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Re: lv-ab: Keeping the inbox skinny

From: Jim (no email)
Date: Sat Jan 11 2003 - 12:12:03 EST

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    Well I made a misteak and sent the following to Rich instead of the
    list, and got his verification thingy.

    Anyhow
    I recently upgraded to Netscape7. There is an option to create a filter
    from an email address, sender, subject, and several others I can't think
    of at the moment

    Aerofoam wrote:

    >>We were gone 10 days and when I checked-in my e-mail account had 610
    >>messages in it, all but 35 were SPAM. Unfortunately, the e-mail account
    >>
    >>
    >is
    >
    >
    >>tied to my website account, so it's not a simple matter of changing e-mail
    >>providers. What's the fun of owning a domain name if you can't use it in
    >>your e-mail? So because I own the master e-mail account for
    >>mouseherder.com, any variation of addresses that ends in @mouseherder.com
    >>(, for instance) shows up in my inbox--a
    >>
    >>
    >spammers
    >
    >
    >>delight, I am.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Have your domain host turn OFF the wildcard function of the POP 3 server, so
    >only actual addresses
    >will work. I actually changed domain host because my formar host didn't have
    >the ability to turn
    >off the "webmaster@ my domain" address.
    >
    >
    >
    >>Anyway, I have signed up for a 30-day trial of SpamArrest
    >>
    >>
    >www.spamarrest.com
    >
    >
    >>to see if I can get it under control. At $20 for six months, I'm hoping
    >>
    >>
    >it
    >
    >
    >>will put some joy back into sitting down at the computer again
    >>
    >>
    >
    >There is a free download program called "Mailwasher" ( www.mailwasher.net )
    >that lets you preview the email on your server without downloading it, it
    >then allows you to block, delete and bounce emails from spammers and
    >automatically builds the "blacklist" as you rule out emails.
    >You can also block the entire domain and have the program automatically
    >filter emails against
    >huge known spammer lists.
    >The ability to bounce the emails will make the spammers think it is a dead
    >address, however if you are
    >already getting a lot of spam, you should probably start with a new address.
    >
    >M.Mech
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