A little help for Jim! His message follows: Let me try this again... "Berger, Gunnar" <GBerger@...> said: > Or how about instead of creating a black list of emails we create a white list > of email addresses that are allowed to come through. Any email not on the > list is put in Junkmail then is scanned for spam, if it is not spam it tells you > “X messages in unapproved folder, X messages considered spam” Several systems are available to do just this. Generally the way they work is that if the sender is not in the recipients address book, the message will either be shuffled to a folder for review. In the case of challenge / response systems, the system will send an E-Mail back to the sender requesting that they identify themselves. If they do so, the text of that message will go to the recipient with a request to approve or deny that address. I have Earthlink as my home ISP and they offer that as part of what they call SpamBlocker. Works pretty well. Have not quite figured out how to handle mailing lists however where it really needs to be able to understand that anything sent via the list is OK. Still working on that one... -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim.Walls@xxxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 2:18 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT-Stamps for email DQoNCg0KDQpMZXQgbWUgdHJ5IHRoaXMgYWdhaW4uLi4NCg0KIkJlcmdlciwgR3VubmFyIiA8R0Jl cmdlckAuLi4+IHNhaWQ6DQo+IE9yIGhvdyBhYm91dCBpbnN0ZWFkIG9mIGNyZWF0aW5nIGEgYmxh Y2sgbGlzdCBvZiBlbWFpbHMgd2UgY3JlYXRlIGEgd2hpdGUNCmxpc3QNCj4gb2YgZW1haWwgYWRk cmVzc2VzIHRoYXQgYXJlIGFsbG93ZWQgdG8gY29tZSB0aHJvdWdoLiAgQW55IGVtYWlsIG5vdCBv bg0KdGhlDQo+IGxpc3QgaXMgcHV0IGluIEp1bmttYWlsIHRoZW4gaXMgc2Nhbm5lZCBmb3Igc3Bh bSwgaWYgaXQgaXMgbm90IHNwYW0gaXQNCnRlbGxzIHlvdQ0KPiDigJxYIG1lc3NhZ2VzIGluIHVu YXBwcm92ZWQgZm9sZGVyLCBYIG1lc3NhZ2VzIGNvbnNpZGVyZWQgc3BhbeKAnQ0KDQpTZXZlcmFs IHN5c3RlbXMgYXJlIGF2YWlsYWJsZSB0byBkbyBqdXN0IHRoaXMuICBHZW5lcmFsbHkgdGhlIHdh eSB0aGV5IHdvcmsNCmlzIHRoYXQgaWYgdGhlIHNlbmRlciBpcyBub3QgaW4gdGhlIHJlY2lwaWVu dHMgYWRkcmVzcyBib29rLCB0aGUgbWVzc2FnZQ0Kd2lsbCBlaXRoZXIgYmUgc2h1ZmZsZWQgdG8g YSBmb2xkZXIgZm9yIHJldmlldy4gIEluIHRoZSBjYXNlIG9mIGNoYWxsZW5nZSAvDQpyZXNwb25z ZSBzeXN0ZW1zLCB0aGUgc3lzdGVtIHdpbGwgc2VuZCBhbiBFLU1haWwgYmFjayB0byB0aGUgc2Vu ZGVyDQpyZXF1ZXN0aW5nIHRoYXQgdGhleSBpZGVudGlmeSB0aGVtc2VsdmVzLiAgSWYgdGhleSBk byBzbywgdGhlIHRleHQgb2YgdGhhdA0KbWVzc2FnZSB3aWxsIGdvIHRvIHRoZSByZWNpcGllbnQg d2l0aCBhIHJlcXVlc3QgdG8gYXBwcm92ZSBvciBkZW55IHRoYXQNCmFkZHJlc3MuICBJIGhhdmUg RWFydGhsaW5rIGFzIG15IGhvbWUgSVNQIGFuZCB0aGV5IG9mZmVyIHRoYXQgYXMgcGFydCBvZg0K d2hhdCB0aGV5IGNhbGwgU3BhbUJsb2NrZXIuICBXb3JrcyBwcmV0dHkgd2VsbC4gIEhhdmUgbm90 IHF1aXRlIGZpZ3VyZWQgb3V0DQpob3cgdG8gaGFuZGxlIG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdHMgaG93ZXZlciB3 aGVyZSBpdCByZWFsbHkgbmVlZHMgdG8gYmUgYWJsZSB0bw0KdW5kZXJzdGFuZCB0aGF0IGFueXRo aW5nIHNlbnQgdmlhIHRoZSBsaXN0IGlzIE9LLiAgU3RpbGwgd29ya2luZyBvbiB0aGF0DQpvbmUu Li4NCg0KDQoNCg0KLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0tLS0NCkppbSBXYWxscyAtIEs2Q0NDDQpr NmNjY0BhbXNhdC5vcmcNCk1vYmlsZSBSYWRpbyBPcGVyYXRpb25zDQpTb3V0aGVybiBDYWxpZm9y bmlhIEVkaXNvbiBDby4NCk9mYzogICA2MjYtMzAyLTg1MTUgICAtICAgUEFYICAgMjgtNTE1DQpG QVg6ICAgNjI2LTMwMi03NTAxICAgLSAgIFBBWCAgIDI3LTUwMQ0K ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm