Some weeks ago changed Internet service providers, from reliable, able to talk to Interlynx in Hamilton (purchased by Primus with which I have had very negative dealings in the past.) to Sympatico.
Interlynx had a superb anti-spam software system in place. Since I have gone to Sympatico, the amount of spam has increased horribly. I even put a false address in for my web browser as I figured that was where most of the spammers weregetting my e-mail address. Out of say 100 e-mails, over 75 are spam. You name it the spam ist here. Now granted I do a lot of web browsing, and yes some sites are not what clean living people might enjoy; however the increase is beyond belief. Yes I can put up some form of jkill file, however the crap still flows. Have tried to trace the sources; most of it originates with headers from yahoogroups, however, upon further checking yhre spam comes from China, and Oriental countries as well as Russia. Anybody got any suggestions as to a good firewall program, that works, and is easy to maintain? Ideally I'd like to see the spam bounced back to the sender however that may well be asking too much. Have thought of changing ISP's again including signon name, but asn oted here earlier, most ISP's are far too stupid in their thinking to be able to accomodate the likes of us Macintosh users. Bryce Lee, Burlington, Ontario Canada eh? -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Educational discounts are now available Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
