> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Davis > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 5:44 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: RE: Re: EOS slow times at list > > > "Chip Louie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: > > > > >For dial ups and low speed access this won't work well as all you mail is > >delivered to your system. BUT if you have high speed access why not just > >use Popfile? It filters out all the spam automatically on your > own machine > >and puts it into the trash or a "SPAM" file. It takes a few weeks of > >training for it to learn what you think is SPAM and what is mail but it > >works really well, mine has been running for many, many months and is > >currently at about 99.7% accuracy. All you get is the good > stuff, it cannot > >help you on the virus issues but that's what Norton's or MacAfee's AV > >programs are for. Look here: http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ > Works great! > > My problem is not getting a virus, I'm too smart for that :-) > > And my problem is not filtering the spam. I have great filter ability > with my emailer. But this virus gets around filters and continues to > flood my inbox where I have to got through them all carefully and sort > out that real email and delete the rest. It's just a real pain in the > arse doing it a few times a day to keep some space in my mail box. > > Obviously some ISPs are more affected than others. Also, it depends on > how long your email address has been active. Mine is over 3 years now. > That means my email address resides on lots of servers and machines > around the world waiting for harvest. A newer address might only have > a few virus machines harvesting it and not be such a problem. > > I'm just going to have to change my email address it appears. I was > only wondering if I do, will I be able to receive the EOS list, > considering that it's been broken for awhile and people have lots of > trouble getting on and off this list. That is my real question, can I > change my mail address for the EOS list? > > > Jim Davis > >
Hi Jim, I'm a professional UNIX and network geek. Obviously if you are doing the sorting yourself, whatever installed filtering you are currently using is NOT working well no matter what you say. If you have to manage your email "Inbox" once your filter is installed and activated and has had some time to learn what you think is SPAM then your filter is not working. If messages that you don't want are getting into you "Inbox" you have a problem with your filtering, it's as simple as that. If a virus is getting on you system and is not captured or quarantined as it is received from your mail server then you have poor virus protection or its out of date. This is pretty simple too. I have had the same email addresses for over 7 years and it has been and continues to be on many computers and servers all over the net. I don't go to porn sites but I do shop almost exclusively on-line and my email addresses are on about a zillion and a half mailing lists, SIG web sites and public BBS's. I haven't had any of these problems. I'm using using Win2K, Outlook filtered by Popfile and Norton's AV software. Somewhere between 200-400 emails I get one email message that the Popfile filter incorrectly classifies. Norton's AV has NEVER failed to identify a virus or worm as an attachment, hidden scripting or within HTML code. IMO this is pretty good and you should try it. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
