Karl.Winkelmann wrote: >This is the very reason why I add those important email addresses to my >address book and ask the Mail Action to firstly filter by an email NOT >being in my address book. That way, as an educator, at the beginning of >the semester, you create a group for that semester and there is then no >way that email from any of the group can be construed as spam.
I start a new class every five weeks, or more often if I have overlapping classes. In many cases, I will never get email from most of the students. Its only the ones who are submitting assignments late or who have a question who will email me. I think it would take much more time for me to enter all those addresses in my book that it takes me to delete what little spam I get. After getting all these informative replies, it seems to me that there are two big factors to be considered in deciding whether its worth it to set up all these mail actions, enter addresses of students in address books, and other measures to control spam. The most important is the amount of spam you get, and I just don't get enough to justify much effort to control it. At the margins, if I did get a bit more, it seems to me that a lot depends on whether or not I want the illusion of control- whether I prefer to scan a suspected spam folder for exceptions rather than scan my inbox for exceptions. Either way, I have to look at all my mail if I don't want to risk losing a good one. I guess it depends on how our brains are wired. Maybe I'll change my mind when and if I ever start getting large amounts of spam so that I can truly appreciate the problem. Bill ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
