On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:55:16AM +0100, Norman Dunbar wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 6:53 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ql-users] Virus
>
> >> Sadly, I have to put up with downloading a 100K work or
> >> virus first, look at the email address, then tell my software to block
> >> further ones. Gneerally, they never aarrive fromt he ssame place
> >> twice.
>
> OK, I might be able to help here - although I'm sure that there are
> other/better things available - the list shall inform !
>
> A project that I have in mind, sorry but it is Windows based,
nothing to excuse for, Linux has it already for some time, search
for popsneaker.
> is a small
> email filter type program which allows you to connect to the mail server at
> your ISP, and download the HEADERS of your emails first of all - so any 100
> Gigabyte:o) attachments, or files with double extensions - xxx.xls.exe or
> similar - can be spotted before downloading. Any unwanted emails can then be
> deleted from the server BEFORE you download them.
>
> I know that there are a lot of web based interfaces to email nowadays, but
> if I get my act together, this can hopefully be used to filter out the crap
> - I'm sure I can build in a 'auto delete from this address' facility.
web interface will be the hard part, eg hotmail actively tries to break
every attempt to use automated download tools. Others though are really
friendly and let you forward the mail to some other account.
Bye
Richard
