Thanks Jim. >I don't use Sympatico, but went with SBC (the old Southwestern Bell Tele) >and their DSL. I check mine once every week or so. The way SBC's spam >folder works is that they hold the suspected spam until it's been there >30 days. Y
>From what I have come to understand, the way that my (smaller) ISP deals with spam is not really practical for larger ones who may have many, many clients who receive huge amounts of spam daily - these ISP's are not interested in moving any such mail through their system so they siphon it off onto other web sites for later perusal by their clients. Sympatico and another ISP I was in contact with both have holding periods with alerts that warn you and ways of narrowing the siphoned mail down to only the real offenders. I have a feeling the information I received about "pulling" this separate folder into one's email app along with one's regular mail was all wrong. I don't really get much spam so it was very convenient for me to filter those mails marked spam and then check their folder offline - but I can see dealing with another method now that I have got my head around it! I have also discovered that, whether their staff knows it or not, most high speed providers do use ADSL. Now I am wondering if the filters each company distributes make any difference! I suspect Sympatico may be the best solution if connection stability were my only priority because they own the lines and may be more inclined toward fixing them for a client, but I am inclined more toward the little guy that tries harder so may go with another company (magma.ca) that I have found. Thanks to all that responded, Tannis ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
