sending spam, porn and such. I know it's not something he would forward, as we're just business. Is there a way to stop this?

 

[Floorist]

He needs to change his password. Someone has hacked his e-mail account.

 

[Nick]

There was a virus going around a few years ago that was sending all that crap to all your contacts in your address book. Ask him if his other contacts are getting them to . If so , Have him post on here and i will clean it up for him.

 

[Nick]

PS: What e mail service are you using ?

 

[Kyure]

I use gmail, he uses yahoo, It's all business in our exchanges, so if I brought it up, it might be embarrassing for him and weird for me.

 

[Nick]

Do what Floorest sugests .

A nice password, that involves numbers, letters, both small case and large case and also the use of several of these #. $ %. it drives the spamers mad..lol!

Also tell your friend Yahoo is loaded with spammers , and hackers . Suggest he try a new e mail client .

 

[Kyure]

Sent a nice email suggesting he change his password. Coincidentally I came accross this article this morning on foxnews.
http://smallbusiness.foxbusiness.co...rategies-for-smbs-in-2015/?intcmp=sbcfeatures

 

[Jon]

Also tell your friend Yahoo is loaded with spammers , and hackers . Suggest he try a new e mail client .

Nick I seem to remember that one of our largest ISPs use Yahoo as their mail and they have had all sorts of trouble I use a different ISP and never get spam

 

[Floorist]

I use Yahoo and have no problem. Had Gmail and it was awful.

 

[Nick]

Be careful Floorist . Yahoo is loaded with hackers . and they can get your info off the header of your e mail.

 

[Floorist]

I send very few e mails.

 

[DennisT]

Changing passwords will have little to no impact. Once an email address has been farmed it is in the spam system. Passwords will help to keep an address out of the system but once it is out there, well "the cat's out of the bag".

Believe it or not, gmail/yahoo do filter out a lot of spam, way more than you might think.

We use a email spam/virus/malware filter service. 70% of our email is blocked, and some spam still gets through.

 

[DarisMulkin]

I send very few e mails.

I don't either. But you got to watch Nick.

Daris

 

[Nick]

Have to agree with Dt.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...XYe7Zj7mRdUI-54FpDUXmKw&bvm=bv.83339334,d.cWc

 

[Floorist]

Not to worried about getting spam. As long as they don't get into my account and start sending it out.

 

[Nick]

That Virus i fixed on that other site if you remember ?.
Kept sending the same e mail to all your contacts about 20 times a day .

 

[havasu]

I really enjoy getting e-mails from Nick. I usually plagiarize the hell out of them and insert them in risque sections in other forums!

 

[Nick]

Heh, Heh, Heh.

 

[havasu]

The g/f said today's picture of the grandfather clock hits close to home.

 

[Floorist]

I really enjoy getting e-mails from Nick. I usually plagiarize the hell out of them and insert them in risque sections in other forums!

Nick is the original "dirty old man".