[AccessD] Email spam risk <rant>

The Pegasus Mail list has a lot of people using POPFILE  (popfile.sourceforge.net) 
successfully. 

Apparently most people are getting 98-99%+ accuracy in spam filtering after an initial 
training period.


> Susan, if you are using Outlook, then try out Cloudmark's SPamnet, I think I
> heard about it on this list. It works great. Everyone that uses it
> contributes to one huge database which gets downloaded by spamnet. I used to
> spend so much time everyday editing/configuring anti spam programs, now I
> rarely have to (maybe one or to a day, if that), its great. I've tried  a
> bunch of other programs, but most didn't work, or worse locked up my outlook
> (IhateSpam did this).
> 
> http://cloudmark.com/products/spamnet/
> 
> The only thing is that it only works with Outlook. They say that a version
> of OE is coming soon.
> 
> HTH
> 
> David McAfee
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:27 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Email spam risk <rant>
> 
> 
> Well, once you started talking outside Access the little light inside my
> brain went dim.
> 
> "All the figures I ever had in my head just fly right on out when I have on
> a new bonnet." Rabbit
> 
> Anyway... I don't even really understand what you guys are talking about. I
> know of no way to really protect ourselves from spam save unplugging. I
> suppose if there's a way to conceal list addresses, we should do it, just on
> principle, but I probably visit at least one new site a day -- and
> unfortunately, I'm drowning in spam, some pretty bad spam too. There's no
> way I would even know from where they gleaned my address.
> 
> Susan H.
> 
> 
> > Before we all panic. Given the number of years we have been going how many
> of
> > us have been spammed? Or is  it possible to tell?
> 
> 
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