MacAddictvja wrote: > Thanks Tom for the advice. I'll have to give that strategy a > try. Should > work pretty good for my boys, as they receive e-mail from > only a select few > relatives. > > As for me, that won't work because of the nature of research that I am > involved in, I never know who I might receive very important > e-mail from. I > have filtered out lots of e-mail that I expect to be > receiving though, but > still am stuck with tons of unwanted trash mail. > > Thanks again for the tip.
What I have done for my own email addresses is set up a dedicated old 68k Mac (636CD) that runs a stripped down version of Linux that only supports Perl and TCP/IP (a bit more, but only because it was needed). It runs a version of POPFile, which is free (popfile.sourceforge.net), and learns about your email from being trained over time. I've been using popfile this way for more than a year now, and I rarely get emails in my inbox that are spam, and vice versa (i.e. I rarely get valid emails marked as spam). Its amazing to me that the interface is so easy to use, set up, and maintain. POPFile sits as a gateway between your inbox and your server: You access it as if it was your server, and it retrieves your email, scans it, adds a tag to the configuration, then passes it on to your real email program. It supports more than just the learning modes as well - it can use magnets - like for a list, where you specify a to or from address, or a partial subject, and it will always mark the email as valid or invalid; Its so easy to configure, but yet is so configurable!. You can even have multiple tags - i.e. spam, inbox, PCI List, swaplist, etc. and it will do all the categorizing for you. I got about 95% accuracy after the first week: By the end of the first 3 months, it was up to 99% accurate (there is pages in the config that show this info - which is web browser based). It has been one of the best things I have ever done in regards to email, without any doubt in my mind! I'd say the best time I spent, but it only took about an hour to get running once I got Linux up and running - from a cold start (i.e. I knew nothing about it previously), so I can't really say it was much time involved. Its basically been set it up and forget it, with the only hiccups being when a new version is released (but even then, they just install over the top of the old ones...). I'll stop gushing now :-) --> Russ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
