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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 12/15/2004, you wrote:
> I am currently getting over a hundred spam pieces per day. If I set up a 
> filter to reject messages containing certain words I will most certainly 
> miss some important ones. I get letters from readers of my books. If I 
> drop ruralize.com, I turn my back on everyone who visits my web site and 
> wishes to communicate with me.
>
> How do you all deal with spam?

That is why I had to change ISPs last spring, spam was several hundred a 
day.  I had had that email address since about 1988 so lost some 
contacts.  Spam is another reason I cannot use the braingarage email 
addresses, last time I tried to check, there were over 2000 messages 
waiting.  The only real cure I have found is to change email addresses 
often but that is a nuisance.

I heard the other day that well over 50% of Internet email traffic is 
unwanted spam and for many businesses is making email almost useless.




Don Bowen
Awl Knotted Up Woodworking
Valley Center, CA             http://www.braingarage.com