Right, but the beauty of this is that you get to determine what is spam and what isn't. For example, I used to get a ton of spam at this one old email address that nobody uses anymore, so I simply made an alias on it that bounces the mail. That alone cut down 15% of my spam!
-Russell Draper ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Tom Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 11:59:16 -0600 >We receive very few, if any, spams that have ADV: in them... > >Tom >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Russell Draper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 11:25 AM >Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Spam Mail Bouncer for IMail > > >> Well at least you never see the spam message! I have not gotten any spam >since I put it in place on my server. Why don't you think it will work that >well? I also like the ADV in the subject idea, too bad there aren't that >many states that enforce it yet. >> >> -Russell Draper >> >> ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >> From: "Dan Frazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:12:15 -0700 >> >> >Pretty good idea, but I doubt it works all that well. Have there been >> >any tests in a real world environment? I like the idea that all UCE has >> >to have ADV in the subject line, wouldn't that be great? >> > >> >Frazer >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Russell Draper >> >Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:36 AM >> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Subject: [IMail Forum] Spam Mail Bouncer for IMail >> > >> >Why simply delete spam when you can make the sender think the recipient >> >doesn't exist? By sending a bounce message, the spam sender is more >> >likely to automatically unsubscribe you! After all, why spam somebody >> >that doesn't exist? >> > >> >Check it out for yourself: >> >http://imail.smartcherry.com >> > >> > >> >-Russell Draper >> >http://www.smartcherry.com >> > >> >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> >to be removed from this list. >> > >> >An Archive of this list is available at: >> >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> > >> >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >> >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> > >> > >> >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> >to be removed from this list. >> > >> >An Archive of this list is available at: >> >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> > >> >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >> >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> > >> >> Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >> to be removed from this list. >> >> An Archive of this list is available at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ >> >> Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >> questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ >> > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. > >An Archive of this list is available at: >http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked >questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
