Thanks Brian and Peter.
I downloaded the freeware POP Mail 2.2 of the University of Minnesota and it worked great. With the option preview I could delete two mails of 1.3Gb each in a few seconds, without downloadig them. The idea it is only to let them believe that the account is closed or inactive, in other way I would never send any mail to the spammer, due to the reason that you mention. Unfortunately I can not change my mail. Would you please explain a bit more how to do that; I tried with NCSA Telnet 2.7b4 (fat) but I could not understand how it worked. And then I found POP Mail 2.2. . > As for previewing your mail, you could telnet into the proper server, and > use pine or elm to pre-filter all mail. Thanks. I will do that when I am back home, in practical term my ISP do nos answers mails (!!!) > What you ask above (about generating an "account closed" message) pretty > much would have to come from your ISP's mailserver itself, not something > you have control over. And usually the spammers have faked the reply path > so they don't see any bounce messages anyway. If all your spam is indeed > coming from one source machine or one domain if you email your IP and ask > them to set their mailserver to block incoming messages from that source, > and you won't get any more from there. You can tell if they are hijacking > mailservers from different palces to send you messages by looking at the > full email headers. > > You're likely in a database though so every time they find a new mailserver > to exploit, you'll get a fresh batch of messages. > > The things you can do: > > Ask your ISP to: > -block messages from this spammers domain or account (send them > some mail (with headers)) > -ask the ISP to use a blacklist like MARS or spamcop.net to block > all known spam servers and open (exploited) relays. > > You can also set up a free spamcop account (www.spamcop.net) and forward > spam mail there to get included in their blacklist eventually, although > likely the servers are already there. This only really helps if ISPs use a > blacklist. > > I guess you could use Netscape, set up a free webmail account from > www.eudoramail.com (I like it as they have fewer ads than hotmail or yahoo) > and use their "check other email" feature to check your popmail; you only > get the full spam message when you click on the link. But by the time you > fire up netscape etc. and render the tables on a 540, you might be equal to > the time you would have spent with your mail client anywaym, downloading > everything. But you'd have to look at less spam in full. Hmm.... > Eudoramail.com does have an "add this address to your spamblock" feature > too. So you wouldn't even see the spam, then. > > Brian > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
