-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Ottar,
@30 March 2002, 13:32:18 +0100 (12:32 UK time) Ottar Grimstad wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This makes makes blocking new spammers as easy as the function in > Outlook Express (but less precise than the former strategy). Of course, spammers seldom originate from the same address twice these days. 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: - -------8<---------------------------------------- The easiest way to get rid of spam is by first excluding all mail that is legitimately for you and then simply considering the rest spam. With this method you hardly ever get legitimate mail ending up in the spam folder or spam ending up in the inbox. Order is important since TB processes filters from the top down. First create filters for all your regular legitimate mail. Then create a filter to place all other messages addressed to you in the inbox or some other created 'sundry' folder. Then create the spam filter, which should be the last filter in the list. Set it up to place the rest of messages that do not satisfy any of the other previous filter rules in a spam folder. Typically this will be: String: e, location: Kludges, Presence: Yes. With this setup I assure you that your inbox will be clean. Very few spammers address messages directly to you and that's the reason why this method works so well. If the message is not from x, y, z, etc or it's not addressed directly to me, then it MUST be spam. :) You can very likely add some general spam filters for spam messages addressed to you based on subject content. - -------8<---------------------------------------- - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D. Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.60c-14F4B4B2 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 · -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6-2 (MingW32) iD8DBQE8pbT2OeQkq5KdzaARAnzuAJ4qf+d8d/eLT8h6doStilnrxRQhEgCg1Aqm RuVBswwktT4z6IPGEpJY8Fw= =evNS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60c FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
