len garden wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>len garden wrote:
>>> so in short you are saying i will need to pay their exhorbitant fee
>>> to have spam blocked?
>>
>> I never said such a thing. Fee? No, it is just a setting in your
>> web host's control panel.
>
> i didn't say you said that but at the end of the day with this host
> that is the ultimate outcome i feel.

Most reputable web/email hosters offer some sort of spam trapping
mechanisms with their service, at no additional charge. SpamAssassin is
popular, and comes 'standard' with the cPanel host software I've
mentioned. You still have to turn it "On".

>>> as far as i can ascertain there is nowhere on the web hosts site
>>> even after login where i can change anything?
>>
>> I had already asked: what control software is used by your web
>> host? Is it cPanel?
>>
> they don't say on their site and i'm not going to waste my time asking
> them at this stage, their support service stinks.

Time to find a better host?

>> I found your web site. You have an email address posted there.
>>
>> gardenlen2 @ bigpond.com
>>
> no that is not the addy that gets spammed it is this one:
>
> gardenlen2ATlensgardenDOTcomDOTau

Ah, so it *is* an address you set up in their 'control panels'. Go back
there, log in, and look for choices about blocking spam.

> had 22 spam e/mails in it this morning already and most likley get
> that many more over the day, that compares with 2 on the other addy.

The solution is still the same.

Examine the TO: addresses in your spams. Are they all the same, or are
they sent to "webmaster@", "sales@", or other words you don't use.

>> Is this the address receiving spam?
>>
>> Or something else. You now need to post the address, so we know
>> (more closely) exactly what the problem is.
>>
> the problem is this addy has no spam protection and i am hoping i can
> do something on my local machine to help filter some of it?

You've already been advised that Thunderbird email client has built-in
Junk mail filtering, and been told that the default option is "Off" and
you have to turn it "On."

>> What is the "title" or "logo" on this page where you log in to the
>> web host? Better yet, what is the URL?
>
> here is there link:
> www.domaincentral.com.au

Heh. They do not say what sort of control panel software they use. I
wouldn't sign up with them unless I knew beforehand what I was going to
encounter.

Are you on a Linux or a Windows hosting server?

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