on 29/3/02 19:27, Philip Stortz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> aol is a spam magnet, simply because they have so many users and
> apparently some security problems. i've got a state wide/local isp, if
> i get 2 spams in a week it's unusual, i usually get less than 2 a month
> and have gone months with none.
Hotmail is no better. If I didn't have the hotmail spam filter turned on
(not on the toughest setting -- only allow people in your mailbox to send
you mail), _and_ was filtering out keywords I'd have ~60-100 spam/day. I now
have all spam sent to trash so I no longer know how much I get there, but my
"spam filtered" folder gets ~25-40/day, and despite that 5-15/day get
through into my main folder. I find the following key words catch a lot of
the crap: diploma, naked, homeowner, earn, penis, ADV:, confirmation, info@
(REALLY pervasive, on all e-mail addresses I have), debt, porn, yahoo,
excite, get big, viagra, dvd and free.
(I wonder how many spam filters will catch this e-mail ;).
One thing I wish Hotmail would do is allow you to filter content -- I'd be
filtering everything with: (("click" or "reply") and "remove)
L8r, Eric.
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