A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example...

Subject: SPAM:: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed

I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is spam or not.

I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else?

Thanks in advance.

Sam

OE will not add words to the subject line.
Look else where.
Verizon, spam program, etc.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Sammy bin Snoozin" wrote in message
news:Fg74j.1119$AX6.421@trnddc07...
A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM"
inserted in the subject line.... like this example...

Subject: SPAM:: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed

I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is
spam or not.

I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can
be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else?

Thanks in advance.

Sam

"Sammy bin Snoozin" wrote in message
news:Fg74j.1119$AX6.421@trnddc07...
A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word "SPAM" inserted in the subject
line.... like this example...

Subject: SPAM:: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed

I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether it is spam or not.

I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something that can be set in OE, Verizon or
somewhere else?

Thanks in advance.

Sam


Your ISP is adding this to suspected spam mail. You should be able to go into your ISP's webmail
site and add these senders to a "white list" so that their email is no longer marked spam. Contact
your ISP (Verizon) for assistance.

["Followup-To:" header set to microsoft.public.win2000.]
On Sat, 01 Dec 2007 06:35:17 GMT,
Sammy bin Snoozin wrote:
A lot of my normal, legitimate incoming email now has the word
"SPAM" inserted in the subject line.... like this example...

Subject: SPAM:: Next Tuesday Meeting Postponed

I don't want "SPAM" to appear in any email subject lines -- whether
it is spam or not.

I am using verizon ISP and Outlook Express 6.0. Is this something
that can be set in OE, Verizon or somewhere else?

You only have direct control if it is your mailserver, there may be a
setting on your verizon account for the mail you receive, but
generally an email passes through several machines before it gets to
its recipient, any of which may be running a spam filter, antivirus,
etc which may rewrite mail.

A common rule for filters is checking for multiple recipients or
common words. Other common rules may be invalid subject/sender,
mention of certain male enhancement products in the subject/body,
messages with headers/content similar to messages output by spambots,
all messages from a particular user/server, etc. There is no magic
solution, if there were the whole excercise would be pointless, since
everyone would include the magic header.

If you review the headers of your email (received) it should tell you
about any filtering. If you can't decipher it yourself, you may want
to post a copy, you may want to redact usernames in emails and remove
private info. Don't remove emails or links, just change from
to or
http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/ to http://nobody.nowhere.invalid/.

HTH,

Michael C.
--
http://mcsuper5.freeshell.org/

The most valuable gift you can give to another is a good example.

Thanks, guys. You helped me I narrow it down...

There is no anti-spam software running on my computer and OE6 looks fine. Also Verizon says 'no spam filter'.

I looked at the headers on an email marked "SPAM" and see the following - this is common for all such emails...

(clamdscan: 0.88/1245. spamassassin: 3.1.0. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:1
(127.0.0.1):SA:1(5.4/5.0):. Processed in 6.784545 secs); Fri,
30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000


So I logged on to my host control panel (ipower)...

Under email, these are the settings:

spam filtering - off
tag message as spam - off


Under server info, I see that SpamAssassin modules are installed. That's as far as I can get. Sounds to me like this is the culprit, but I could not find any way to turn SpamAssasin off.

Copied from the panel...

perl version
perl, v5.8.3

installed perl modules:

