Jim Pistrang on 6/5/04 said >Hi John, > >>Given this, is there any value for me to get SpamSieve with PM? It does >>not seem to add anything for my situation, but I don't want to overlook >>anything when ordering the PM upgrade. > >I think the bottom line is, if you are satisfied with the level of >screening you have now, you don't need SpamSieve. If on the other hand a >lot of spam is getting through, it's worth it. > >BTW, sending a 'challennge message' to a spam sender is pretty much >useless as I understand it, and may in fact result in more spam, if the >'sender' is a spoofed email address. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here.
I thought the same thing before my ISP invented and started using "Spam- a-Zoid." It is configurable by me. The first action is to send previously unapproved senders an "approval" notice... real correspondents will send this back; others are held in a queue that I can look it if I choose to manually approve someone. I can put in addresses or domains that I WANT to get through, and these bypass all other filters except for the virus filters. I can put in approved "recipient" which covers the mailing lists I am on. Anyway, there's probably more I can't think of right now. With this set up I no longer need Spam Sieve, although it is still running and captures my Mac mail that isn't protected at the server. -- Barbara Needham
