On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 22:29 -0500, Pete Holsberg wrote: > Jonathon Coombes wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 11:42 -0500, Chad Smith wrote: > >> On 11/26/05, Fred A. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> I DON'T use the address, but apparently addresses from this list have been > >>> picked up and therefore most of us are getting SPAMMED with this junk! > >>> 'Course, those of us who use Linux don't have to worry about it. ;) > >>> > >> Linux prevents SPAM? I use Linux. Tell me how that works. What's the > >> bash > >> command to prevent SPAM. > > > > No, the spam filters that are freely available on Linux prevent spam. > > There are a number of filters out there including spamassassin, cre214, > > and others. Alternatively, or in combination, you can use good filtering > > rules in your mail client such as Thunderbird or Evolution. It makes the > > email virtually spam free! > > Well, not exactly. Tell me how to set up a spamassassin filter to get > rid of emails in Cyrillic.
You can set a filter for non-english languages. This works fine for me for a lot of spam. > Tbird's junk filter doesn't eliminate spam; it identifies it as such > and perhaps moves it to a different folder. Yes, but doing a select all and delete is much easier than trying to filter through your inbox yourself. Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au Training4Linux: http://www.training4linux.com Cybersite Consulting: http://www.cybersite.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
