spam is overloading me

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I have a few websites which have been running a few years on a dedicated server. The amount of spam I get a day is very time consuming to look through for genuine business emails. I have the standard spam filter turned on and one in outlook. But is there something else I can do? Is there third party software that I can install on my server to reduce the work load?

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JamieBeeston said:

Work-Shy-Wanabe said:

I have a few websites which have been running a few years on a dedicated server. The amount of spam I get a day is very time consuming to look through for genuine business emails. I have the standard spam filter turned on and one in outlook. But is there something else I can do? Is there third party software that I can install on my server to reduce the work load?

We use a hardware spam firewall for our own systems, its not cheap, but I get maybe 3-4 spams a week now, and zero false positives.

There are alot of client side options, less server side options.. or you can relay your mail via a third party filtering outfit (like MessageLabs)

Im on one of your systems and trying to sort it with your tech support as we speak.

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DonnyMac said:

Hi WSW,
Ping me a PM with your domain name and I'll see if there's anything that's pronouncing your email addresses to the unwashed. It would also be handy to have the specific email addresses that are being battered.

First thing to do is to ensure that there're not being spidered from the web - to stop any new spammers from targeting you - then to deal with the cr@p that you're getting.

I despise SPAM.
Hope I can help,
Don

Thanks, second website down in my profile. I think the cause is all the link building I did with the site at first, 1000s of directory submissions?

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jon- said:

Messagelabs is a safe bet if you have the budget.

I dont really have a budget, wanted something free ;-)


How about http://spamassassin.apache.org/

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maser_spyder said:

Google mail filters out almost all spam, and is free.

You can also set it up for your own domain using google apps, it's a little time consuming, but will save ages in the long run.

Ironically, you'll have to google 'google apps' for instructions/setup etc.

Time well worth spending, we use google mail for all of our domains, and have zero spam problems.

do you mean using google web client for my email?

That would be really good for me using a web based client instead of outlook.

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john_p said:

Work-Shy-Wanabe said:

I have a few websites which have been running a few years on a dedicated server. The amount of spam I get a day is very time consuming to look through for genuine business emails. I have the standard spam filter turned on and one in outlook. But is there something else I can do? Is there third party software that I can install on my server to reduce the work load?

Set up a google mail account
Set up a forwarder in google mail to forward back to your email address
Then, set up a rule on your email server to forward all mail that hasn't already been through google, off to your gmail account.

I use procmail / qmail to do it, PM if you're using similar and need help.

you've lost me know, why would I want to forward an @gmail account to @mycompany account? Defeats the point in the @mycompany account doesnt it?

After thinking about it some more what I would like to do is have a web based email client to check and store my @mycompany emails that has a good spam filter? gmail again?

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maser_spyder said:

Work-Shy-Wanabe said:

john_p said:

Work-Shy-Wanabe said:

I have a few websites which have been running a few years on a dedicated server. The amount of spam I get a day is very time consuming to look through for genuine business emails. I have the standard spam filter turned on and one in outlook. But is there something else I can do? Is there third party software that I can install on my server to reduce the work load?

Set up a google mail account
Set up a forwarder in google mail to forward back to your email address
Then, set up a rule on your email server to forward all mail that hasn't already been through google, off to your gmail account.

I use procmail / qmail to do it, PM if you're using similar and need help.

you've lost me know, why would I want to forward an @gmail account to @mycompany account? Defeats the point in the @mycompany account doesnt it?

After thinking about it some more what I would like to do is have a web based email client to check and store my @mycompany emails that has a good spam filter? gmail again?

gmail again....

Will work with webmail, imap, or pop, or all three if you want it to.

Very versatile, and excellent, excellent, excellent spam filters.

Free too.

Use the google apps one, sign up for the 'standard' type, it's a PITA changing the MX records for your domain, and setting up new mailboxes, etc. but it's well worth getting your head around it, and the initial effort. Once it's set up (which if you're a technical dunce, just get your web developer to do for you), it's a really, really good system.

Can I just setup a normal google meial account and point my pop accounts to it?

Not sure I understand the google apps mail? Whats the difference and why use that?