These use an approach that allows the program to learn your personal likes and dislikes. Maybe you <want> stock offers to come through but want to block the ads about enlarging body parts; these let you do that.
I now am using SpamSieve, which works in Entourage; it involves downloading all the spam but filtering it out mostly before I see it, with some items that are not definite spam being marked with a “junk” category, but left for me to examine.
All of these seem like lots less work than your home-grown approach, which seems ingenious. I just wonder if that much work is really necessary.
Also, I am currently using earthlink.net; they have a spam filter built in (you have to visit the web site to turn it on, but it is free). Other ISPs also are offering such a service; IMO, if your ISP does not offer it, it is reason to switch. I receive almost no spam from that address, and I’ve had it for years and used it on mailing lists. My spam comes thru other addresses I have, particularly one that is in the open on the web site of our non-profit. That’s where my filtering helps.
Search on www.versiontracker.com for spam filtering software; you will find a bunch.
On or near 2/3/2003 5:12 PM, Diane Ross at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
On 2/3/03 2:31 PM, "Dennis Burnham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I must say, this system has reduced my incoming spam down to about a dozen new ones a day. With persistence, I might be able to tighten it up even further. But I wonder if anyone else has a better modus-operandi.
Get a new email address and don’t use it for lists. I recently switched ISPs and my junk mail dropped from about 70 a day to 1 to 3 a day.
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