I am using MacAfee Spamkiller and I am completely satisfied with it. I don't think you could find a better one for the price. However, when you first install it, you have to spend time "tuning" the filters so they will do what you want. After a while, it will eliminate all but the occasional spam. You also have to set your mail program NOT to automatically check your mail, only when you tell it to. Always run the spam checker just before receiving your mail.
I noticed that the vast majority of spam has the word "mail" in the domain name, so I set it to eliminate those - and this alone catches probably 90% of the spam that comes through. The only problem is that an occasional valid email also can have "mail" in the domain name, so I have lost a few legit emails. However, you can override this by adding specific users as "friends" and their mail will be received even if they have something in the message headers that would normally cause them to be blocked. You can also add your entire address book as "friends" so that none of them will be blocked. Finally, you can scan the "blocked" email to see if any of it is legitimate and "rescue" any that you want to keep. As for this and other lists I am on, you just add the list as a "friend" and you will receive all mail from the list (including any spam directed at the list - but I am working on that). You have to be willing to interact with the program, but if you do, it will eventually do exactly what you want. Of course, this all takes a certain amount of time. The quick way to eliminate spam is to change your email address, and then be very careful about spreading the new one around. This is a lot of trouble too, since you then have to notify everybody of the change. So there is no easy way. Del ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jannette Abel" <je...@optonline.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:38 PM Subject: CS>Apology for Spam Blocker > Clear DayHi all, > In my efforts to reduce the 100-200 spam emails per day I installed a spam > blocking program, which itself CREATES spam! I thought that I had found a > program that WORKED. My previous efforts had resulted in programs that > deleted SilverList and other subscription email, and kept all the junk mail! > I installed and used this program for less than an hour. In customizing > the program, it offered to notify my addressbook and I declined, however, it > appears to have sent out emails anyway! (thank you JJ). > Needless to say, please ignore any emails regarding verification of email > address....the program has been purged from my computer. My sincere > apologies for unwittingly adding to the daily spam. Can anyone recommend a > program that really works? > Jannette > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
