Hi Nicholas, Have you thought of using a proxy email service to filter your email? In this approach, a special server checks your email, runs a spam filter, and holds back suspected spam. You configure Mail to connect to this proxy server, rather than to your ISP, to retrieve your freshly laundered email.
Examples of such services are Spam Zapper (http://www.no-junkmail.com/Individuals.html) and SaferSurf’s Spam Guard (http://www.nutzwerk.com/english/safersurf/). Cheers, Ronni On 06/01/2010, at 2:20 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: > > On 06/01/2010, at 4:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> Hello Nicholas, >> On 05/01/2010, at 7:10 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote: >> On 05/01/2010, at 9:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>>> Why would you need it? Apple Mail has inbuilt Spam / Junk filters. >>> >>> Apple's Spam filters actually let a LOT of spam through and falsely flag >>> legitimate mail as junk :( >>> It relies too heavily on your own manually maintained Address Book... If >>> someone is IN your Address Book then the mail ISN'T flagged as spam, even >>> if it obviously is spam :( >> >> Mail’s Junk Mail filter continues to learn every time it processes an >> incoming message—whether or not you manually mark it as Junk (or Not Junk). >> Correct it's mistakes, and it learns! The more diligent you are in training >> the filter, the more accurate it becomes. > > I do semi-regularly do this on my main machine and always on my laptop > Shame the iPhone doesn't support Junk filtering :( > > >> I have not had Spam in my Inbox for a very long time, it all goes in my Junk >> Mailbox. > > Daily I get about 5 on my laptop (from three different addresses, all hosted > on the server) > On my main machine, I can't even keep count... and most of them are addressed > to me FROM me :( > >> I do still check the "Junk" Mailbox before I empty it, just to be sure. > > Same... I check and empty it every month or so > >>> Personally, with over 400 emails a day coming, I prefer using ISP based >>> spam filters, but if that isn't available, then SpamSieve seems to the >>> recommended tool >> >> Mail can also check special headers inserted by a spam filter running on >> your ISP’s mail server. >> Many ISPs use server-based spam filters such as SpamAssassin or Brightmail. >> If such a filter identifies a message as potential spam, it tags it by >> adding a special header to the message, such as X-Spam-Flag or Received-SPF; >> you can see these by choosing View > Message > Long Headers. >> >> If a message contains this header, your ISP’s spam filter—which may be more >> advanced than the one in Mail—suspects the message to be spam. As long as >> "Trust Junk Mail Headers Set by Your Internet Service Provider" is selected >> in Junk Mail preferences, Mail marks such messages as Junk Mail. > > > My hosting company uses SpamAssassin from memory and it kills 95% of spam > before it even reaches my mailboxes... which is a good thing as for some of > my accounts I can collect it from up to four different locations (and yes, I > probably should move to IMAP rather than POP3, but as I also have an archive > of 20+ years worth of email IMAP becomes impractical) > > I have Trust Headers from ISP turned ON > > > -- > Nicholas Pyers ([email protected]) > > "Heaven on Earth?" > "No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth!" > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
