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GEOMAX

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#236170 21-May-2018 15:24

for some weeks I have been receiving SPAM emails from what looks like NZ companies

etc and been blacklisting etc. In the weekend I find from family and friends on xtra mail

they receive exactly the same junk. Friends on other providers don't seem to receive

any. What has happened?

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#2019897 21-May-2018 15:32

Look at the email header and you will see the actual email address they are coming from

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#2019983 21-May-2018 18:00

Basically. It appears whatever filtering level they subscribe to. Sucks

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=39&topicid=218028&page_no=5

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#2020002 21-May-2018 18:21

Linux:

Look at the email header and you will see the actual email address they are coming from

John

quoting the obvious. I know how to track to source etc but my friends

just delete in frustration. I am looking how widespread it is.

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#2020005 21-May-2018 18:22

Very. Just look at Sparks recent posts by users on facebook

They have a report spam button. But its only available with the online portal. And although many are doing it they keep pleading for.

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#2020007 21-May-2018 18:26

Oblivian:

Basically. It appears whatever filtering level they subscribe to. Sucks

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=39&topicid=218028&page_no=5

whatever the used since separating from yahoo worked perfectly until about a month ago. I got zero spam and now its creaping back.

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#2020010 21-May-2018 18:29

Think yourself lucky. Or your mailclient caught it. As there has always been an issue with a leaked account on a russian site 'to' spoof of m_jackson@xtra (just search it to see)

Kiwibank is always telling me I had a security breach...

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#2021298 23-May-2018 18:53

It got so bad I though about ringing xtra and getting a new email address but I though I would check here first.

Im getting the nz company ones about 8 a day. I also getting 10 mjackson emails.

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#2021308 23-May-2018 19:08

at the bottom do you see

616 Corporate Way Ste.2-9092
Valley Cottage, NY 10989

why can xtra not filer them out?

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#2021921 24-May-2018 16:19

Until recently I was getting virtually no spam on my main Xtra account. Most (but not all) of what I've been getting lately has arrived at the Xtra server from more-or-less the same place. It also seems like I'm getting off lightly compared to some of the reports I've seen.

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#2021967 24-May-2018 17:38

Oblivian:

Think yourself lucky. Or your mailclient caught it. As there has always been an issue with a leaked account on a russian site 'to' spoof of m_jackson@xtra (just search it to see)

Kiwibank is always telling me I had a security breach...

Its on the webmail site so gets downloaded to mail clients like Outlook 2016, Thunderbird and my android cellphone. Blacklisting is ineffective as although only a small no of country codes are used the @mailprovider changes constantly

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#2022023 24-May-2018 19:09

Oblivian:
Very. Just look at Sparks recent posts by users on facebook

They have a report spam button. But its only available with the online portal. And although many are doing it they keep pleading for.

Please tell where exactly is the Report Spam button? Is it on webmail.xtra.co.nz?

Sometimes I just sit and think. Other times I just sit.

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#2022073 24-May-2018 19:53

eracode:
Oblivian:
Very. Just look at Sparks recent posts by users on facebook

They have a report spam button. But its only available with the online portal. And although many are doing it they keep pleading for.

Please tell where exactly is the Report Spam button? Is it on webmail.xtra.co.nz?

Yep. Theres a menu when selecting for view source and so on, and one of them is report

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#2022088 24-May-2018 20:30

Oblivian:
eracode:
Oblivian:

Very. Just look at Sparks recent posts by users on facebook

They have a report spam button. But its only available with the online portal. And although many are doing it they keep pleading for.

Please tell where exactly is the Report Spam button? Is it on webmail.xtra.co.nz?

Yep. Theres a menu when selecting for view source and so on, and one of them is report

pull the other leg. When viewing the email on webview on the right hand side of the message is what some call a hamburg (3 lines above each over) In there is options to mark as spam (top) and blacklist (bottom). Can do it in my sleep.

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#2022137 24-May-2018 21:53

GEOMAX:

Oblivian:
eracode:
Oblivian:

Very. Just look at Sparks recent posts by users on facebook

They have a report spam button. But its only available with the online portal. And although many are doing it they keep pleading for.

Please tell where exactly is the Report Spam button? Is it on webmail.xtra.co.nz?

Yep. Theres a menu when selecting for view source and so on, and one of them is report

pull the other leg. When viewing the email on webview on the right hand side of the message is what some call a hamburg (3 lines above each over) In there is options to mark as spam (top) and blacklist (bottom). Can do it in my sleep.

I don't know whether something is being lost in translation. But what's with quoting my reply to other users as your own as if I am trying to fool people

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#2022143 24-May-2018 22:00

Not exactly 'pulling ones leg' in confirming yes, the option is available on xtramail.co.nz as he (or she) asked.

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