-----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 an easier way! Last year I received 50,000+ > emails. 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. I would also recommend that you make use of the spamcop service http://spamcop.net. After a few months of use, incoming spam has dropped from five per day to one or two per week. When spammers realize that your address is one of those responsible for getting them kicked off their current ISP, they soon take it off the list! - -------8<---------------------------------------- - -- Cheers -- .\\arck D. Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v1.60k-14F4B4B2 on Windows 2000 5.0.2195 Service Pack 2 � -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE84BUpOeQkq5KdzaARAhhdAKD6vlVU0inT7JM7wNnbizWY9KkwZACeP7BD Guc6apbbRHmf7rJVTeJ64Yg= =75GU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k 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] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
