alt-photo@bill-collins.net
Date: 05/08/03-11:32:42 AM Z
I'm trying out a new way to deal with organizing the list emails and
sorting through the spam. My web hosting service allows me to have 25
email addresses. I have set up an address for each list that I am
subscribed to, as well as a personal address (that will NEVER be posted to
a list or newsgroup) and an address that forwards to my mobile phone.
This way, when I'm in the mood to read about alt photo (or VW Vanagons,
etc..) I open the mail for the list. If I'm too busy, I can just delete
the list postings without worrying about deleting personal email. If one
of the addresses starts getting spammed, I can change it and re-subscibe
to the list from the new address.
Bill (formerly photo@intrex.net)
> To the list:
>
> I'm wondering if others are having the spam flood that I am. Yes, I
> admit, not two months ago I wrote that I didn't mind spam, because that
> was stuff I didn't have to read... but since then it's increased about
> 5 fold. Today, for instance, 58 spam, two personal, and maybe 5 from the
> list. I find that as I go down the line and delete en masse, it's easy
> to delete, say "Amodol," or something else from a name not known -- in
> error. Spammers have gotten much more inventive and plausible in subject
> lines.
>
> There may be help in future legislation -- or not. But meanwhile, I'm
> wondering if we could add something to the alt photo subject line to
> make it easy to pick out. The History of Photography list, for
> instance, has a subject ID (though I hardly get Spam on that server).
>
> Perhaps it's even possible for the listserve to put something in subject
> line automatically.
>
> Any thoughts pro or con?
>
> Judy
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