[dba-Tech] RE: Cannot get rid of spam!

Somone I saw recently set up another 'Inbox' and created rules to only allow
people in his address book to have messages forwarded to the new inbox - and
he didn't read the other inbox at all, except for maybe once a week to make
sure that his contacts and rules were working properly.


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
Sent: 30 January 2004 14:01
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] RE: Cannot get rid of spam!


>Absolutely -  Anyone using anything other than Pegasus Mail deserves what
they get !

This is just a ludicrous statement.  MY CLIENT uses what they think is best,
and I have to deal with that.  You may love pegasus mail, but that doesn't
necessarily make it the best choice for every person / business in the
world.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Stuart
McLachlan
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 8:43 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] RE: Cannot get rid of spam!


On 30 Jan 2004 at 8:13, Bryan Carbonnell wrote:

> > 1) NEVER open these emails, especially if they are from other than a
> > microsoft.com address - and that is no guarantee, as the sending
> address can
> > be spoofed.
>
> If you have an e-mail client that does NOT automatically download
> images and crap from the internet or run scripts, like Pegasus Mail, you
> are safe in opening the e-mails. *Not* the attachments but the e-mails.
> The problem lies with web bugs, javascript and the like that should NOT
> be in e-mails in the first place. <soapbox mode off> :)
>

Absolutely -  Anyone using anything other than Pegasus Mail deserves
what they get !

>
> > 3) Invest in a "spam-blocker" software program; there are many
> reasonably
> > good ones out there, and they are often free or at least low priced.
> > Personally, I have been using "iHateSpam", and it works quite well
> (cost is
> > about $15 ??).
>
> Why pay for one? There are two excelent ones that are free that I know
> of
> K9 - http://www.keir.net/k9.html (the one I use)
> POPFile - http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
>

Again - Absolutely - K9 has saved me an incrtedibleamount of grief
over the last wwek with myDoom.




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