Re: Spam
From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospamcableone.net)
Date: 04/30/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:51:25 -0600
Greetings --
Both have free versions, but serve different purposes. I use
MailWasher to preview my email before downloading it from my ISP's
server. I can then delete and/or bounce undesired messages, as
appropriate. I use SpamCop to report those spam messages that get
through when I'm already on-line, or when I've forgotten to use
MailWasher before opening an email client or a newsreader. SpamCop
does have a paid service where you get all of your email delivered
through their server, which would eliminate the need for MailWasher.
Bruce Chambers
-- Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. -- RAH "Tom Brown" <NOSPAMBurner2@NOSPAMatt.net> wrote in message news:%23ioKfDbLEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Bruce, > > Thanks for those tips. I like the looks of both the programs you > recommended > (Spamcop and Mailwasher) but I wonder if it is wise to get both of > them. > Have I misread or do they both do about the same thing? They are > relatively > inexpensive so the money is not too much of a price to pay to get > rid of > most of your spam. Any further amplification would be appreciated. > > Tom > > > > > "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message > news:u%23crKjYLEHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> Greetings -- >> >> While it's not possible to completely eliminate spam >> (unsolicited >> commercial email), there are some precautions and steps you can >> take >> to minimize it's impact: >> >> 1) Never, ever post your real email address to publicly accessible >> forums or newsgroups, such as this one. For years now, spammers >> have >> been using software utilities to scan such places to harvest email >> addresses. It's a simple matter to disguise your posted email >> address >> so that these software "bots" can't obtain anything useful. For >> example, insert some obviously bogus characters or words into your >> reply address, for example: "name@NOSPAMisp.com." >> >> 2) Never, ever reply to any spam you receive, even to >> "unsubscribe" >> or "remove" yourself from the spammers' address lists; you'll only >> compound the problem. If spammers had any intention of honoring >> the >> your desire not to receive spam, they wouldn't have become spammers >> in >> the first place. When you reply to a spammer, all you're doing is >> confirming that he/she has a valid, marketable email address. >> >> 3) Be especially leery of any offers from websites for free >> software, >> services, information, etc, that require your email address, or >> that >> require your email address so you can "login" to access the offered >> service and/or information. Many such sites are supplementing >> their >> income by collecting addresses to sell to the spammers. (Of >> course, >> not all such sites have under-handed motives; it's a judgment call. >> If the offer seems "too good to be true," it's most likely a scam.) >> >> 4) DO forward any and all spam, with complete headers, to the >> originating ISP with a complaint. Not all ISPs will make an effort >> to >> shut down the spammers, but many will. One tool that makes >> forwarding >> such complaints fairly simple is SpamCop (http://spamcop.net). >> >> 4) Another useful tool is MailWasher (http://www.mailwasher.net). >> This utility allows you to preview your email before downloading it >> from the server. Spammers can even be blacklisted, so that any >> future >> emails from them will be automatically deleted from the server. >> >> 5) Within Outlook Express, add any spammers to your Blocked >> Senders >> list, so the their messages are automatically deleted from the >> server >> without being downloaded to your PC. >> >> >> Bruce Chambers >> >> -- >> Help us help you: >> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html >> >> >> You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on >> having both at once. -- RAH >> >> >> "Ted Gervais" <ve1drg@av.eastlink.ca> wrote in message >> news:Oo02IKSLEHA.3052@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> >I was wondering what others are doing about all the Spam that come >> >in >> > everyday. I get at least a dozen or so of mail that is SPAM and >> > was >> > thinking >> > that maybe someone has a thought on how to stop it. >> > >> > I currently am setting up filters for them each time I get some >> > spam >> > but I >> > am sure the next time they send their stuff out it will have a >> > different >> > topic or user name or whatever. In other words my simple >> > email-filter is >> > probably not of much good. >> > >> > Any thoughts anyone please? >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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