Scott Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A few people keep saying how wonderful it is to sort their spam to a > different folder. While this is a neat feature of TB! that can be used > for some things, I feel it is NOT intended to sort spam. Who really > wants to look at the stuff even once? Install SpamWeasel and you can > have the spam deleted before you even see it.
The "download rules" method I outlined in an earlier message does not just sort spam to a different folder. First, you create a whitelist of approved senders (friends, mailing lists, clients, newsletters you get regularly, family, vendors, providers, etc.). Next, you create a blacklist of known spam addresses. Finally, you treat everything else as unknown, setting a rule to query any mail not on your whitelist or blacklist. The whitelisted mail gets downloaded automatically. The blacklisted mail gets killed on the server. The unknown mail triggers a query, asking you whether to download, delete, or ignore. Each time you get a query you can update your white list or black list accordingly. In a short time the number of queries drops way down. This method requires a simple server program intervening between your email program and your providers. I recommend VPOP3. I've never liked any of the spam busting programs, since they can so easily be replaced by a simple and elegant set of rules like the above. The download rules can be expanded, too (other options are: delete silently, delete and report, download and delete, ignore). Others swear by their favorite programs, however, and that's fine. -- John De Hoog http://dehoog.org ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
