From: Gordon J. Holtslander (holtsg@duke.usask.ca)
Date: 05/30/03-09:51:14 AM Z
Hi:
I will concur with Kris that the Mozilla spam filter works well. Its
availabe in version 1.4 and higher of Mozilla. Many of my co-workers use
it and are quite happy with it.
It is a Bayesian spam filter - which I think is the best solution for
spam. Bayesian spam filtering allows you the end user to define what you
consider spam, rather than depending on someone elses arbitrary
definition, or worse a site blacklist.
Let me mention again that there is always at least one list subscriber
who's alt-photo messages are being blocked by a poorly designed blacklist.
BUT this version of Mozilla isn't available for OS 9
Another alternative for Mac users is SpamSieve.(OS X only) SpamSeive is
designed to work with a number of popular Mac email programs, Eudora,
Mailsmith, Entourage, Powermail
SpamSieve - (only available for os X macs)
http://www.c-command.com/spamsieve/index.shtml
Manual here:
http://www.c-command.com/downloads/SpamSieveManual.pdf
I don't know of any Bayesian spam filter programs that will run on Mac OS
9
Gord
On Fri, 30 May 2003, Kris Erickson wrote:
> For a more local prog. (i.e. not requiring a mail server) I'm using
> Mozilla Mail (included with the Mozilla browser). It has a junk mail
> filter that you have to "train" over a few days/weeks. Essentially, you
> click a little junkmail icon on each email that's junk (uncheck it if
> it's NOT junk), and the mail program learns what your spam preferences are.
> I have it routing all junk to my trash can, so for the first few days I
> had to move the occasional mail out myself (including a couple mails
> from this list!); but today for the first time it sorted everything
> perfectly! And I only just turned it on this past Tuesday. :-)
> Mozilla's free--http://www.mozilla.org and
> http://www.mozilla.org/mailnews/spam.html
> Good luck!
> K
>
>
> Gordon J. Holtslander wrote:
>
> >Hi:
> >
> >I believe that Judy's Internet Service Provide (panix.com) runs
> >SpamAssasin on the mail server Judy uses. Panix runs a unix mail server,
> >Spam Assasin is a unix application - though it may be possible to run it
> >on an OS X mac :)
> >
> >So you can't use it on your OS 9 Mac - but maybe you could get your ISP to
> >set it up on its servers.
> >
> >On Thu, 29 May 2003, Bill Marsh wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Judy,
> >>
> >>You use a Mac, right? So I assume SA is Mac compatible. Is
> >>there a version for OS 9.x? I have yet to make the leap to
> >>OS X, for various reasons - mostly because everything I have
> >>now for OS 9 actually works. If it ain't broke....
> >>
> >>Regards, Bill
> >>
> >>PS - I don't think I ever congratulated you on another great
> >>issue of PFJ. Thanks for all the hard work.
> >>
> >>Judy Seigel wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Thought it worth mentioning that Spam Assassin has been so far knock on
> >>>wood terrific. In the week & a half that it's been applied, only 2 Spams
> >>>got through, and no personal or list mail seemed to get stopped. It goes
> >>>into a folder marked "Spam" and every couple of days I check & delete.
> >>>(Today after 3 days there were 73.)
> >>>
> >>>J.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >---------------------------------------------------------
> >Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology
> >holtsg@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place
> >http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
> >Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
> >Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2
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> >
> >
> >
>
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Gordon J. Holtslander Dept. of Biology
holtsg@duke.usask.ca 112 Science Place
http://duke.usask.ca/~holtsg University of Saskatchewan
Tel (306) 966-4433 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Fax (306) 966-4461 Canada S7N 5E2
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