>My next question relates to "what the hell am I really accomplishing when >I filter a post to the spam folder?" Assuming that I don't want to miss >something important, I have to look at it in the spam folder rather than >the in box, but I still have to look at it. Am I missing something here, >or is this just a matter of getting a feeling of control?
Its really just a way of getting the mail out of your way until you feel like dealing with it. At least for me (I'll refrain from giving Psych examples, because I so badly botched the last one)... its much easier for me to scan a folder of known junk, looking for the potential good stuff... then it is for me to scan a folder of unknown mail, looking for the good and bad. Also, by rooting things to a spam folder, I just feel less annoyed. My inbox doesn't fill up with a bunch of junk making me have to think and weed my way thru my morning mail. Instead all the aledged junk goes to a spam folder, where after I have read all my good mail, I can take a quick look to see if something got miss filed. And to me, that just feels more productive, and far less annoying. Of course, ever since I started blacklisting and filtering at the server level, my spam has dropped to near zero levels. I'm getting 2 or 3 a day now as compared to my previous 100 or so a day (which is still VERY light compared to some people, but it was still annoying) -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
