On Fri, 25 Oct 2002 12:10:13 -0700, Lehnert Riegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is alleged to have written: > (snip)
>My concern with all such "upstream filtering" is two-fold. > - Will I really know and fully understand what they are doing? > - How conscientious and adept will they be? (After all, broad brushes >cover more surface in less time with fewer people.) > >In other words, I don't trust them (or others either) to "do my >thinking for me." Your mileage may vary. You have a good point. > >So, is there an easy solution to the spam problem? (By the way, I >certainly agree it IS a problem.) Well, many problems seem to defy EASY >solution -- maybe spam is one more on that list. > One variant of ISP filtering is tagging. I've never seen it in operation, but I gather that the ISP does some elaborate filtering, and tags email suspected of being spam-- probably in the subject or headers. So, you can manually process your email, perhaps skipping over what has been tagged, or implement a very simple filter to shove all the spam-tagged email into a cesspool folder you can dig around in if you are so inclined. I think that would be a sort of "trust but verify" solution I could live with. --Lyle ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
