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Massive increase in spam mails. All from same source

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    Massive increase in spam mails. All from same source

    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

    Or Mail: #495 280 Nelson St Vancouver,
    BC V6B 2E2
    Canada
    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.
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      #3
      Less pirating, less porn, less clicking dodgy links in emails from people you don't know.

      HTH
      Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.

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        #4
        Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
        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?
        Originally posted by Stevie Wonder Boy
        I can't see any way to do it can you please advise?

        I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.

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          #5
          Where is your mailbox, BT?
          What Mail client are you using, Outlook/web etc?

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            #6
            Originally posted by sal View Post
            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.
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              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.

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                Originally posted by sal View Post
                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.
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                  #9
                  you didn't click the unsubscribe link in the email did you. rookie mistake

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                    Originally posted by CloudWalker View Post
                    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.
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