[mystjava]

I've recently been getting spam from someone whom is stating that he's looking for someone who can adopt some deaf children in UK. I have no clue how or why I had gotten this spam - repeately (about five times already in the past two weeks). I'm deaf and this is one spam that pisses me off! It doesn't make sense at all! Oh - It's coming through my t-mobile blackberry email addy.

[mdwatts]

i get about 5-6 spams each night. its getting really f-ing annoying. i have to put my phone on silent every night b/c of them. got tired of hearing my phone beeping 2-3-4a each night....... how do you setup the filters for a 7100i again? i only have about 4 people i want to recieve email from or can you just do your whole phonebook? help!

and how do you check which bes you have and how to update it?

[John Clark]

All the instructions you need to set up filters are in this thread. You just need to know what email account is receiving the spam. This thread is mainly for receiving spam on a @yourprovider.blackberry account. My post #72 in this thread has instructions for filtering out this spam as do other posts in this thread as well.

[mdwatts]

Originally Posted by John Clark

All the instructions you need to set up filters are in this thread. You just need to know what email account is receiving the spam. This thread is mainly for receiving spam on a @yourprovider.blackberry account. My post #72 in this thread has instructions for filtering out this spam as do other posts in this thread as well.

read those, still dont 100% understand them. im on a 7100i, personal phone, not company phone. look in the help section on my phone and it says how but under the messages-options, i dont have the email filter option. how the frig do i get to it?
and i do have a email addy.........

[infernox]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Ok...my bad-sorry. Create a filter that says if the "To" field contains "xxxx@.tmo.blackberry.net/xxxx@mycingular.blackberry.net" etc. send messages to handheld. Then set tell it when no filters apply do not send messages to handheld. Be sure to do this in the .mycingular/.tmo email address

Works like a charm. My BIS email address is hardly used so this filter works well for me.

[Lex Luthor]

Here's a quick update from me in regards to the spam situation. Since I applied the filters properly I still haven't received any spam at all. Thx again to John Clark and others who have given provided me with filter info and advice.

[Soapm]

I turned off level 1 status in BIS 2. I still get the spam but I don't notice.

[dkf747]

The filters didn't work for me. I gave up and deleted the blackberry email account.

[quillhill]

Originally Posted by Nitty

Here's a quick update from me in regards to the spam situation. Since I applied the filters properly I still haven't received any spam at all. Thx again to John Clark and others who have given provided me with filter info and advice.

Same here. So, a bit more than a week now, it seems, and this fix seems to be effective in my situation, too. I am happy about this. Let's see how long it sticks.

[Berry One]

I've noticed that spam in general declined. May be it were not just filters that helped.

[Lil Danny]

I got some spam from @mycingular.blackberry.net Where do I get BIS 2.0 upgrade from?

[vincentnyc]

Originally Posted by John Clark

Yes, because you are going to set the filter to say If "your email address" is in the "to" field "forward messages to handheld." Then tell it for all other messages "do not forward to handheld."

Here's how to do it. This is from the RIM article.

"BlackBerry Internet Service 2.0 and later

Step 1 - Create a filter to prevent messages containing specific information

Log into the BlackBerry Internet Service account.
Click the Filters icon beside the hosted address <USER>@<SITE>.blackberry.net.
Under the When no filters apply:, select the Do not forward messages to handheld option.
If filters already exist for this account, click the Add Filter link.
If the screen displays "No filters configured. click here to add one", click the Click Here link.
Add the following filter and click Add Filter:
Filter Name - something you can easily recognize
Apply filter when - select "To" field * from the drop-down menu
Contains - enter your BlackBerry email address
Select the Forward messages to handheld option
Note: It is not recommended to use the Header only option.

Configure another filter with the following settings:
Filter Name - something you can easily recognize
Apply filter when - select "CC" field * from the drop-down menu
Contains - enter your BlackBerry email address
Select the Forward messages to handheld option"

i just follow ur instructions...and now i'm no longer receive any new gmail to my blackberryl.

ps i have gmail forward it to my @mycingular.blackberry.net account.

and i follow ur instruction by putting in T0: AND CC: field filter with my @mycingular.blackberry.net account. Then try to send a test email...recieve it on my gmail...but not on my blackberry device. then i tried to add another filter with my gmail address...that didnt work either.

so wtf is going on here?

ps when i select "forward messages to handheld", i left "header only" and "level 1 notification" unchecked.

[tprime]

Wow I just found this thread. I've been getting spamed for 3 weeks but I was trying other unsuccesful methods. Hope this works. I was getting spam to my tmo.bb.net address as well as one of my personal email addresses. I followed the directions and set up the filters, so we'll see.

[pauly]

If I delete my @tmo.blackberry.net address how can I set up a new one? I prefer the native email than switch to yahoo and the like.


I also just tried the filters but have not received any emails yet.

BTW, spam is out of control. Upwards of 10 a day.

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by pauly

If I delete my @tmo.blackberry.net address how can I set up a new one?

Just log in to your account on a PC. set up email accounts. There is a setup email for your device there.

[dsconnell]

Just curious if people are still getting many spam emails. I've been getting way to many in my opinion. I typically add ~4-6 email addresses to my filters each day and still they keep coming. On my tmo account I just added my 5th filter as the other 4 filters were full and couldn't be added to any more. Am I the only one or are more of you suffering from ****ing junk spam. This is getting ridiculous.

[kmb1966]

Originally Posted by Berry One

You can not. Delete your tmo.blackberry.net email address- problem solved.

Thats funny. "problem solved". If you get wrong numbers calling you, turn off your phone, "Problem solved". Hilarious solution

[vincentnyc]

yeah it is retarded to suggest deleting tmo.blackberry.net or mycingular.blackberry.net as a solution. to who ever suggested that...dont really understand wtf is going on!!!

i repeat..this is not a solution..we better get a better solutions.

[dkf747]

It's not the best solution, but it certainly isn't retarded. The filters suggest on this thread reduced but did not eliminate the spam. The only choice was to delete the account. Gmail is working nicely, so why bother with an account that doesn't have a spam filter?

[dkf747]

Originally Posted by dsconnell

Just curious if people are still getting many spam emails. I've been getting way to many in my opinion. I typically add ~4-6 email addresses to my filters each day and still they keep coming. On my tmo account I just added my 5th filter as the other 4 filters were full and couldn't be added to any more. Am I the only one or are more of you suffering from ****ing junk spam. This is getting ridiculous.

I was getting a ton of it yesterday and decided to delete the @tmo.blackberry.net address. I use gmail instead.