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nitaclay's avatar
nitaclay
Sophomore
4 years ago

Solution is not a solution for spam emails

This is the 3rd time I have asked for help, and Liz's last response to me on February 19 stated that my problem with spam emails had been solved. She said the offending IPs had been blocked, and I should receive zero spam emails or at least very few. That's hogwash!! Today's number was 121 at last count. It does no good to mark them as spam! I do not surf the internet clicking on sites I do not know. I do not understand why HughesNet is unable to stay on top of this.

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  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    4 years ago

    Hi nitaclay,

     

    Thank you for your patience, I just got off the phone with our e-mail admins, got a top guy looking into your account and seeing what we can do for now.  In the long term, our e-mail admins have already been testing out a different spam control which has been looking a lot more promising than the current one. We will likely see this new one implemented soon, so I hope to see a significant difference by then.

     

    -Liz

  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    4 years ago

    Good morning nitaclay,

     

    Thank you for your patience, I've just gotten word that the switch has been made. We should expect better spam filtering now moving forward.

     

    -Liz

  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    4 years ago

    Hopefully Liz will have some more information for you today. 

     

    nitaclay wrote:

    This is the 3rd time I have asked for help, and Liz's last response to me on February 19 stated that my problem with spam emails had been solved. She said the offending IPs had been blocked, and I should receive zero spam emails or at least very few. That's hogwash!! Today's number was 121 at last count. It does no good to mark them as spam! I do not surf the internet clicking on sites I do not know. I do not understand why HughesNet is unable to stay on top of this.

     

    • rollo22's avatar
      rollo22
      New Poster
      4 years ago

      Why does SPAM keep coming thru?

      I use BLOCK & most of the times= it is sent to TRASH.

      I send Trash to Deleted Items & they still continue to come in. \

      I try to empty the DELETED items & NOTHING happens.?

      WHERE is HUGHES SUPPORT? 

       

      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        4 years ago

        You mean that when you try to delete the trash the messages remain?  How are you trying to delete them?

         

        As for the spam, I hope Liz or another mod will soon have an update about the issue. 

         

        rollo22 wrote:

        Why does spam keep coming thru?

        I use block & most of the times= it is sent to trash .

        I send Trash to Deleted Items & they still continue to come in. \

         

         

         

  • Liz's avatar
    Liz
    Moderator
    4 years ago

    Hi nitaclay,

     

    Thank you for posting, that is definitely frustrating, I'm sorry to hear this is happening again. Spammers always find ways to circumvent spam controls and such. I've escalated this to our e-mail admins to see if they have any special insight into what's going on with this latest attack. Until then, marking as spam is the only way to help our spam controls to learn and prevent these from happening to others.

     

    I'll post back once I hear any news to share.

     

      Your cooperation, patience, and understanding are much appreciated.

     

    Thanks,

    Liz

    • Liz's avatar
      Liz
      Moderator
      4 years ago

      Hi nitaclay,

       

      Thank you for your patience, I just got off the phone with our e-mail admins, got a top guy looking into your account and seeing what we can do for now.  In the long term, our e-mail admins have already been testing out a different spam control which has been looking a lot more promising than the current one. We will likely see this new one implemented soon, so I hope to see a significant difference by then.

       

      -Liz

      • nitaclay's avatar
        nitaclay
        Sophomore
        4 years ago

        Please keep me updated on the progress! I'm glad to know it is being worked on!