In my in box i gets two or thre unsolicited mails daily. Even though i mark it as a spam, again it appears with a new name, uaually  in someones name like.. Joes or mohan etc. What can be done to stop it.Thanks.

I don't think there is much that can be done here. I get spam every day and like you I mark it as spam within outlook but the next day the same company make contact from a different address. The situation is even worse than it seems because my mail is filtered by Brightmail which removes large amounts of spam - and yet some still manages to get thru

thanks harry. But let me tell a related stuff.i have two e-mail account with the same service provider.one account i use regularly while the other one sparingly.In the first account i gets only one or two spams(as mentioned earlier) but  the second one is full of spam messages.Its weired isn't it? Its out of curiosity, does anybody have any clue. thanks.

   There are basically two reasons why you receive spam:  either your email address has been displayed in a public place (like on a website or on a discussion board) or someone who has received an email from that account (that could even be you) has a virus on their computer.
   There is not a way to stop them once they have started.  Some will stop on their own.  You can prevent them by not putting the email address in public places and by not sending emails to people who get viruses.

I suffered from another reason a few years back. My wife is called Margarita so when I signed her up for an e-mail account I was happy to find that Margarita@ XYZ was free.
The next day before she had even sent one e-mail she received several hundred pieces of spam - my conclusion is that simply/common addresses are likely to attract more spam.

Thanks ray and harry. I got the point.

This may be a good time for a tip to all who aren't aware of a piece of "netiquette."  When you receive email that's addressed to multiple people, and you want to pass it along to others, once you've started the reply, edit out (delete) the long list of other email addressees from the person who sent it to you.

Also, when you address an email to multiple people yourself, put yourself in the TO: block, and then put all the other addressees in the BCC:  block (that stands for "Blind Carbon Copy," a term that goes back to days of typing with carbon paper duplicates of the original when a carbon copy is sent to someone without the original receiver knowing someone else also got the letter).  Everyone on the BCC: list will get the email, though it's addressed to "only" you, but no one will see who else got the email.

By using those two helpful pieces of information, you will cut down on the amount of SPAM others receive, and also help preserve others' privacy who may not want their names and email addresses spread all over the place without their permission.  It's just a matter of courtesy that benefits everyone.

C.R.

Wow CR, its really a nice  information.I always wondered what this Bcc is and as you mentioned it also keeps ones privacy while forwardind messages to groups. There is another block Cc, is it stands for carbon copy, what is its utility. Thanks.

You can use CC: for adding additional addresses to which the email is being sent besides the main person you sent it to in the TO: block.  But everyone receiving the email can still see who else is also receiving the same email - only the recipients in the BCC: field remains hidden once the email is sent.

C.R.