At Mon, 22 Sep 2003 06:26:05 +0100, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 12:09:50PM -0400, Bijan Soleymani > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 09:19:32AM -0700, Carla Schroder wrote: > > > The other way is a neat little trick I use on my ISP > > > account- limit the size of messages to download, I limit > > > them to 2000 bytes. You can try different sizes to see what > > > works. Then when I check mail a popup window appears > > > showing a list of messages, with subject lines and the > > > senders of any messages bigger than 2000 bytes. Then I can > > > either leave them on the server, delete them, or download > > > them. I don't know if all mail clients do this, it's worth > > > checking out. > > > > I use a different trick when I'm on dialup and don't want to > > download huge messages. I simply use mutt to access my pop > > mailbox. Then mutt only downloads the headers from the pop > > server. And then I get a list of all the messages, who > > they're from, what the subject is and what the size is. I can > > then delete whichever ones I don't want to download. After > > that's done I use fetchmail to retrieve the mail as I > > normally would. > > The problem at current rates of Swen delivery is that I'd have > to check my mail 10-20 times or more daily to avoid > mail-over-quota bounces. > > If Swen is the shape of things to come, it's the end of dial-up > POP3 mail accounts.
There's a simple solution. Have the list munge the email addresses before it appears in any publicly viewable form (e.g. in the form of a web page). My only addresses that are receiving the mail bombs are the ones I'm using to post to lists. I know this for a fact because I'm using a different address to retrieve my Debian-User mail and that address is clean (though it does get its dose of the usual spam). My posting address though is constantly over quota. So I know that this list is partly responsible for the bombs ;-). That or allow only subscribed or whitelisted addresses to post. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]