Ok, I am now reaching a boiling point with spam. Now that pornographic ads are showing up addressed to my kids, I need to take some action. Currently, I am using Outlook Express as my email package, and have had very little success catching any of them with the message rules that I can set up. I figured someone here might have some ideas on any of the following:
1. What free or very inexpensive email package might give me better control over the email coming in so I can trap the really bad stuff before it drops into my kids in boxes (or mine for that matter)?
2. What packages seem to work well for protecting kids on the Internet while allowing them to reach legitimate sites that are not listed with some rating service? Do any of these packages also screen email?
3. What legal options can I explore given that these clowns are sending porn to minors? I know about
uce@ftc.gov, and will be forwarding the emails to them, but I don't know that they can really do too much about them. I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is any law enforcement agency that would actually try to do anything about this stuff. I plan on checking with the Arizona Attorney General's office, but I wonder if there is anywhere else to go.
Until now, I have just manually screened my kid's email, which is fine and I plan to continue that, but lately the volume of spam, as well as the inappropriateness of the content has increased considerably. They have in the past signed up on web sites for kids, like Disney.com, Fox Kids, Harry Potter, Barbie, etc., etc., and somehow recently their email addresses must have been sold by one or more of them to the general email list market.
OT - Suggestions for dealing with spam
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