-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Absolute email spam killer?
- From: GFL <gfljr1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:29:24 -0800 (PST)
.::] Sir Troth [::..
Here is a "free" Spam Killer. This one is a "Killer".
http://www.glocksoft.com/
Kick the tires and take it out for a spin!
Regards,
GFL
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> From: ~OoO~ <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:01:42 -0500
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Absolute email spam killer?
>
> Although its a pain, you should work with multiple email addresses.
> Get one main email address, and use that for people you know...
> personal and actual people, not companies or websites where you need
> to supply an email address for filling out an application or gaining
> access to a site.
> Get a second address and use that one for when you need to gain
> access to a site, or if you buy something and they request an email
> address. Any email would do... I personally use Yahoo for that one.
>
> If you subscribe to newsletters, use a third email address strictly
> for that.
>
> Never open any email that seems like its SPAM. Or, if you use Outlook
> Express, go into OFFLINE mode before previewing the message. Many of
> these SPAMS have little web bugs attached that'll detect that the
> mail has been read. This, in turn, tells the SPAMmer that they have a
> hit... a live person... a valid email address for future SPAMS. And,
> definitely, never respond to any SPAM (but, that one you probably
> already know).
>
> If you use Outlook Express, I believe you can actually set up a rule
> to check if the sender is in your address book. Not 100% sure on that
> one, so you need to double-check that. I use PocoMail now. And, this
> allows me to set a filter to check the sender to see if they're in my
> address book. I also use SpamPal to try and sort out any SPAM. I used
> to use K9, which worked great, but recently it started going berzerk
> on me, so I switched to SpamPal (a little harder to configure
> properly to avoid false-positives and false-negatives).
>
> .::] Sir Troth [::..
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