Re: Spam question- OT

de mike 05/31/2006 08:32

ms <ms@invalid.com> wrote in news:4e5puqF1cqes5U1@individual.net:

> My ISP (DUN) offers a spam filter, it was very effective up to several
> weeks ago.
>
> But now I find spammers leaking through the filter.
>
> I add their domain names from their username to the spam filter, but it
> does no good.
>
Hello mike

I used pop tray when I was spam ridden, (they haven't found my new ISP
yet).

It's like a later and better version of what mailwasher was.

You can read the headers straight off the server, and delete spam off the
server without fetching it.

It has a helpful regex (and English) rule making section to pre-mark spam
for deletion, or even delete it right away without your seeing it.

I don't trust clever filters, as they have to import at least some of the
message, and IMO you need to check yourself that wanted mail is not being
deleted, so you *still* have to look at the headers.

But I don't want to argue about Bayesian filters, it's a religious matter!

It's a small, minimal effort very effective prog, and I'll be re-installing
it if/when the buggers find me again!

mike