Re: Question on PowerMail with SpamSieve
Barbara and Jim, Thanks for the responses. Good point about the Mac mail. My G4 recently had disk and logic board problems so I purchased a G5 which comes with a trial subscription to Mac. I had Mac when it was free and have not decided if I will purchase a subscription when the trial expires, but that may be a good use for Spam Sieve if I end up using Mac mail. John >Jim Pistrang on 6/5/04 said > >>Hi John, >> >>>Given this, is there any value for me to get SpamSieve with PM? It does >>>not seem to add anything for my situation, but I don't want to overlook >>>anything when ordering the PM upgrade. >> >>I think the bottom line is, if you are satisfied with the level of >>screening you have now, you don't need SpamSieve. If on the other hand a >>lot of spam is getting through, it's worth it. >> >>BTW, sending a 'challennge message' to a spam sender is pretty much >>useless as I understand it, and may in fact result in more spam, if the >>'sender' is a spoofed email address. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here. > >I thought the same thing before my ISP invented and started using "Spam- >a-Zoid." >It is configurable by me. The first action is to send previously >unapproved senders an "approval" notice... real correspondents will send >this back; others are held in a queue that I can look it if I choose to >manually approve someone. > >I can put in addresses or domains that I WANT to get through, and these >bypass all other filters except for the virus filters. > >I can put in approved "recipient" which covers the mailing lists I am on. > >Anyway, there's probably more I can't think of right now. With this set >up I no longer need Spam Sieve, although it is still running and captures >my Mac mail that isn't protected at the server. > > >-- >Barbara Needham > >
Re: Question on PowerMail with SpamSieve
Jim Pistrang on 6/5/04 said >Hi John, > >>Given this, is there any value for me to get SpamSieve with PM? It does >>not seem to add anything for my situation, but I don't want to overlook >>anything when ordering the PM upgrade. > >I think the bottom line is, if you are satisfied with the level of >screening you have now, you don't need SpamSieve. If on the other hand a >lot of spam is getting through, it's worth it. > >BTW, sending a 'challennge message' to a spam sender is pretty much >useless as I understand it, and may in fact result in more spam, if the >'sender' is a spoofed email address. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here. I thought the same thing before my ISP invented and started using "Spam- a-Zoid." It is configurable by me. The first action is to send previously unapproved senders an "approval" notice... real correspondents will send this back; others are held in a queue that I can look it if I choose to manually approve someone. I can put in addresses or domains that I WANT to get through, and these bypass all other filters except for the virus filters. I can put in approved "recipient" which covers the mailing lists I am on. Anyway, there's probably more I can't think of right now. With this set up I no longer need Spam Sieve, although it is still running and captures my Mac mail that isn't protected at the server. -- Barbara Needham
Re: Question on PowerMail with SpamSieve
Hi John, >Given this, is there any value for me to get SpamSieve with PM? It does >not seem to add anything for my situation, but I don't want to overlook >anything when ordering the PM upgrade. I think the bottom line is, if you are satisfied with the level of screening you have now, you don't need SpamSieve. If on the other hand a lot of spam is getting through, it's worth it. BTW, sending a 'challennge message' to a spam sender is pretty much useless as I understand it, and may in fact result in more spam, if the 'sender' is a spoofed email address. Someone correct me if I'm wrong here. Jim -- Jim Pistrang JP Computer Resources 413-256-4569 http://users.crocker.com/~pistrang
