Reply to chris message 9/29/2003 10:31 PM Hi Chris- Was hoping you could tell me why I got two of this same message, even though it was not addressed to me individually? I also often have this happen with personal emails, i.e. getting two copies.
regards, doug >>SpamFire goes around your regular email program & checks your Pop >>mailbox itself. It deletes the spam, and puts the good email back so your >>regular email program can pick them up. > >I didn't really take a good look at SpamFire the other day when I >downloaded it... but am I to understand you correctly that SpamFire >DOWNLOADS the mail, then filters it, then RESENDS it back to the SMTP >server to wait for you to collect it?!? > >First, what happens if you don't collect your mail, does SpamFire >continue that download/upload process on the same messages? > >2nd: What does it do about the SMTP Envelope headers that will now be >altered because it downloaded the messages and re uploaded them (ie: the >envelope will claim the message traces back to SpamFire rather than the >original source). Does it leave the proper chain of headers in place so >you can see where it was before SpamFire messed with it? If so, I guess >they just hope the ISP doesn't strip extra envelope headers (some do, >leaving you only with the last set of headers). > > >Wouldn't it make WAY more sense to never download the message at all? >Read the message on the server, apply the filters, and if a message >should be filtered, delete it from the server. If a message shouldn't be >filtered, leave it alone to continue to wait on the server until you >collect your mail. > >Yes, that still downloads the message (can't read what isn't downloaded), >but it avoids the whole upload bandwidth/munge the envelope issue. > >-chris ><http://www.mythtech.net> > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Doug McAdam, Pres. SSD, Inc. 705 W Foster St. Kokomo, IN 46902 phone: 765-457-8628 <> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> �What they desperately need is to know how to live their lives� they need to know who they are, to what purpose they exist, and how they should act towards one another; and, once they know the answers to these questions they need to be helped to gradually apply these answers to everyday behavior. It is to the solution of this basic problem of mankind that the greater part of all our energy and resources should be directed.... � (Nov 19/74 UHJ) ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
