my email/address book are invaded

One more obnoxious issue. When I try to email anyone with an Excite email account, my email is bounced, saying my address has identified as a spammer, which must be part of the invasion. I personally send 1-3 emails/day.
tom

Are any of your Mail rules set to Reply, Forward or
Redirect messages? ...
Glen

Glen I have set the rules to change the color to identify which set of rules caught it, play an error sound (different than the send sound), then moves it to delete folder. I also use rules for a little sorting. I just reviewed the rules and actions, and only no rules or sequelae produce the send sound.
Thanks for the thought.

Tom

more clear description avoiding..any speculation as to what the cause.. What
does “I've gotten spam labelled "sent" by friends or
me” mean? What does Entourage have to do with this?

Sure, I tried to be brief. I'm using Entourage, not Mail which seemed to be more common in these posts. Each program is set up a little differently, e.g., different choice of preferences, and so all do much the same job but approaches vary. Seemed relevent.

2nd item: when I open my email Inbox I see a Subject and the Sender's name. I have recently received obvious spam, but the "sender's name" is my own, or that of a friend or relative. None of us are sending spam.

I found too many false positives when I turned up the spam filter some years ago when I started using Entourage; they outnumbered the spam, so I turned it down (yrs ago) and wrote rules which identified most of the spam, at which point it would change it's color corresponding to the set of rules that caught it, played an error sound used only for this, and moved the emails to the delete folder. That worked fine until the past month of so when it was like the Dutch Boy pulling his thumb from the dike. I'm getting about 100 spams daily. My rules catch 90% of them, but the the system is breaking under the number; I'm getting too many false positives, so I have a tedious job of scouring the Delete folder twice a day for real email. Additionally there were the other oddities of hearing Send wooshes as the spam came in, finding my name as both sender and frequently in the subject, of spam labeled as sent by persons in my Address book, and oddly getting spam obviously from the same source in the form but each with a different "sender's" name attached- on the order of 30-40 of these nearly identical emails for many days in a row; it's like the magic brooms in Fantasia; what purpose in sending 100-200 of the same spam letter to one address?

I never answer them, I don't open them unless I can't tell; I won't open attachments unless I expect them.

I hope that's enough detail. I'm open to suggestions or will answer more questions.

Thanks.
tom





Powerbook G4, iPod 3rd Gen (dock) Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Fs unlikely> OS X viruses > If spam is being sent using your email address or
odds, IMO, nearly 100%- Windows using friends has a
virus. spamthru virus.

So, let's see if we can deal with the spam. You
mention your rules have worked for a few years so
you're not a newbie so>

a lot of image spam, that is spam

with little or no text and an image containing the
ad?
If you're willing to spend some money >SpamSieve
has a good reputation. It's $30.00

Wayne-
Not exactly a newbie; was on the web before browsers, B4 Mosaic. I think you're right, even though the spam is mostly text, you have to "download pictures" to see it so that probably an image. I'll try both your ideas. I don't know if I have any friends who use PC's, but I get newletters and such which probably do.
My rules--now there are a lot--- over the years as spammers changed strategies-- catches the vast majority and puts in Delete folder. That wouldn't be a problem except I'm having to scour for false positives, which there always are. I rather spend $30 than rewrite my rules-- and I would like to catch the spam before I have to sort through it, and not lose the real email (e.g., work related; but a Mac shop).

Thanks.


tom

David-

Thanks for straigtening me out. I think that:

1) It's not obvious how strict the rules are here; but I need to know these things now that my AppleCare expired.

2) I'm not the first person to have wandered in the wrong discussion group, even with a generic problem. As I explained, it crossed my mind, which is why I mentioned it, and asked how/where to get started..

3) You seem a little tense. Would a little massage help?

4. Thank you for the help you would given if I were in the right place and not wasting your time. Truly. From the heart. Maybe next time.

tom



Powerbook G4, iPod 3rd Gen (dock) Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Powerbook G4, iPod 3rd Gen (dock) Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Powerbook G4, iPod 3rd Gen (dock) Mac OS X (10.4.7)