Awhile back I read about a program that would refuse to accept mail from senders not on an approved list maintained by the recipient. I would like to experiment with such a program. I use POP3 to a vanilla local ISP (PIXI.NET, very nice, small, local Honolulu ISP, been with them for years). Currently I use Evolution (LM 8.1) to pick up the mail directly. I anticipate having to change to something like fetchmail, to provide a place -- a hook -- where the blocking can occur.
The key to this filter's functionality is that I don't have to predict an expression to block unwanted mail. All mail is treated as unwanted until I say it can be delivered. When someone not on my list sends me a message, they receive an automatic reply with instructions how to get around the block. This is slightly annoying to real people, but effective against spammers who use bogus return addresses. What programs can be used for this? Gary Dunn Open Slate Project
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