IMAP Spam Filtering

2006-05-18 Thread Kevin Menard
Hi, It's been a while since I've last used TB! seriously (lack of IMAP spam filtering was too much of a hassle). Has this front improved at all? If not, what do you IMAP users out there use? -- Thanks, Kevin Current version is 3.80.06 | 'Using

Re: IMAP Spam Filtering

2006-05-18 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Kevin, On Thu, 18 May 2006 09:59:44 -0400GMT (18-5-2006, 15:59 +0200, where I live), you wrote: KJM It's been a while since I've last used TB! seriously (lack of IMAP KJM spam filtering was too much of a hassle). Has this front improved at KJM all? If not, what do you IMAP users out

Re: IMAP Spam Filtering

2006-05-18 Thread Peter Fjelsten
Roelof, On 18-05-2006 16:20, you [RO] wrote in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: RO Even though I'm using POP3, I'm using server side spam filtering. I RO can't imagine any IMAP user using something else. I have to. My host does not have server side. Exception is SpamAssassin filtering which puts my spam

Re: IMAP Spam Filtering

2006-05-18 Thread Kevin Menard
On 5/18/06, Roelof Otten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even though I'm using POP3, I'm using server side spam filtering. I can't imagine any IMAP user using something else. Client side filtering is rather contra productive when you're storing your message base on the server side. Unfortunately

Spam Filtering

2006-01-17 Thread Barry
Hi all I've noticed that I'm now starting to get spams that ask for reading confirmation and it occurred to me that some users may unknowingly have their computers set to automatically reply to such requests, therefore giving the spammers confirmation of a bone fide email address. I have my

Re: Spam Filtering

2006-01-17 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo BJH, On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:28:58 +GMT (17-1-2006, 11:28 +0100, where I live), you wrote: B I have my system set up to prompt me before sending reading confirmations, B but I wondered what the default TB action was and also if it was possible B to set up a filter to ignore reading

spam filtering

2005-09-16 Thread Terry G. Munson
Hi All I finally gave up on using the bayes filtering in TB! and decided to try K9. It is working very well the only problem I have now is with one newsletter I receive. The newsletter has this header X-Habeas-Report: Please report use of this mark in spam to... This causes my filter to put

Re: spam filtering

2005-09-16 Thread Zeynel Öztürk
Hello Terry, On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 at 11:21:48 -0700, (which is 16.09.2005 at 21:21:48 +2000 where I live), you wrote: This causes my filter to put the newsletter in my spam folder since my filter looks for the word spam in the headers. You can try to look entire header line instead of only

Re: spam filtering

2005-09-16 Thread Terry G. Munson
Hello Zeynel, Friday, September 16, 2005, 11:47:23 AM, you wrote: You can try to look entire header line instead of only spam word in headers. Perfect...thanks for the help. -- Thanks, Terry Using the Bat! 3.51.10 under Windows XP Service Pack 2 2600 pgpGmjymnyWBL.pgp Description: PGP

Re: Spam Filtering

2004-05-22 Thread Andrew
Hello Gene, Friday, May 21, 2004, 6:53:29 AM, you wrote: GB BayesIT had been working pretty well is it the best spam plugin available? -- Best regards, Andrew Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL'

Re: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Jimmie Toney
On 5/21/04, at 1:01 AM, Gene Brown sent the following: GB BayesIT had been working pretty well for me up until upgrading to the GB current TB version with the built-in plug-in. I tried to bring it up to GB speed by running through all my old junk mail as well as a collection of GB good mail, but

Re: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Andre Wichartz
Hello Jimmie, On 21 May 2004 at 01:09:22 -0500 GMT [08:09 CEST] you wrote: JT Go to check and see what version of BayesIT you have, I will guess that it is JT something other than 0.4. That is what I found out, once I deleted out the JT BayesIT that was installed with the program and put 0.4 in

Re[2]: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Jimmie Toney
On 5/21/04, at 5:25 AM, Andre Wichartz sent the following: JT Go to check and see what version of BayesIT you have, I will guess that it is JT something other than 0.4. That is what I found out, once I deleted out the JT BayesIT that was installed with the program and put 0.4 in things seem to

Re[2]: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Alex Ezell
On Friday, May 21, 2004, 6:00:44 AM, Andre wrote: But 0.4 is pretty old and 0.5 works much better. From my experience you have to retrain when you upgrade to 0.5, though. When I upgraded to 0.5, I not only had to retrain, but I ended up tanking all the files from any previous BayesIT

Re: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Andre Wichartz
Hello Alex, On 21 May 2004 at 09:12:17 -0400 GMT [15:12 CEST] you wrote: AE When I upgraded to 0.5, I not only had to retrain, but I ended up AE tanking all the files from any previous BayesIT installation. So, all AE of my spambases went into the trash and then I reinstalled 0.5 and AE then

Re: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Andre Wichartz
Hello Jimmie, On 21 May 2004 at 05:27:33 -0500 GMT [12:27 CEST] you wrote: JT I didn't know there was an 0.5 but when I installed TB! there was a much older JT version that it installed. Will go look for 0.5 was just there last night and JT thought 0.4 was the latest. The webpage isn't

Re: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Andre Wichartz
On 21 May 2004 at 17:28:59 +0200 GMT [17:28 CEST] I wrote: AW The webpage isn't up-to-date I think. Get 0.5.3 here: AW http://www.ritlabs.com/download/bayesit/bayesit053.rar AW There's also 0.5.4 but I think that only comes with tb! Don't ask me AW about the differences, I'm still using 0.5.3.

Re: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Gene Brown
So, what do those choices about Average, Maximal and Minimal really mean? Average of what? Minimal of what? -- Using The Bat! Version 2.10.03 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL'

Re[2]: Spam Filtering

2004-05-21 Thread Marek Mikus
Hello all, Friday, May 21, 2004, Gene Brown wrote: So, what do those choices about Average, Maximal and Minimal really mean? Average of what? Minimal of what? this setting is needed, if You use more antispam plugins. -- Bye Marek Mikus Czech support of The Bat! http://www.thebat.cz Using

Spam Filtering

2004-05-20 Thread Gene Brown
A few days ago someone had a question about spam filtering problems but it drifted off into a conversation about untrimmed replies, so I thought I'd raise it again. BayesIT had been working pretty well for me up until upgrading to the current TB version with the built-in plug-in. I tried

Re: SPAM Filtering Problems

2004-05-19 Thread Sean H.
Brien King wrote: TBUDL, I'm using The Bat! Version 2.10.03 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 The Spam Filtering does not appear to be working on TheBat! It is not catching ANY SPAM at all. Well, this isn't helpful, but FWIW I have the same problem. Even setting the score to 5

Re[2]: SPAM Filtering Problems

2004-05-19 Thread Brien King
On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 9:07:05 AM, you wrote: Brien King wrote: TBUDL, I'm using The Bat! Version 2.10.03 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 The Spam Filtering does not appear to be working on TheBat! It is not catching ANY SPAM at all. Well, this isn't

Re: Mod: Untrimmed reply (was: SPAM Filtering Problems)

2004-05-19 Thread jwayne
On Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 1:08:21 PM, Leif Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LG Note: This moderator's interjection is a note to all readers and not LG just to the person being replied to, even if their post may have LG instigated this reply. Please don't feel singled out Brien. Getting an

Re: Mod: Untrimmed reply (was: SPAM Filtering Problems)

2004-05-19 Thread Leif Gregory
Hello jwayne, Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 12:14:05 PM, you wrote: jwayne Can they be sent to individuals rather than the whole list? And it appears you've ignored every one dealing with the sigs. See below: jwayne jon jwayne -- jwayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] jwayne

SPAM Filtering Problems

2004-05-18 Thread Brien King
TBUDL, I'm using The Bat! Version 2.10.03 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 The Spam Filtering does not appear to be working on TheBat! It is not catching ANY SPAM at all. I have the Protection set at Average and to move junk mail on a score of 60 or more. I have marked

Re[2]: Reply formatting habits (was: Easier spam filtering)

2002-05-15 Thread Mitja Perko
Hello Jan, Select the text you want F4. Nice... I have not seen this. Shift-F4 is nice too. You never stop learning :). Best regards, Mitja Perko Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe:

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-14 Thread Roelof Otten
Hello James, On Mon, 13 May 2002 22:08:52 -0400GMT (14-5-02, 4:08 +0200GMT, where I live), you wrote: JVH The Bat has so many things, but I feel more concentration on spam JVH features is necessary. I think it has lots of possibilities already. JVH 1. The Bat needs a way to a import a large

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-14 Thread Allie C Martin
system can work with an external textfile containing strings. Anyway Sounds like you need a dedicated spam filtering system of which many already exist. I used spam-killer for a while and it was quite effective. - -- -=Allie C Martin=- List Moderator | TB! v1.60k | Windows XP Pro PGP/GPG Public

Re[2]: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-14 Thread Mitja Perko
JVH features is necessary. JVH 1. The Bat needs a way to a import a large list of spam keywords and JVH phrases. The selective download filter system can work with an external textfile containing strings. Anyway Sounds like you need a dedicated spam filtering system of which many

Reply formatting habits (was: Easier spam filtering)

2002-05-14 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mitja, @14 May 2002, 12:30:19 +0200 (11:30 UK time) Mitja Perko wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You can also try free SpamWeasel. Very nice program. moderator Please trim your quotes to simply provide context for your

Re: Reply formatting habits (was: Easier spam filtering)

2002-05-14 Thread Mitja Perko
moderator Please trim your quotes to simply provide context for your replies. This message was a good example of over quoting. Thank you. /moderator I apologize. I usually quote the message like you have seen so that recipient can see what is it about and write at the top. In this case I

Re: Reply formatting habits (was: Easier spam filtering)

2002-05-14 Thread David Elliott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hail Mitja On 14 May 2002 at 19:49:21 +0200 (which was 18:49 where I live) Mitja Perko thoughtfully wrote the following I apologize. I usually quote the message like you have seen so that recipient can see what is it about and write at the top.

Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread James Van Horn
OK, guys, I need your help. Currently, it takes a Ctrl-Shift-F plus 6 clicks to create a spam filter for a given spam message. Please tell me there is an easier way! Last year I received 50,000+ emails. Thanks, James -- James Van Horn President - Web Wonderland, Inc. 585-349-4722 x202

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Jonathan Angliss
On Monday, May 13, 2002, Marck D Pearlstone wrote... The simplest and most effective spam filter is the Sherlock (process of elimination) method as originally suggested by Steve Lamb and explained by Allie Martin: Process of elimination works very well... until you start getting spam in

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi James, @13 May 2002, 14:49:26 -0400 (19:49 UK time) James Van Horn wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Currently, it takes a Ctrl-Shift-F plus 6 clicks to create a spam filter for a given spam message. Please tell me there is

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonathan Angliss [JA] wrote: ... JA Process of elimination works very well... until you start getting JA spam in mailing lists ;) I do fully agree with the idea though. JA Filter all the good mail into your mail folder (like friends, JA family,

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Jonathan Angliss
On Monday, May 13, 2002, James Van Horn wrote... Hi Jonathan, I don't understand. How could I possibly filter all of the good mail? I run a business and am contacted by new people all the time. Most of the time, a nice quick and easy way to get rid of a lot of mail, is check to

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Jonathan Angliss
On Monday, May 13, 2002, Allie C Martin wrote... That's an exceptional circumstance. An exceptional circumstance that hits erm... about 9 of my mailing lists ;) But they they're all high profile (see www.undernet.org). At present my filter setup catches 99.99% of my spam messages (~12/day)

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Jonathan, @13 May 2002, 14:40:15 -0500 (20:40 UK time) Jonathan Angliss wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Process of elimination works very well... until you start getting spam in mailing lists ;) Best thing there is to put

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Allie C Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Van Horn [JVH] wrote: ... JVH I don't understand. How could I possibly filter all of the good JVH mail? I run a business and am contacted by new people all the JVH time. A good penultimate filter would be one that filters messages directly

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Jonathan Angliss
On Monday, May 13, 2002, Marck D Pearlstone wrote... Hi Jonathan, Best thing there is to put pressure on the ML admins to close the list and restrict posting to subscribers only. More and more are going that way all the time. We've always done that here. Oh I understand that, but

RE: Re[2]: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread John Bohumil
Title: RE: Re[2]: Easier spam filtering One easy way is to filer mail with your email address as the recipient. Another more advanced technique I am starting to make use of is to add my multiple email addresses to my entry in my address book. Since an address book entry can have multiple

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Lars Geiger
Hi John, On Monday, May 13, 2002 at 15:08:37 [GMT -0500], you wrote: One easy way is to filer mail with your email address as the recipient. [...] Most spam does not have your actual email address in the To field. That is one way to do it. You could also make use of the new $KNOWN$ folder

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Haico
On 13-5-2002 at 22:10, Jonathan Angliss wrote: Hi Jonathan, filtering on keywords... making sure not to filter on words you're likely to receive in new people's emails. You can also make a filter for those keywords and then direct them to your inbox.. Your own name, name of the

Re: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread Haico
On 13-5-2002 at 22:44, Haico wrote: filtering on keywords... making sure not to filter on words you're likely to receive in new people's emails. You can also make a filter for those keywords and then direct them to your inbox.. Your own name, name of the company and other keywords

Re[2]: Easier spam filtering

2002-05-13 Thread James Van Horn
The Bat has so many things, but I feel more concentration on spam features is necessary. 1. The Bat needs a way to a import a large list of spam keywords and phrases. 2. Yahoo has a one click Block this sender feature. The Bat needs a one click This is spam feature. 3. A point system could be

Spam filtering

2001-05-24 Thread Melissa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Is there any way to write filtering rules to only allow mail addressed to specific email addresses, and all others to be completely deleted - from server as well? I'm trying to figure out a good way to stop all the spam that arrives not even

Re: Spam filtering

2001-05-24 Thread Nick Andriash
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On May 24, 2001, at 2:15:56 PM, Melissa wrote: I'm new to using The Bat!, so perhaps I just haven't been able to find the filter that can do this. Melissa, most will do it by using two separate filters. The very last filter in your list should be

Re: Spam filtering

2001-05-24 Thread Melissa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, May 24, 2001, at 2:40:31 PM PDT, Nick Andriash wrote: NA Strings: e NA Location: Anywhere NA Presence: Yes NA Move To: Trash NA The second to last filter is where you filter anything that has your NA address in

Spam filtering (WAS virus mails. . .)

2001-04-09 Thread David Robert Austen
Hello, Your instruction below is a bit unclear to me. The "regular expressions syntax (basic)" in Bat Help does not tell me enough about *implementation* within Bat. Can anybody help? - - - String: @ Location: Sender Presence: No Action: delete message. - - - - And I wonder, is this work

Re: Spam filtering (WAS virus mails. . .)

2001-04-09 Thread A Curtis Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 07:34:55 -0400, David wrote these comments: DRA Your instruction below is a bit unclear to me. The "regular DRA expressions syntax (basic)" in Bat Help does not tell me enough about DRA *implementation* within Bat. Can anybody