Pure html mail seems to be extraordinarily loaded with spam. Advice is needed on what to do with html mail. Here is the story:
On advice received on this list, I have created a *pure-html mail filter which filters these messages (and the link to the html attachment which emailer automatically creates on receipt) to a "html-messages" folder which is intended to be a pre-trash folder (using the "shred messages" script). It works (I can relay the how-to, received from contributors on this list on request). I have added to that an automated message stating that html messages are automatically trashed in my machine (close to, but not really true, at this moment). The honest intention was to advise genuine people to resend the message to me, because my intention remains to trash automatically html messages together with their html enclosures. Was that a wrong idea ? My filter worked and keeps on sending dozens of messages to porn sites, mainly from my CompuServe account (I just set up the preferences so that, at least, the replies go through the same mail account as the incoming message). Am I giving the wrong signal to thess porn sites by letting Emailer to automatically reply to them a polite denial of their message ? Can I improve the filtering to only reply to genuine messages ? TIA for opinions and experience -- Jean-Pierre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