Mail::SpamAssassin
Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator
Mail::SpamAssassin::AuditMessage
Mail::SpamAssassin::AutoWhitelist
Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes
Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes::CombineChi
Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes::CombineNaiveBayes
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStoBM
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesSto:MySQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesSto:PgSQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesSto:SDBM
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesSto:SQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::Client
Mail::SpamAssassin::CmdLearn
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::LDAP
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::Parser
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::SQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::ConfSourceSQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::Constants
Mail::SpamAssassin:BBasedAddrList
Mail::SpamAssassin:ns
Mail::SpamAssassin:nsResolver
Mail::SpamAssassin::EncappedMessage
Mail::SpamAssassin::EncappedMIME
Mail::SpamAssassin::EvalTests
Mail::SpamAssassin::HTML
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locales
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::Flock
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::Win32
Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger
Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::File
Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::Stderr
Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::Syslog
Mail::SpamAssassin::MailingList
Mail::SpamAssassin::Message
Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Metadata
Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Metadata::Received
Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Node
Mail::SpamAssassin::NetSet
Mail::SpamAssassin::NoMailAudit
Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgLearner
Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus
Mail::SpamAssassin::PersistentAddrList
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AccessDB
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AntiVirus
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AutoLearnThreshold
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AWL
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin:CC
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin:omainKeys
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Hashcash
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::MIMEHeader
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Pyzor
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Razor2
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::RelayCountry
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ReplaceTags
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SpamCop
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SPF
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Test
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::TextCat
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WhiteListSubject
Mail::SpamAssassin::PluginHandler
Mail::SpamAssassin::Received
Mail::SpamAssassin::Replier
Mail::SpamAssassin::Reporter
Mail::SpamAssassin::SHA1
Mail::SpamAssassin::SpamdForkScaling
Mail::SpamAssassin::SQLBasedAddrList
Mail::SpamAssassin::SubProcBackChannel
Mail::SpamAssassin::TextCat
Mail::SpamAssassin::UnixLocker
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util:ependencyInfo
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::Progress
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::RegistrarBoundaries
Mail::SpamAssassin::Win32Locker

often the settings are buggy
turn on email spam scanning
save exit
go back and turn off spam scanning
save exit

and see if the settings stick

--
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Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de
spybot http://www.safer-networking.org
AVG free antivirus http://free.grisoft.com/
Etrust/Vet/CA.online Antivirus scan
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Super Antispyware http://www.superantispyware.com/
Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.activescan.com
Panda online AntiSpyware Scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/spyware/test/
Catalog of removal tools (1)
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
Catalog of removal tools (2)
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/n...aspx?CID=40387
Trouble Shooting guide to Windows http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before
use
Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters
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"Guv Bob" wrote in message
news:2it4j.1213$UG1.681@trnddc01...
Thanks, guys. You helped me I narrow it down...

There is no anti-spam software running on my computer and OE6 looks fine.
Also Verizon says 'no spam filter'.

I looked at the headers on an email marked "SPAM" and see the following -
this is common for all such emails...

(clamdscan: 0.88/1245. spamassassin: 3.1.0. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:1
(127.0.0.1):SA:1(5.4/5.0):. Processed in 6.784545 secs); Fri,
30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000


So I logged on to my host control panel (ipower)...

Under email, these are the settings:

spam filtering - off
tag message as spam - off


Under server info, I see that SpamAssassin modules are installed. That's as
far as I can get. Sounds to me like this is the culprit, but I could not
find any way to turn SpamAssasin off.

Copied from the panel...

perl version
perl, v5.8.3

installed perl modules:

Mail::SpamAssassin
Mail::SpamAssassin::ArchiveIterator
Mail::SpamAssassin::AuditMessage
Mail::SpamAssassin::AutoWhitelist
Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes
Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes::CombineChi
Mail::SpamAssassin::Bayes::CombineNaiveBayes
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStoBM
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesSto:MySQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesSto:PgSQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesSto:SDBM
Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesSto:SQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::Client
Mail::SpamAssassin::CmdLearn
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::LDAP
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::Parser
Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf::SQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::ConfSourceSQL
Mail::SpamAssassin::Constants
Mail::SpamAssassin:BBasedAddrList
Mail::SpamAssassin:ns
Mail::SpamAssassin:nsResolver
Mail::SpamAssassin::EncappedMessage
Mail::SpamAssassin::EncappedMIME
Mail::SpamAssassin::EvalTests
Mail::SpamAssassin::HTML
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locales
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::Flock
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::UnixNFSSafe
Mail::SpamAssassin::Locker::Win32
Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger
Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::File
Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::Stderr
Mail::SpamAssassin::Logger::Syslog
Mail::SpamAssassin::MailingList
Mail::SpamAssassin::Message
Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Metadata
Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Metadata::Received
Mail::SpamAssassin::Message::Node
Mail::SpamAssassin::NetSet
Mail::SpamAssassin::NoMailAudit
Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgLearner
Mail::SpamAssassin::PerMsgStatus
Mail::SpamAssassin::PersistentAddrList
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AccessDB
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AntiVirus
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AutoLearnThreshold
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::AWL
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin:CC
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin:omainKeys
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Hashcash
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::MIMEHeader
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Pyzor
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Razor2
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::RelayCountry
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::ReplaceTags
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SpamCop
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::SPF
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::Test
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::TextCat
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::URIDNSBL
Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::WhiteListSubject
Mail::SpamAssassin::PluginHandler
Mail::SpamAssassin::Received
Mail::SpamAssassin::Replier
Mail::SpamAssassin::Reporter
Mail::SpamAssassin::SHA1
Mail::SpamAssassin::SpamdForkScaling
Mail::SpamAssassin::SQLBasedAddrList
Mail::SpamAssassin::SubProcBackChannel
Mail::SpamAssassin::TextCat
Mail::SpamAssassin::UnixLocker
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util:ependencyInfo
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::Progress
Mail::SpamAssassin::Util::RegistrarBoundaries
Mail::SpamAssassin::Win32Locker

