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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Internet / December 2007How to stop "[SPAM]" from being inserted in subject line?
A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example... Subject: SPAM:: Re: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is spam or not. I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else? Thanks in advance. Sam OE will not add words to the subject line. Look else where. Verizon, spam program, etc.  SignatureRonald Sommer > A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" > inserted in the subject line.... like this example... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Sam A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example... Subject: SPAM:: Re: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is spam or not. I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else? Thanks in advance. Sam Your ISP is adding this to suspected spam mail. You should be able to go into your ISP's webmail site and add these senders to a "white list" so that their email is no longer marked spam. Contact your ISP (Verizon) for assistance. ["Followup-To:" header set to microsoft.public.win2000.] > A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word > "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something > that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else? You only have direct control if it is your mailserver, there may be a setting on your verizon account for the mail you receive, but generally an email passes through several machines before it gets to its recipient, any of which may be running a spam filter, antivirus, etc which may rewrite mail. A common rule for filters is checking for multiple recipients or common words. Other common rules may be invalid subject/sender, mention of certain male enhancement products in the subject/body, messages with headers/content similar to messages output by spambots, all messages from a particular user/server, etc. There is no magic solution, if there were the whole excercise would be pointless, since everyone would include the magic header. If you review the headers of your email (received) it should tell you about any filtering. If you can't decipher it yourself, you may want to post a copy, you may want to redact usernames in emails and remove private info. Don't remove emails or links, just change from mjchappell@verizon.net to nobody@verizon.net or http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/ to http://nobody.nowhere.invalid/. HTH, Michael C. Signaturemjchappell@verizon.net http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/ The most valuable gift you can give to another is a good example. Thanks, guys. You helped me I narrow it down... There is no anti-spam software running on my computer and OE6 looks fine. Also Verizon says 'no spam filter'. I looked at the headers on an email marked "SPAM" and see the following - this is common for all such emails... (clamdscan: 0.88/1245. spamassassin: 3.1.0. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:1 (127.0.0.1):SA:1(5.4/5.0):. Processed in 6.784545 secs); Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000 So I logged on to my host control panel (ipower)... Under email, these are the settings: spam filtering - off tag message as spam - off Under server info, I see that SpamAssassin modules are installed. That's as far as I can get. Sounds to me like this is the culprit, but I could not find any way to turn SpamAssasin off. 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You helped me I narrow it down... There is no anti-spam software running on my computer and OE6 looks fine. Also Verizon says 'no spam filter'. I looked at the headers on an email marked "SPAM" and see the following - this is common for all such emails... (clamdscan: 0.88/1245. spamassassin: 3.1.0. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:1 (127.0.0.1):SA:1(5.4/5.0):. Processed in 6.784545 secs); Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000 So I logged on to my host control panel (ipower)... Under email, these are the settings: spam filtering - off tag message as spam - off Under server info, I see that SpamAssassin modules are installed. That's as far as I can get. Sounds to me like this is the culprit, but I could not find any way to turn SpamAssasin off. Copied from the panel... perl version perl, v5.8.3 installed perl modules: Mail::SpamAssassin Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator Mail::SpamAssassin::AuditMessage Mail::SpamAssassin::AutoWhitelist Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes::CombineChi Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes::CombineNaiveBayes Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore::DBM Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore::MySQL Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore::PgSQL Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore::SDBM Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore::SQL Mail::SpamAssassin::Client Mail::SpamAssassin::CmdLearn Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::LDAP Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::Parser Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::SQL Mail::SpamAssassin::ConfSourceSQL Mail::SpamAssassin::Constants Mail::SpamAssassin::DBBasedAddrList Mail::SpamAssassin::Dns Mail::SpamAssassin::DnsResolver Mail::SpamAssassin::EncappedMessage Mail::SpamAssassin::EncappedMIME Mail::SpamAssassin::EvalTests Mail::SpamAssassin::HTML Mail::SpamAssassin::Locales Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::Flock Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::Win32 Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::File Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::Stderr Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::Syslog Mail::SpamAssassin::MailingList Mail::SpamAssassin::Message Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Metadata Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Metadata::Received Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Node Mail::SpamAssassin::NetSet Mail::SpamAssassin::NoMailAudit Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgLearner Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus