[pbs] Spam, missing messages and filters.
Christine Council
scamp at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 3 01:13:15 EST 2004
Hello once again,
I have received a lot of virus email lately and I just deleted them.
If anybody wants to reach me I can be reached at Yahoo under the Oxalis
Group list.
Take care,
Chris
> [Original Message]
> From: Laura & Dave <toadlily at olywa.net>
> To: <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 12/2/2004 9:17:08 PM
> Subject: [pbs] Spam, missing messages and filters.
>
> Chris Council and all
> The recent email ragarding BX 87 from Chris brought up a real
> problem facing group users. I sent email to Chris about the typo in the
> BX numbers, only to receive the return email below. Earthlink allows
> (requires?) the use of "White Lists" to block spam. Senders' names must
> be on the list before email will be actually delivered to Chris.
> Obviously, Chris has added the PBS list to her list, or else she
> wouldn't be getting PBS list postings. I don't have Earthlink, so I
> don't know if Chris is informed that there is suspect email, and can
> request that it be forwarded.
> The problem is that when individual members such as myself try to
> respond "off list", we're blocked. The result is either lost email or a
> HUGE increase in PBS list messages that are really for one person only.
> I know that spam is a big problem, and wish I had a complete
> solution, but I don't; however, the use of a "White List" is only really
> good for one-to-one correspondence, where all mail is from known sources.
> What we do is use filters, which look for key words in the subject,
> senders or bodies of messages, and automatically reject those we are
> sure we don't want. Some things get through, but we don't miss things
> we want from new sources either (such as a new email address from an old
> friend, people sending from a library or internet cafe computer, people
> refered to you by mutual acquaintences ...). Almost all mail programs
> have filters, useful also for pre-sorting your mail into folders. The
> first filter (of about 20 that each piece of email is compared to) on
> our computer is called "Killer of obvious Spam", and gets rid of a long
> list of things that I can't list here, or people using filters that
> search the actual messages won't get this email.
> I hope this helps some people get desired messages, especially PBS
> posts.
>
> Dave Brastow
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