The difficulty with ISP-based spam filtering is that you don't know and can't control the rules that are used. Anyone who runs a legitimate e-newsletter is likely to have run into "Where's my mail" from a subscriber whose ISP's rules screened out that particular issue. [For an expert editor's view of the issue, go to tidbits.com and search for "server-side filtering".]
In fact, some ISP filters will screen out this email of yours, based on the (disguised) presence of the "V-word". I'd rather try to cope with spam myself -- even over a dial-up line! And yes, Spam is relatively yukky lunch meat on the west side of the puddle also. The term's use for unsolicited commercial email is said to spring from a Monty Python skit... you can probably Google it up if you are interested. -- Joshua On 5/23/04 3:55 PM, "Lightning Raider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having seen so much on this list about bizarre techniques etc. to stop > SPAM, just wanted to let you know about my ISP. > I used to get around 400+ messages a week, of which around 90% were > SPAM. For the last 2-3 weeks I have had around 50 messages a week. > This change has been due to my ISP running anti-SPAM filter at their > end, at no cost to me. > This means that it is easy enough for ISP's to do this, my experience > bears this out. So all it needs, surely is a bit of pressure from users > on their ISP's to get their ISP to do the same thing. > Just think, no more V*i*a*g*r*a messages or the like. I do not get them > now! > I am very impressed and pleased with my ISP. > > P.S., By the way, in the UK, SPAM is a type of tinned pork luncheon meat > of a particularly unpleasant variety. Very popular during the war, > apparently! Yuk! > > Lightning strikes...................................... > -- 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
