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Article #294Re: Any Mac Anti-spam software?
From: Kevin
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:00
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In article <is.in-ya02408000R1201981429570001@news.ind.mh.se>, carthur@independent.co.uk wrote: > 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? Look at my statement again: it must *contain* my real address, which means if any of the fields contain it it gets through. I guess I should have made the "or" more explicit. > At least it can't take you long to read your mail in the mornings. Me, I > prefer just killing unexpected Bcc:'s. As for the sarcasm, it was really uncalled for...maybe a polite notice of your confusion would have worked better? 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: 10f6fd,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f6fd,public X-Google-Thread: 10e148,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e148,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,9a53fee23e138192 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public From: see@my.sig (Kevin) Subject: Re: Any Mac Anti-spam software? Date: 1998/01/12 Message-ID: <see-1201981751500001@ids.vip.best.com> X-Deja-AN: 315399235 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> X-Trace: 884656162 9293 (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