Wasn't sure if this was the right forum for this or not.....I just recently started getting junk email from random senders, all about stocks and all in the same type format. I tried to use mail rules to stop them (using keywords in message body), but they keep coming through. I find that the message body of the junk email is a picture, rather than TYPED (which is probably why the message rules are not stopping them). It says the "picture source" is:

mhtml:mid://00000016/!cid:[emailprotected]

(I have searched Google and other engines using this string, but nothing came up)

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can stop/reduce the number of these emails?

Thanks.I also use OE for email. You really can't do much to control this within OE. In my opinion, the best thing to do is check to see whether your ISP has some spam filtering feature that will allow you to block the spam before it ever gets downloaded to your COMPUTER. My ISP is Earthlink. They have a spamBlocker feature that allows me to choose among three levels of filtering strength. I've got mine set at the highest level, and I simply do not get unsolicited mail downloaded to OE.

Many smaller ISP's also now offer email filtering features. My mother uses an ISP whose entire market area overlaps about 8 counties in Ohio. But, they also have spam blocking tools that can be activated by logging onto WebMail via their website. Mom did not understand it at first. I helped her get familiar with it, and now she likes the way it works.

I used Earthlink for over a year before I became aware of their spamBlocker. Now, besides using the spamBlocker to stop a bunch of junk mail being downloaded to my computer, I also know that I can check my mail from any computer anywhere. Thanks soybean....I don't think my ISP has that.

I looked at the message ID:

Received: from sheqnyv (unknown[194.176.170.12](misconfigured sender))
by sccqmxc96.asp.att.net (sccqmxc96) with SMTP
id <20060428183155q9600pug5ie&GT;; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:32:05 +0000
X-Originating-IP: [194.176.170.12]
Received: from sqa ([194.176.108.159])
by sheqnyv (8.13.3/8.13.3) with SMTP id k3SIZrno056270;
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:35:53 +0300
Message-ID: <[emailprotected]>
From: "Lewie Dempsey" <[emailprotected]>
To: DELETED
Subject: stirrup
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:24:13 +0300
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/related;
type="multipart/alternative";
BOUNDARY="----=_NextPart_000_0017_01C66B0B.1A75AE17"
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409

I ran "194.176.170.12" through WHOIS and it came back as belonging to ripe.net, out of Amsterdam. I added the ripe.net domain to my blocked addresses, so maybe that will help.

Thanks again.


Is ripe.net a free ISP? I looked at their site and I don't see anything indicating a spam filtering feature. So, apparently they do not have it. You might get an email account such as GoDaddy.com email account. That would PROVIDE you the kind of spam blocking I have with Earthlink. It's not free but it's not very expensive. The time saved by not having to scan through junk mail could make it very worthwhile.