There are a couple of software solutions that work on the server side: MailArmor is one such. You have to use MailArmor to connect to the server and let it filter out the spam; then connect in the usual way to download what’s left. There’s another such package but I forget the name.Personally, even if I do want that stuff, the point is that I didn’t request it – that’s what makes junk mail/spam. I wouldn’t do any business with companies that send unsolicited e-mail, as it’s illegal to some extent. Or do you mean that it keeps messages one’s subscribed for?
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.
Maybe, maybe not. I don’t get enough e-mail in total (much less junk mail) to make SpamSieve work at it’s potential, which is why I never bothered using it. Hopefully Entourage will get an updated junk mail filter in a future version, like that currently available in Mail or SpamSieve.
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.
Most ISPs (I think) are now offering a spam filter; some even scan attachments for viruses using a tool like Norton or McAfee on the incoming server – I think Yahoo mail may do this. Many enable these features by default for new customers since they are in demand. Unfortunately, many such spam filters aren’t particularly customizable (including the EarthLink one). Ideally all junk mail would be gotten rid of at the server level, but it often comes down to the receiving computer to deal with it.
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.
True. Messages on mailing lists typically aren’t archived on the web long if at all, so the crawlers usually won’t get to the addresses – in the case of this list, they don’t appear on the archive except in replies with attribution lines.
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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