In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dilwyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>Email seems to work so well for the greater part one hesitates to >>blame the >>system. <Clip> >Do they pattern match emails (i.e. look at it, that's spam, add it to >the list and stop every copy of that email) or simply decide that a >particular isp seems to carry a lot of c*** and focus on those alone? > >I really do seem to get a lot less spam on tesco.net now, but what I >don't know of course is how many inncoent emails are being blocked. >Plus, as I'm on dial up, I tend to put a specific size "do not >download" on if I'm receiving emails at peak (costly) time. A good way of getting rid of spam if you are getting a lot of it, although after the event, is to use a webmail service to look at what your ISP has waiting for you on their email server. You can then delete it there, before you download. I have found that to be effective. Although it does cost time of phone bill too. I also use a "spam@" address, which mops up all emails not sent to a legitimate address. This does means I still receive them, yet I can then delete them all in one go ... :-) I did try things like 'SpamKiller' as a trial. It is very effective, and there are lots of rules that you set up to filter things out. However, the penalty is that you still have to wait while it does all its work, before you get the legitimate emails that you do want. With a dial-up connection, not that useful. With broadband or the like, then probably quite acceptable. -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
