>My conclusion is it is more trouble than it is worth to bounce. I've set >up mail actions so 95-98% of spam is routed to a "potential spam" folder >that I review at the end of every day. My mail actions route messages >from all users in my address book to appropriate folders, route all >messages with addresses ending in "edu" (my company sells reference books >to college and university libraries, so I get lots of mail from >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]) to a customers folder, and a mail action that >sends all messages with "internet header" containing "html" into >potential spam folder. The "HTML" action alone takes care of 90% of the >spam.
This is absolutely correct. I have been filtering to a spam folder for several years and would guess that I receive less than 10 messages per year in the spam folder that I may want. It is amazing how quickly you can spot a non spam email in a list of spam. They will stand out like a sore thumb. After a quick scan of the spam folder, I select all and use an AS to delete the messages and any attachments. This also keeps my download folder clean. It is easy to put talk list type mail into separate folders and if the from is in my address book that goes innto the In box. Of course this becomes more complicated if you have commercial contacts. The spam folder collects everything that isn't caught by the previous mail actions. I did try bouncing some time back and all of the spam I tried was refused by my ISP because the return addresses were all in the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. I didn't try to solve the problem since as Brendt said, it is easier to scan and trash. However, I am curious if I was doing something wrong or if there is an easy work around. S. Kennedy ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
