In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Norman Dunbar) wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dilwyn Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 6:53 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ql-users] Virus
>
> >> Sadly, I have to put up with downloading a 100K work or
> >> virus first, look at the email address, then tell my software to
> > block
> >> further ones. Gneerally, they never aarrive fromt he ssame place
> >> twice.
>
> OK, I might be able to help here - although I'm sure that there are
> other/better things available - the list shall inform !
>
> A project that I have in mind, sorry but it is Windows based, is a small
> email filter type program which allows you to connect to the mail
> server at
> your ISP, and download the HEADERS of your emails first of all - so any
> 100
> Gigabyte :o) attachments, or files with double extensions - xxx.xls.exe
> or
> similar - can be spotted before downloading. Any unwanted emails can
> then be
> deleted from the server BEFORE you download them.
>
> I know that there are a lot of web based interfaces to email nowadays,
> but
> if I get my act together, this can hopefully be used to filter out the
> crap
> - I'm sure I can build in a 'auto delete from this address' facility.
>
> I only have an 'almost working' prototype at the moment, but if you are
> interested you know who to call.
>
> Oh, did I mention, that like Stripper 2 for Windows, this will be free ?
>
>
> Norman.
There is a website that does this:
http://www.twigger.co.uk
You need to give it your ISP's POP3 site URL plus your user name and
password and it does it for you.
It is slow but it has an enormous amount of info to plough through
Regards,
Peter Fox
