Re: Filtering spam

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From: N. Miller (duh_at_blackhole.aosake.net)
Date: 05/16/04


Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 01:37:21 -0700

In article <u2yt5HsOEHA.2336@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>, replyto@newsgroup
says...

> How can I filter spam emails which has From, Subject changed daily and even
> does not even show my email address in Details????
> It is very annoying receiving that many times daily.
> The message source is below:
>
> Return-Path: <isydbua@hotmail.com>
> Received: from wbar8.tampa1-4-4-118-113.tampa1.dsl-verizon.net
> ([4.4.118.113]) by fep02-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com
> (InterMail vM.5.01.05.12 201-253-122-126-112-20020820) with SMTP
> id
> <20040515200216.WRFE302115.fep02-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@wbar8.ta
> mpa1-4-4-118-113.tampa1.dsl-verizon.net>;
> Sat, 15 May 2004 16:02:16 -0400
> Received: from 176.167.73.15 by 4.4.118.113; Sun, 16 May 2004 01:59:59 +0500

Not very easy in MSOE. Pegasus Mail would filter on that last line that I
quoted; it is a phoney, and would only be seen in spam.

Other than that, try POPFile, or K9:

http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
http://keir.net/k9.html

I discourage the use of MailWasher so long as they promote the idiotic
"phoney bounce" feature. It does nothing to stop spam because the bounces
never go to the spammer. They are either bounced by the receiving MX (if the
sender address in the spam is invalid), or the go to an innocent victim of
spammer forgery (if the spammer forged the victim's email address as the
sender).

-- 
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
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