Whatever/wherever the problem is, it's not related to Outlook Express so
please discontinue the crossposts to the OE newsgroups. Thanks.

(And if you're running Win2K, why did you even post to the Win98/OE-specific
newsgroup in the first place?)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/


Guv Bob wrote:
Thanks, guys. You helped me I narrow it down...

There is no anti-spam software running on my computer and OE6 looks fine.
Also Verizon says 'no spam filter'.

I looked at the headers on an email marked "SPAM" and see the following -
this is common for all such emails...

(clamdscan: 0.88/1245. spamassassin: 3.1.0. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:1
(127.0.0.1):SA:1(5.4/5.0):. Processed in 6.784545 secs); Fri,
30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000
snip

PA, this is the 2nd reply to a question of mine where you didn't offer any help! I appreciate your comments. However I would think that if you don't have a suggestion or something constructive, that you would just skip over a thread.

Please consider blocking my postings from your newsreader. Browsing will be a much happier experience for everyone!

HTH

Sam


"PA Bear" wrote in message ...
Whatever/wherever the problem is, it's not related to Outlook Express so
please discontinue the crossposts to the OE newsgroups. Thanks.

(And if you're running Win2K, why did you even post to the Win98/OE-specific
newsgroup in the first place?)
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L.ORG http://66.39.69.143/


Guv Bob wrote:
Thanks, guys. You helped me I narrow it down...

There is no anti-spam software running on my computer and OE6 looks fine.
Also Verizon says 'no spam filter'.

I looked at the headers on an email marked "SPAM" and see the following -
this is common for all such emails...

(clamdscan: 0.88/1245. spamassassin: 3.1.0. perlscan: 1.25st. Clear:RC:1
(127.0.0.1):SA:1(5.4/5.0):. Processed in 6.784545 secs); Fri,
30 Nov 2007 22:10:10 +0000
snip

"Sammy bin Snoozin" wrote in message
news:i2I6j.4302$k22.3323@trnddc02...
PA, this is the 2nd reply to a question of mine where you didn't offer any
help! I appreciate your comments. However I would think that if you don't
have a suggestion or something constructive, that you would just skip over
a thread.

Please consider blocking my postings from your newsreader. Browsing will be
a much happier experience for everyone!

HTH

Sam

----------------------------------------------------


Well, Sammy, he didn't reply to YOU. He replied to Guv Bob, which you would
know if you were paying attention.

Please don't post using MIME/Quoted Printable.

You seem to dislike Rogear so why don't you block him? You can post back
for instructions.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email

Thanks to all for the help.

The problem turned out not to be with OE6 or verizon/isp. The problem is that my webhost (ipower) has turned on its spam filter -- from the control panel it says it's off. I can't do anything else. Ipower is not responding to emails and I can't get thru the phone.

Thanks again for the help in isolating the problem

Sam