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September 5th, 2002, 15:40 PM
SPAM-PLAGUED HOTMAIL USERS may now seek some relief. Virus-busting specialist McAfee says it has extended the scope of its SpamKiller program to include Hotmail accounts, so that users can block unwanted messages arriving in their inboxes.
Until now Hotmail users have been forced to rely on Hotmail's blocking tools and junk mail filters which spammers have used increasingly-sophisticated methods to get around. To spam users who have indicated they only want to receive mail from email addresses they know, for example, spammers have been able to deliver messages that look like they come from the user his or her self.
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If this works out to be true then I hope alot of other companies bring out similar programs. I must get about 25-30 emails a day from varies spam mailers, Ive got the point were I just dont bother to try blocking them anymore. So for relief of this annoying problem I would jump aboard the McAfee ship
Until now Hotmail users have been forced to rely on Hotmail's blocking tools and junk mail filters which spammers have used increasingly-sophisticated methods to get around. To spam users who have indicated they only want to receive mail from email addresses they know, for example, spammers have been able to deliver messages that look like they come from the user his or her self.
READ MORE: (http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=5262)
If this works out to be true then I hope alot of other companies bring out similar programs. I must get about 25-30 emails a day from varies spam mailers, Ive got the point were I just dont bother to try blocking them anymore. So for relief of this annoying problem I would jump aboard the McAfee ship