On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 09:57:15 -0700 (MST)
Steve Linux User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
As a dial-up user with a large phone bill, if I were to receive *lots* of
spam, wouldn't I have to pay to download the messages, and again to send a
reply? Is there any way to set up the spam filter to delete files from the
server rather than download em first? Can do this in m$ outlook so it's
obviously possible, but that's by keying on the 'from' name, which IMHO
tends to hop around as spam accounts get closed down.
>Mail is retrieved from external accounts using a fetchmail daemon,
>which then feeds it to procmail which checks for spam. If it IS
>spam, it's tagged with some X-procmail headers, and the spam is
>appended to my auto reply:
<snip>
>I have an SDI shield which bounces it all back. Why would they
>continually waste ammo on a rubber target? Their mail can't
>get through, and they know it.
