[thechat] Spam
William Anderson
neuro at well.com
Mon Dec 16 05:09:00 CST 2002
Martin Burns wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Syed Zeeshan Haider wrote:
>
> > Hello Everybody,
> > This seems very wierd to me:
> >
> >
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/12/techweb.email.swamp/index.html
> >
> > My inbox receives 2 to 5 spam mails daily. Now I have created a little
> > complex message rule in my mail program to move Possible Spam mails to
> > a separate folder after downloading.
I don't bother with complex rules, I just use [insert spam filtering
solution that cannot be named for fear of pissing off people!]
> Consider the source: MessageLabs make software which handles incoming
> spam (amongst other things). It's in their interests to spread FUD about
> spam.
Doesn't really say much for the quality of their software if they expect all
that spam to get through :)
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