Re: Spam question- OT

de ms 06/01/2006 12:00

mike <mike.ring@btinternet.com> wrote in
news:Xns97D4C6B6AA41Fmikeringbtinternetco@130.133.1.4:

> 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

Mike, Poptray has a feature that is better than Popcorn. If I see a spam,
rightclick adds it to a black list. Popcorn has no filters.

I will play with it some more, see how it works. I converted it to
executable, runs fine.

BTW, I sure agree with you about automatic filters, your statement above
says it all. I've lost mail in the past that way.

Mike Sa