Re: A good spam software?

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From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 07/18/04


Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 13:46:48 -0700

Blocked senders is a waste of time since Spammers seldom use the same
address twice. Opinions vary about Spam blockers, but K9 has had
good reviews.

See these links about *filtering in* mail and message rule problems.

http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm
and;
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#rules

-- 
Bruce Hagen
   ~IB-CA~
"Lloyd Hanning" <lloydhanning@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:10flnr2nbujmp7e@corp.supernews.com...
> I need some direction from the experts:
> Well, there's times when I think everyone's spam comes to me! I get
at least
> 10 spams everyday. I've been using the blocked sender option, but
they just
> keep on coming. So, if I went and installed Outlook would that
eliminate
> most of the spam? I understand that program has a spam filter in
it. My
> other option is to get a spam filter software....can someone
recommend a
> good package? Also, I can't figure out how to export my blocked
sender
> list.......I've got a zillion names on there, and if I lose it,
I'll be
> starting all over again...can someone help me out with that one?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Lloyd Hanning
>
>


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