Roger Millin wrote: > Bob wrote: >> Huge amounts of SPAM used to fall into people's inboxes and in many >> cases this led to their computers being compromised. Yahoo and other >> ISPs are trying to minimise the chances of this happening and should >> be applauded for that. Yes, it didn't used to happen. It does now >> and for good reason. > > Bob is quite right. I use a disposable Yahoo web-mail based address > for my postings on uk.rec.waterways (and only for that list). The > address very soon started to get hit by spam (which shows that the > address was harvested from uk.rec) and Yahoo's spam filter whacks > most of it straight into the spam folder. Just occasionally one gets > through into the inbox and I can designate it as spam myself (which > helps with the training of Yahoo's spam filtering). Compared to the > amount of spam I used to get on this tinyworld address I am heartily > glad that spam filtering has improved so much. If Barry is using a > web-based Yahoo address for his postings then any spam clearly shows > as 'one new message' alongside the icon for the spam folder so it > reminds you to look in and delete it if it is truly spam (or leave it > for 30 days IIRC when it will automatically deleted). > Roger
Easy to not have any spam - not seen any for *ages*. You just need a system that has... 1. Multiple e-mail addresses possible 2. Filtering at server. All my group mail / newsgroup mail has [email protected] - the spammers can have this one - it makes not one difference to me. The mail server function for that address is to auto reply with "spam trap - use (temp)" - temp is not my main address, it just allows others to get in touch (all spammers, of course, never open/get the auto reply). When someone uses the temp (which I can easily delete and replace with a different one if needed), and I want to talk, then I can send them the true mail address. That costs me a hosting package at £19+vat per year (inc domain renewal) - money well spent IMHO. Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
