You are so right about this!
Use the IMAP protocol to access your mail if your server supports it. The
advantages are so many that I would have to write more than i want : ) but
for starters, you get the message headeres first and then you decide wich
messages to download or delete without downloading. Nice uh?
I've used it for more than 2 years and would never go back to POP3.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Tip: Mailfilter
> On Saturday 06 January 2001 08:39 am, Mark Weaver wrote:
> > Tim,
> >
> > That's an interesting concept. How would one go about do just what
> > you've suggested. I'd be very interested in learning how to "bounce"
> > junkmail back to it's originator.
>
> I believe y'all might wanna rethink this kind of retaliation. It'll
> prob'ly only serve to escalate the situation, not defuse it. It also
> seems to me you'd be cutting off your nose to spite your face, ie, if
> d/l'ing all that junk was a pain, why go to the time and effort to
> re-upload it? It's also doubles wasted bandwidth. It also makes you
> no better than the instigator.
>
> IMO, the best solution for unwanted email is the delete key. In a
> mail bomb situation the best recourse is to filter it and find out the
> sources ISP and report the situation to them.
> --
> Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
>
>
