On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 06:55 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 14:41 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Paul's unattended mail > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The new address should not be given to anyone. > > While I understand what you meant, that would kind of defeat the > > purpose of email, no? =p > > Yes, and why this whole notion of hidden and revolving and multiple > addresses is just stupid; suddenly it is very difficult for me to > contact someone I have a legitimate reason to communicate with. > > I've had the address [email protected] for decades, never hidden > it, it is published *everywhere* from PDF files to Usenet groups to mail > list archives. The SPAM level is pretty minimal. And people I haven't > communicated with for a decade can still contact me if they need to. > > Please do not break e-mail, just learn to use the tools. > > For me it is (a) SPAMhause RBL, (b) greylist milter, and (c) > SPAMAssasin. All pretty basic setup, requires basically zero > care-and-feeding. Any ISP or whomever should be able to provide an > equivalent [or better]. I'm certains FastMAIL.fm provides a good > solution if you need it from a third-party [if you go with a third-party > please choose one that is actually Open and supports Open Source as > something beyond a ramp into proprietary services and protocols]. > > I'd advise you to *not* rely on 'local' solutions like Junk mail filters > - this is a job for the mail server - I just set a SIEVE rule to place > everything categorized as SPAM into the SPAM folder - then it happens > even if I don't check my mail. I thank everyone who responded. Spamassassin works pretty well and my spam has become minimal.
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