ntl Spam and Virus utility
 

Hello,

Does anybody know when ntl will be implementing the new spam and virus features?

Thanks

Lee

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'Coming soon...'

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Very informative!! Thanks!!! :disturbd:

Now - I was hoping for a bit more info - like Q1 2005 or Jan 05 etc...

Lee

Re: ntl Spam and Virus utility
 

Sorry - that was supposed to be 'ironic'. The NTL web site says end of November (but doesn't specify a year!), and it's now mid-December.

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Yes...I know!!! Sarcastic b...... :Yikes: :D :disturbd:

Why can they never give a date - they must must project plan this stuff, or do they do what all IT people ....."Hey - I got an idea....let's do xyz.." and then they perform said upgrade and to hell with the consequences!

:Yikes:

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yes and it did launch in november

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In that case, does anyone know what it does? Block viruses, hopefully, but my redirect to Spamcop still seems to be trapping as much Spam as ever. Or is it a phased roll-out and my account is not yet being processed?

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it should be up and and running for everyone. both anti spam and anti virus is live

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I wouldn't be surprised if your redirect is sent 'untrapped' ?

my other strategy is to redirect to hotmail/gmail etc to take advantage of their 'traps'. as well ;)

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Why am I still getting spam? Obvious spam. Spam which, apart from its obvious content, came from a person with the rather stout name of "Cialis Viagra".
If NTL's anti-spam thing is supposed to be in operation and its alarm bells don't go "ding-a-ling" at that kind of blitheringly obvious email then it aint much good at what it is supposed to do then is it?

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Does anyone have any informed understanding of when NTL is going to once and for all adopt any form of spam filtering?

I have three email accounts - I have never received a single spam email on 02 and my yahoo account deals very simply with the odd one or two errant emails. My NTL account which is the main family account receives at least thirty spam emails a day all selling viagra, penis enlargements, porn etc and it has become a real nuisance so come on NTL when are you going to catch up with the other established ISPs who give a good and efficient email service.


On the whole NTL is fine for me and I never experience problems with my internet connection. but the email service with its stuttering performance and an almost epidemic level of spam is so bl**dy annoying! :mad:


Ah well! Rant over for another few weeks.

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ntl do have spam filters in place at the moment... but they are still in the process of "learning" what is spam and what isn't. The problem is that ntl can't have any false positives because then there will be unhappy customers who don't receive mail that they want.

ntlworld are an obvious target for spam- over 5million email addresses and most in the form firstname.surname[number] at ntlworld.com...

I have seen a reduction... i have 7 ntlworld accounts forwarded to gmail and i currently average around 200 spams a month in total.

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Never get any spam, not one bit, ever.....

Never, Never, Never, Never, Ever......

Ever.....

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Ive just cleared 39 tonight alone and just hope that the spam filers learn quickly!

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Surely you realise that is a VERY VERY bad thing to say as it's bound to happen now ;):)