Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 07:22:30 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] SPAM ugh...
>From: "Lou S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>But are you saying that you are getting spam with [LIB] in the subject? > >No, not at all, I said that when I use the word [LIB] as a filter for my >Subject lne - ALL spam ceases to get into my mailbox, it's deleted at >otmail's server. Like others on the list have learned, I can be downlright dense about understanding what is obvious to others. But when I create Hotmail filters, select subject line, select how to process the text to be filtered, enter the text, [LIB] here, and a destination where to send any email with that text in the subject line, any incoming mail with [LIB] in the subject line goes to that directory. But you say you're not getting SPAM with [LIB] in the subject line, of course. I just am not grasping how you're setting up a Hotmail filter for [LIB] on a subject line, and end up filtering any kind of SPAM that naturally doesn't come with this on the subject. You must be sending all list messages to a specified folder, which then of course not contain SPAM. And it'll be SPAM that makes it past the SPAM filter, that ends up in the Inbox. If that's what you're doing, I understand. But unless you have broadband, and can quickly click on the option to view all your folders after you log on, and then click on the Lib list folder, It can be a slow process on a 56k dialup connection when you have a lot of saved files in your Inbox. I found that by setting the SPAM filter to its highest setting, most all SPAM gets sent to Trash these days. >Spammers are not going to selectively word the Subject line of each spam >they send out even if they knew the words you filter on. Yeah... it's just the opposite. They're clever enough to create phoney email addresses that change each time they send out SPAM. >If everyone would simply remember that all spammers are thieves and liars >w/o exception, no one would ever reply to their email to begin with and >they'd all have to get real jobs instead of stealing from the public. They are sweethearts, aren't they? ;-P >>>"If you use Norton Internet Security or AtGuard, one way to block these >>>things is to setup the adblocker to block anything with the string >>>www.atlantistech.com that blocks the script that makes your browser send >>>an e-mail." But you say that simply turning off Java accomplished the same thing, right? I've forgotten to disable in the past when reloading OSs. But I find I rarely need it, and am content to turn it on when I come across a situation, like online banking, where I need it. Matt (Shel) _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
