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"spam, spam eggs and spam"

I have really been inundated with, you've guessed it - spam over the last few days. all kinds including ones with viruses attached. to various freeola email addresses. can't think why it's suddenly happening. anyone else experiencing a similar glut?

Thanks for the info guys, suppose there's no reason I can't register a domain (don't I get one free with my Freeola ADSL connection?) and then presume I can upgrade my email address to Email-Pro? The spam maybe a pain in the bum but these viruses are really concerning, if I've got this right I'll give this option some serious consideration.

ADSL is broadband?! Narrowband is dialup .
I guess you must be using a mobile connection or cable?




[s]Hmmm...[/s]

I think looking at it that is still only ADSL being offered, to my mind that is still not broadband?

anyhow...I think that's the best I can get in this area - about 7mb download =:-(

DL wrote:
webcity1 wrote:
[i]my next q. for another topic is how do I get broadband...I want broadband on Freeola please. I mean it's not like I'm living in the sticks, why can't I get it?

Try here Freeola Broadband or the link to the left of where you are looking now ;¬)[/i]

webcity1 wrote:
my next q. for another topic is how do I get broadband...I want broadband on Freeola please. I mean it's not like I'm living in the sticks, why can't I get it?

Try here Freeola Broadband or the link to the left of where you are looking now ;¬)

oooh I'm on ADSL2+ , would like broadband but as far as I remember it's not available to me for some reason...anyhow I DID NOT KNOW I could get this here email-pro free on a domain, which obvioso allows me to test this pro = less spam theory being bandied about.

sooo glad I started this topic now and thanks peeps for the tip...keeping everything crossed!

my next q. for another topic is how do I get broadband...I want broadband on Freeola please. I mean it's not like I'm living in the sticks, why can't I get it?

@pete:
As chas has just said pete, you'll need to have a domain to access 'free' EmailPro. I've had a domain hosted by Freeola for years now and that's why I can offer 'email' addresses to the family and to 'friends'. I can offer you one if you want :¬D But then, I digress. EmailPro for me has, at the moment, been spam free for all addresses since I 'migrated' ;¬)

pete_21 wrote:
Hi Hmmm,

Had a quick shuffle through the available options in MyFreeola and when I click on Email-Pro it asks me for a domain to link it to (don't have one).

When I attempt to progress further I get:

[I]''Please be aware that in order to make use of EmailPro you will need one of your own domain names. As you do not currently have any Domains Names in your Get Dotted Domain Portfolio, you either need to add a domain to your Portfolio or register a new domain name, before you can proceed. ''

The Email-Pro option does appear to be available to me in MyFreeola at no extra charge but presume I'd have to set up a domain first? Not sure why this is the case, perhaps I'm in a minority for having Freeola ADSL but not hosting? Or do I need to set up a domain I don't need (for anything else) in order to get Email-Pro? I could of course have got everything totally wrong in which case all of the above is utter nonsense!

Really sorry I couldn't be of more help, I honestly did try and submit something useful on the tech forum for once but came across this huge lack of knowing what the hell I was doing![/i]

E-mail Pro is in fact only applicable to a domain name owned by yourself. This is likely to be the case for the foreseeable. Freedom is the alternative when using our Freeola 500 addresses, however as you rightly say this does not include such intensive spam filtering.

Hi Hmmm,

Had a quick shuffle through the available options in MyFreeola and when I click on Email-Pro it asks me for a domain to link it to (don't have one).

When I attempt to progress further I get:

''Please be aware that in order to make use of EmailPro you will need one of your own domain names. As you do not currently have any Domains Names in your Get Dotted Domain Portfolio, you either need to add a domain to your Portfolio or register a new domain name, before you can proceed. ''

The Email-Pro option does appear to be available to me in MyFreeola at no extra charge but presume I'd have to set up a domain first? Not sure why this is the case, perhaps I'm in a minority for having Freeola ADSL but not hosting? Or do I need to set up a domain I don't need (for anything else) in order to get Email-Pro? I could of course have got everything totally wrong in which case all of the above is utter nonsense!

Really sorry I couldn't be of more help, I honestly did try and submit something useful on the tech forum for once but came across this huge lack of knowing what the hell I was doing!

Hi pete_21,
Yes EmailPro works differently.

Info:
Did you know? Freeola EmailPro is included free of charge with any Freeola Broadband package!

With EmailPro you can blacklist (and whitelist) addresses along with other options which is useful.

Can you let me know if the upgrade route works for you as it only appears as a 'paid for' option for one on my other Freeola (ADSL + Domain) clients?

I was just about to ask Freeola about this so it will be interesting to know what you see - good timing :¬)

Ta.
[s]Hmmm...[/s]

Thanks for the heads up DL, will have a look into that. If email-pro is free for Freeola Broadband customers then I suppose there's no reason not to upgrade? Just had yet another spam mail with a virus attachment, that's the 3rd or 4th in the last couple of days. They seem to be of a similar type W32 Injector Trojan (YUK, YUG & YSN are the variants I've had). ESET is catching and containing them as soon as they come through but that's hardly an ideal solution. Does email-pro use a different scanning feature then or is it just pure luck as to whether or not a certain account is effected?, as I stated earlier my other 2 accounts seem fine.