> From: dhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Any experts on IE 5.1 and yahoo on here. My little ol' lady friend > has been computing on her 7600/200, surfing the net, and emailing > for the last two years and she is in seventh heaven. Unfortunately, > her yahoo address is getting about 90 emails a day of junk. I spent > the evening making her filters. It only allows for 15. She needs > twice that much. I tried to block one email address "email-deal.com" > and it gave me a message that said that was not a real address. I > think we are going to have to open each email and copy and copy the > from line into the block email space. It allows for 100 blocked > emails and that will be a chore, but ... short of switching her > address, which I hate to do, that is the only way I can find to do > it. I wish they had an easy check system to ward off the unwanted > SPAM.
Maybe a stupidly obvious suggestion, but you DO have Yahoo's built in spam filtering turned on, don't you? You can turn it on by clicking "mail options" then "general preferences" and putting a check mark next to "Redirect incoming unsolicited mail to the Bulk Mail folder." -- Quadlist 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> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
