I use mailwasher and bounce the spam on the server. http://www.firetrust.com/index.php
It is very cheap, owned and developed in NZ. PeterS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Aus-Soaring-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 8:56 AM Subject: [aus-soaring] Spam Tips > Another useful tip is to use several email addresses (BigPond, Optus, > etc usually offer five free addresses per account), something like > this: > > * one treasured with the intension of keeping it for a long time. > Do not use this where there is a risk of spam. > * one used for dubious/obvious purposes that are likely to > attract spam but are easy to change (eg newsletters that > come regularly) > * one as above that you tolerate spam for longer (because it > may be hard to contact semi-useful sources) > * one that is a throwaway . . . they want my email address hehe > try this! > > Create accounts to collect each email address. Nothing much changes at > first, but when the spam starts coming you will be able to tell which > address has been ruined and act accordingly. > > Most folks use Outlook (avoid v97) or Outlook-Express. Learn to use > (menu) 'Tools' then 'Rules' to sort your incoming mail. It works well > and is easy to do . . just a series of multi-choice questions. Try it! > > And keep your anti-virus up to date. Norton-AntiVirus 2003 is working > very well at the moment ($89 for 12mths of automatic updates). Watch > out for v2004 soon. > > Cheers, > > Jim Kelly > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Armistead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 4:44 PM > Subject: Spam Filters / Wind power (was Re: [aus-soaring] emilis > virus) > > > | Mark Newton wrote: > | > | > The good news is that anti-spam software can be "trained" to > delete > | > it before you ever get to see it (google for Bayesian Email > Filters - > | > the article by Paul Graham is a must-read). > | > > | > The bad news is that not everyone uses a Bayesian filter. > | > | Strange that this topic should rare itself on the list only a few > days after > | I got my August 2003 IEEE Spectrum magazine. There's a whole 5 pages > devoted > | to "Saving Private E-mail" (a word play on Saving Private Ryan). > Fascinating > | reading if you're an IEEE reader. > | > | Also a good article on wind power generation, which Mike Borgelt and > others > | referred to not so long ago. It's available online at > | > | http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/aug03/wind.html > | > | Some interesting / frightening e-mail statistics: > | > | 1. The so-called Buffalo Spammer sent 825 million e-mails to a > single ISP, > | Earthlink. > | > | 2. Service Providers AOL and MSN filter 2 billion (that's a "B" and > not > | an "M") spam messages per DAY. > | > | Paul Graham's article "A Plan for Spam" can be found at > | > | http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html > | > | Some other articles mentioned by the IEEE on Bayesian filtering > (note the > | spelling of Bayesian with the "e" in it !) include > | > | http://research.microsoft.com/~horvitz/junkfilter.htm > | > | and > | > | http://www.eprivacygroup.com/pdfs/SpamByTheNumbers.pdf > | > | I also found a good site with links to lots of Bayesian filters for > spam at > | > | http://spamlinks.port5.com/filter-client.htm > | > | and specifically for Windows e-mail clients as > | > | http://spamlinks.port5.com/filter-client-win.htm > | > | Not gliding, but interesting ! > | > | Cheers > | > | Jason Armistead > | > | > | > | -- > | * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > | * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > | * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > | > | > > > > -- > * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. > * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message > * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information. > -- * You are subscribed to the aus-soaring mailing list. * To Unsubscribe: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] * with "unsubscribe aus-soaring" in the body of the message * or with "help" in the body of the message for more information.
