Re: Any Mac Anti-spam software?

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From: Charles Arthur
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:00

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In article <see-1001981233470001@ids.vip.best.com>, see@my.sig (Kevin) wrote:

> A better approach for Em@iler is to filter for valid e-mail adress....you
> only need *one* filter!  =)
> 
> Just set-up a filter that checks to make sure that the TO:, CC:, or BCC:
> has your actual e-mail address in it...anything else is trashed. If you
> look carefully, most, if not all, SPAM has invalid TO:, CC:, and BCC:
> fields (such things as "TO: everyone@aol.com" or "CC:
> interested@people.net").

If you filter out the To:, Cc:, and Bcc:, what's left?

At least it can't take you long to read your mail in the mornings. Me, I
prefer just killing unexpected Bcc:'s.

   Charles
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From: is.in@the.reply.to (Charles Arthur)
Subject: Re: Any Mac Anti-spam software?
Date: 1998/01/12
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