I've been using mail washer for a long time, so am not familiar with most others, but here are some of my bookmarks: there are a bunch out there - dave and others have mentioned - do you know this one dave? http://www.stop-sign.com/?n=google_freestop some others and info: http://www.mailwasher.net/ (spam cop is a spam reporting service to supposedly turn in the spammers) http://spamcop.net/ http://eliminatespam.com/ http://www.pcworld.com/resource/spamwatch/0,00.asp http://www.spamhaus.org/index.lasso http://www.howtofightspam.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: David Weaver To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 7:30 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: what is this and why am I receiving it? What makes it really interesting is that James could just as easily preauthorize the people on this list, rather than ask us to do it. The problem that I have with these types of systems is that they can potentially be abused. I mean using SpamArrest verifies an active email address. What better way to gather emails. James you can do the same thing in your email client by using rules, or you can filter your mail using Bayesian filtering which is about 98% (this is my effectiveness rate) effective. Dave -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Poppy0206@xxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 10:19 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- what is this and why am I receiving it? Hi, I got this from the list. What is it please? james711@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx here, I'm protecting myself from receiving junk mail. Just this once, click the link below so I can receive your emails. You won't have to do this again. <A HREF="http://spamarrest.com/a?1104945501:240794";>http://spamarrest.com/a ?1104945501:240794</A> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk