From: Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Date: 05/09/03-09:25:25 PM Z
Hi Gord, Vince, Don & all...
I would have gotten back sooner on this except I've been consumed with a
REAL LIFE disaster (namely dread "developers" on the waterfront & the call
to arms-- a ten-year buildup & now the crunch) -- but a day after reading
Vince's reply I called Panix, which said they DO have a "couple of spam
filters" but they wait for you to ask.
The service rep I spoke with recommended "Spam Assassin", and said they
can also put the rejected mail in a separate file for you to double check
(in case any of your friends send you e-mails with subject lines like --
oh well, not so clever as dirty limericks but same old same old --
remember, "it wasn't the size that opened her eyes...."? Or is that a
relic from long long ago & no longer in circulation?).
Anyway, he said that setting this up is very easy for Pine and Unix
shell... So I shall try that tho I may not get to it til after Wednesday.
I asked if it really had gotten worse after Panix changed phone companies,
as it seemed to -- he said no, it's just gotten worse lately period.
Another new wrinkle he said is stealing your identity and sending spam in
your name... His has been used numerous times -- and bounced back to him
in the zillions, I gather.
I can understand worry about space in subject line, though possibly
something like "ALT" would work. In any event, thanks to all for
suggestions & sympathy. The score of Spam tonight was in the 70s, tho that
may have been 2 days; I've lost track...
to be continued,
Judy
> I recomend filtering.
>
> Judy you can do this with pine :) When you are in the index that lists
> all your messages press the $ key. Pine will offer to sort your index.
> You can sort by many fields - but the "to" field will work the best.
>
> Go to your message index press $, and when it asks how to sort press "t"
> for "to".
>
> Pine will then sort the message by who they were addressed to. Messages
> to the alt-photo-list are address to "alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca" and
> will be sorted separately from messages sent to your personal address.
>
> This should at least separate the alt-photo from the spam messages sent to
> you.
>
> If you want to power filter have panix set up procmail for you - I have it
> set up to filter the 200+ messages I get everyday - does a very good job
> :)
>
> Gord
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