Mail::SpamAssassin::PersistentAddrList Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AccessDB Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AntiVirus Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AutoLearnThreshold Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AWL Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::DCC Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::DomainKeys Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Hashcash Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::MIMEHeader Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Pyzor Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Razor2 Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::RelayCountry Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ReplaceTags Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SpamCop Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SPF Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Test Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::TextCat Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WhiteListSubject Mail::SpamAssassin::PluginHandler Mail::SpamAssassin::Received Mail::SpamAssassin::Replier Mail::SpamAssassin::Reporter Mail::SpamAssassin::SHA1 Mail::SpamAssassin::SpamdForkScaling Mail::SpamAssassin::SQLBasedAddrList Mail::SpamAssassin::SubProcBackChannel Mail::SpamAssassin::TextCat Mail::SpamAssassin::UnixLocker Mail::SpamAssassin::Util Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::DependencyInfo Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::Progress Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::RegistrarBoundaries Mail::SpamAssassin::Win32Locker Whatever/wherever the problem is, it's not related to Outlook Express so please discontinue the crossposts to the OE newsgroups. Thanks. (And if you're running Win2K, why did you even post to the Win98/OE-specific newsgroup in the first place?) Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/ > Thanks, guys. You helped me I narrow it down... > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > (127.0.0.1):SA:1(5.4/5.0):. Processed in 6.784545 secs); Fri, > 30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000 <snip> PA, this is the 2nd reply to a question of mine where you didn't offer any help! I appreciate your comments. However I would think that if you don't have a suggestion or something constructive, that you would just skip over a thread. Please consider blocking my postings from your newsreader. Browsing will be a much happier experience for everyone! HTH Sam > Whatever/wherever the problem is, it's not related to Outlook Express so > please discontinue the crossposts to the OE newsgroups. Thanks. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > 30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000 > <snip> PA, this is the 2nd reply to a question of mine where you didn't offer any help! I appreciate your comments. However I would think that if you don't have a suggestion or something constructive, that you would just skip over a thread. Please consider blocking my postings from your newsreader. Browsing will be a much happier experience for everyone! HTH Sam ---------------------------------------------------- Well, Sammy, he didn't reply to YOU. He replied to Guv Bob, which you would know if you were paying attention. Please don't post using MIME/Quoted Printable. You seem to dislike Rogear so why don't you block him? You can post back for instructions. SignatureFrank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email > PA, this is the 2nd reply to a question of mine where you didn't offer > any help! I appreciate your comments. Huh? PA Bear did not reply to your question. He replied to a comment by another poster. Just because a post appears in a thread you started does not mean it will address your question. SignatureNorman ~Shine, bright morning light, ~now in the air the spring is coming. ~Sweet, blowing wind, ~singing down the hills and valleys. >> PA, this is the 2nd reply to a question of mine >> where you didn't [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > thread you > started does not mean it will address your question. But, when it doesn't have anything to do with the OP's question a common netiquette thing to do is indicate that it's Off-topic. Then that post can be skipped over and ignored by those looking for information relevant to the poster's Q. Pop` >>> PA, this is the 2nd reply to a question of mine >>> where you didn't >>> offer any help! I appreciate your comments. >> Huh? PA Bear did not reply to your question. He >> replied to a comment >> by another poster. Just because a post appears in a >> thread you >> started does not mean it will address your question. > But, when it doesn't have anything to do with the OP's > question a common netiquette thing to do is indicate > that it's Off-topic. Then that post can be skipped > over and ignored by those looking for information > relevant to the poster's Q. And all this time I thought the "OT" tag was used to preface a subject which did not apply to the "Topical" point of the group. SignatureNorman ~Shine, bright morning light, ~now in the air the spring is coming. ~Sweet, blowing wind, ~singing down the hills and valleys. [Crosspost to OE6 newsgroup eliminated] As the others have pointed out (and as the quoted section of your reply and mine illustrate), I was replying to "Guv Bob", not you. But while I have your attention, you started this thread [1] and crossposted it to (a) microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress, (b) microsoft.public.win98.internet.outlookexpress, and the non-existant (on the MS newsserver) (c) microsoft.public.win2000 newsgroups. If you're running Windows 2000, why did you crosspost to the Windows 98-specific newsgroup? The above notwithstanding, it has been pointed out in several replies to this thread that no OE setting can prepend the subject line with [SPAM]. This is the work of a third-party anti-spam application either on the mailserver or that you installed on your machine. > Please consider blocking my postings from your newsreader. Browsing will > be a much happier experience for everyone! We will all have a much happier experience if you'd post to appropriate newsgroups and used the MS newsserver to access this and other MS newsgroups. Setting up Outlook Express to access Microsoft newsgroups http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm Have a /wonderful/ day! ==================== [1] http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win98.internet.outlookexpress/ms g/860b4e0dbf2c802f?dmode=source Signature~PA Bear > PA, this is the 2nd reply to a question of mine where you didn't offer any > help! I appreciate your comments. However I would think that if you [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>> 30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000 >> <snip> > [Crosspost to OE6 newsgroup eliminated] > > As the others have pointed out (and as the quoted section of your reply and > mine illustrate), I was replying to "Guv Bob", not you. > > But while I have your attention... <USELESS CRAP DELETED> Sorry.... if you can't stick to the topic of the thread, you don't have my attention! =O) > [Crosspost to OE6 newsgroup eliminated] > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > But while I have your attention... <USELESS CRAP DELETED> Sorry.... if you can't stick to the topic of the thread, you don't have my attention! =O) __________________________________________ Line inseted to seperate messages because the poster used Quoted Printable. __________________________________________ Learn how to post, and the corect newsgroups to ask a question in. Use MIME / None, not: MIME / Quoted Printable. Read these links. Good Newsgroup Posts: http://66.39.69.143/goodpost.htm How to ask a newsgroup question: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 How Not to Get Help in Newsgroups http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.html Remember that everyone here is a volunter. No one works for Microsoft. If you want their /professional/ help, contact MS Support and have your credit card ready. Good luck!!! SignatureBruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA >> [Crosspost to OE6 newsgroup eliminated] >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > thread, you don't > have my attention! =O) lol, that's the best show-stopper line I've seen in some time! Good going. >> [Crosspost to OE6 newsgroup eliminated] >> As the others have pointed out (and as the quoted section of your reply and >> mine illustrate), I was replying to "Guv Bob", not you. >> >> But while I have your attention... > <USELESS CRAP DELETED> > > Sorry.... if you can't stick to the topic of the thread, you don't have my attention! =O) It is common, in news groups, to respond to posters' comments, even when the response isn't to the original poster, and the commentary is about the comments of the poster responded to, instead of the original poster's question. If that bugs you, either block the posters you find offensive, or block access to NNTP servers in your firewall. SignatureNorman ~Shine, bright morning light, ~now in the air the spring is coming. ~Sweet, blowing wind, ~singing down the hills and valleys. <off topic deleted> A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example... Subject: SPAM:: Re: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is spam or not. I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else? Thanks in advance. Sam As you've been told before, it's not coming from OE. It's most likely coming from Verizon, and you'll need to contact them. <off topic deleted> A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example... Subject: SPAM:: Re: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is spam or not. I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else? Thanks in advance. Sam <off topic deleted> A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example... Subject: SPAM:: Re: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is spam or not. I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else? Thanks in advance. Sam This is coming either from Verizon or from a third party program that you installed. It's not coming from OE. The subject is being changed before OE sees it. SignatureFrank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email Thanks to all for the help. The problem turned out not to be with OE6 or verizon/isp. The problem is that my webhost (ipower) has turned on its spam filter -- from the control panel it says it's off. I can't do anything else. Ipower is not responding to emails and I can't get thru the phone. Thanks again for the help in isolating the problem Sam Turn it on in the control panel OK out turno it off in the control panel OK out see if the setting alter, t Signature-- -- -- -- -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://www.safer-networking.org AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/ Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/ Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com Panda online AntiSpyware Scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/ Catalog of removal tools (1) http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Catalog of removal tools (2) http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/newsinfo/collateral.aspx?CID=40387 Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters _ Thanks to all for the help. The problem turned out not to be with OE6 or verizon/isp. The problem is that my webhost (ipower) has turned on its spam filter -- from the control panel it says it's off. I can't do anything else. Ipower is not responding to emails and I can't get thru the phone. Thanks again for the help in isolating the problem Sam A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example... Subject: SPAM:: Re: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is spam or not. I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else? Thanks in advance. Sam Highlight message. On upper toolbar click "Message" Select "Create rule from message" Check: Where subject contains specific words enter Spam Check box for what you want to do with it, probably "delete". HTH Sylvia Sylvia. Pay Attention: The OP does not want these messages deleted, note that they are legitimate mail, the OP wants the word "SPAM" to be not inserted. > A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject > line.... like this example... [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > HTH > Sylvia > A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else? A lot of folks have answered. Did you figure it out? My ISP ('at&t Yahoo! HSI') provides email through Yahoo! Mail servers. They use a filter called, "SpamGuard". When enabled, and when "POP Access and Forwarding" is so configured, email will be downloaded with, "[Bulk]" pre pended to the "Subject:" line. This is a user configured option, and independent of MS Outlook Express. Some third party accessory filters, such as K9, or SpamPal, have the capability of tagging the "Subject:" line, as well. SignatureNorman ~Shine, bright morning light, ~now in the air the spring is coming. ~Sweet, blowing wind, ~singing down the hills and valleys. |
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