On Aug 11, 2012, at 8:21 AM, Andrew Brown wrote: > On 11 août 2012, at 16:24, LuKreme wrote: > >> On 10 Aug 2012, at 08:38 , Andrew Brown <li...@c18.net> wrote: >>> I get a deal of spam, and have to check it all to make sure that there are >>> no legitimate messages in there. >>> >>> I decided to get clever and set up an auto reply for all messages received >>> from those not among my previous recipients, offering real people the >>> chance to contact me by other means. >> >> This is a *terrible* idea. Not only are most of the messages going to >> bounce, but the ones that don’t are spamming innocent people who’s email >> addresses where forged. >> >> Stop doing this. Now. Never ever *EVER* auto reply to spam. > > Yes, it does not work at all, as I soon discovered. The only viable option > seems to be to delete all mail unseen from those to whom I have not written, > and put up with the consequences.
There is another option. Gmail does a terrific job of filtering out spam. Now that Google has been caught cheating and violating privacy, you might not trust them any longer -- I don't. But it's the only viable option I've found for dealing with spam. > > AB_______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk This is coming from Mail.app. I hate the new Gmail web look, and dislike Mail only slightly less. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
