Reply to: Massive increase in spam mails. All from same source

[TheFaQQer]

Anyone noticed a big increase in Spam over the last two days? Had 20 odd arrive in the inbox and double that flagged in the Spam folder?

Not in my email. Plenty on CUK though.

[northernladuk]

Anyone noticed a big increase in Spam over the last two days? Had 20 odd arrive in the inbox and double that flagged in the Spam folder?

[kevpuk]

Gonna chime in and mention that I have been getting batches of similar email over the last few weeks......the majority of the time nothing to speak of, and then every few days a whole raft of stuff on furniture, woodworking, burial insurance, IRS avoidance(really!) and so on. All appears to hit just one email address of the ones that I use, based on a domain name I own. Spam filter just doesn't seem to keep up - email hosted from 1 & 1.co.uk - but then all quiet again.

Minor annoyance, but....

[Platypus]

Where is your mailbox, BT?

Yes it's BT.

Are you sure you're cut out to be a contractor?

[northernladuk]

It's not spam. I bumped into your Mrs and she said that you needed all the help you could get.

Is that why I got mails about Orthopedic beds, Bedbug spray and Affordable Burial insurance from the same spammers this afternoon? I kid you not. BT must be blocking the cruise deals and private jet charters now. Gotta give them 10 out of 10 for obscure sales items.

[TheFaQQer]

It's not spam. I bumped into your Mrs and she said that you needed all the help you could get.

[mudskipper]

So did the penis enlargement work?

[northernladuk]

you didn't click the unsubscribe link in the email did you. rookie mistake

LOL Christ no. Every single mail is coming from a different domain which all seem to have genuine websites as well. Dunno if it's spoofed or hacked. Not clever enough for all that. Just see the address in the header is from @<genuine site>.com . Just surprised at the sudden start and the number of different sales pitches I am getting. Obviously I have had some level of spam for years but it's been pretty random (or apparently so) but this lot is quite clearly all the same people.

[CloudWalker]

you didn't click the unsubscribe link in the email did you. rookie mistake

[northernladuk]

I'm not familiar with the BT Webmail, but there is supposed to be a "report spam" option similar to Gmail. And you should be able to create personal filters to at the very least put similar e-mails in a separate folder. If they don't offer this you should consider changing your e-mail provider. You can get all of your e-mails forwarded from your BT mailbox to the new one, but the new ones will come out of your new mailbox.

Or you can use mail client like Outlook.

It's not crippling my mailbox it's just rather annoying and it's all from the same IP range with all the same details in each mail regardless of what it is trying to sell. I just didn't know if it was worthwhile reporting it somewhere and leaving it. I see the stories of hosting companies being shut down and spam on the web falling by 10's of percent until they find a new way to send it all. I guess I am wasting time on something that no one really cares about or can do anything about.

[sal]

I'm not familiar with the BT Webmail, but there is supposed to be a "report spam" option similar to Gmail. And you should be able to create personal filters to at the very least put similar e-mails in a separate folder. If they don't offer this you should consider changing your e-mail provider. You can get all of your e-mails forwarded from your BT mailbox to the new one, but the new ones will come out of your new mailbox.

Or you can use mail client like Outlook.

[northernladuk]

Where is your mailbox, BT?
What Mail client are you using, Outlook/web etc?

Yes it's BT. Some of it is getting caught in their spam box but a good amount isn't.

[sal]

Where is your mailbox, BT?
What Mail client are you using, Outlook/web etc?

[SimonMac]

I'm suddenly receiving 10+ spam messages a day for everything from Cruises to cheap cat food and every random thing in between. Every mail has the same footer which says



The IP's in the header all originate from Turkey and for some reason they are getting past the BT filter. I am marking them all as spam but the perps are using different domains for each one. I haven't looked in my BT spam files to see how many it's caught.

Anyone any idea of how to stop it or report it anywhere? I have message rules in place but they are so random I can't be blocking normal keywords etc.

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[Scrag Meister]

Less pirating, less porn, less clicking dodgy links in emails from people you don't know.

HTH