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Article #283Re: Any Mac Anti-spam software?
From: Kevin
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 00:00
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> More explicit than right there in the sentence? > > Surely the point about Bcc is that it contains your address but you can't > see it - hence it's a blind CC. Good point.... ;-) Late night posting is murder on the brain some nights. > You call that sarcasm? I'd call it laconic irony. Sarcasm takes mental > effort. I wasn't confused, but I think you are. The Bcc field can't be > tested for its contents - at least it can't in Eudora, though I'm prepared > to be disabused about Claris Emailer (which seems to have lots of zippy > functions). My apologies, I made an error. Whatever you choose to call your "comment" it was still not required. A simple request for an explanation would have been enoug, or a polite correction. > Two-thirds right. Spam often has invalid To: addresses (the most famous > being friend@public.com), sometimes invalid Cc: addresses. But the Bcc: > addresses are valid because otherwise it wouldn't be in your mailbox. True enough.... Then I must never get BCC: stuff, because the "invalid e-mail" has proved to be almost 100% effective....the latest two that got through in six months were slight errors in syntax on my part with my filter. kevin at quosig dot com "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good, Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood."
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fa2f2,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa2f2,public X-Google-Thread: fe136,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe136,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public X-Google-Thread: 10e148,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e148,public X-Google-Thread: 10f6fd,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f6fd,public From: see@my.sig (Kevin) Subject: Re: Any Mac Anti-spam software? Date: 1998/01/13 Message-ID: <see-1301982050160001@ids.vip.best.com> X-Deja-AN: 315779002 References: <see-3011972258050001@ids.vip.best.com> <6600ud$djr@cwis-20.wayne.edu> <see-0112972128220001@ids.vip.best.com> <bobmacdELK7z5.Ix7@netcom.com> <see-2112971759200001@ids.vip.best.com> <rowbotth***-2212971931550001@ftmmpx03-port-53.agt.net> <rcook-3112971452150001@ppp06.bais.com> <barry-3112971801500001@i3-15.islandnet.com> <see-ya02408000R0501981818490001@news.ind.mh.se> <19980107002816761361@ppp-124-220.une.edu.au> <see-ya02408000R0801981932500001@news.ind.mh.se> <34B6E59D.C7BC2AB1@flinet.com> <eat-ya02408000R1001980333490001@news.earthlink.net> <see-1001981233470001@ids.vip.best.com> <is.in-ya02408000R1201981429570001@news.ind.mh.se> <see-1201981751500001@ids.vip.best.com> <is.in-ya02408000R1301981449070001@news.ind.mh.se> X-Trace: 884753268 23442 (none) 206.86.0.12 Newsgroups: alt.sys.mac.newuser-help,aus.computers.mac,comp.infosystems.www.browsers.mac,comp.mail.eudora.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc