Re: SPAM: was:RE: My apologies to the list -- MIDRANGE-L

Carl,

This thread should probably be taken to CPF0000 but a quick response here first.

I've used Mailwasher (www.mailwasher.net) for years. It works with any POP3 or Hotmail account directly so it doesn't matter what you use for a client. It checks DNS blacklists (SPAMCOP plus any of your choosing), your own black lists, your own white lists, your own content rules and heuristics. It can delete and/or bounce flagged messages. You then follow the processing of you account by downloading into the mail client of your choice. They have a free version for one POP3 account and a paid version that gives you Hotmail and unlimited accounts.

I like the bounce option so that Spammers that give and check a valid return address think that my address they purchased somewhere was a waste of money for a false address.

I suggested and was told that a future version would also allow bounced mail to be sent to DNS blacklisters like SPAMCOP so that there monitors can identify Spam Hauses faster and keep them blacklisted better as the continue to clog the internet.

Roger Vicker, CCP

On 3/23/2003 6:02 AM, Carl Galgano wrote:

All: Like probably all of you, I too am plagued by TONS of SPAM. It pisses me off. I have had the same email address for almost 10 years now, and buy lots on line, and subscribe to many discussion list, message boards, etc. So, I get lots of SPAM. I have noticed a HUGE increase in SPAM over the past 6 months. I generally get between 100-125 SPAM messages a day! I used to check my mail periodically from my cell phone, but have stopped that process because of all the SPAM. Recently, our network guru was researching a solution and came across a plug in product for Outlook (not sure it works for Express). I have included a link below. (I guess my email message is starting to sound like SPAM). I used to maintain a junk sender list and a junk sender domain list in Outlook, but it was a full time job to maintain, and only caught about 60% of the SPAM. I have installed the product below from Cloudmark and it catches about 95% of the SPAM. It also give you the option, if you DO receive SPAM, to add the sender to the SPAM subscription server, so if you block SPAM it is blocked for anyone who uses the product. The software is free and I read thru the privacy statement and did not see anything I objected to.
We are now looking at their server side product for Exchange, to hopefully
eliminate the SPAM from the Inbox.  Then I can check my mail on my cell
phone again!
http://www.cloudmark.com/products/spamnet/
I hope this email does not offend anyone, and I apologize for the off topic
post, but together we can control this crap.  If you like the product, pass
the link along to other you know.  The more people that use the service,
collectively the more SPAM will be stopped.
Disclaimer:  I have no connection or affiliation with this product or
company.  I am a happy customer of a free product.
Regards,
cjg
Carl J. Galgano EDI Consulting Services, Inc. 550 Kennesaw Avenue, Suite 800 Marietta, GA 30060 (770) 422-2995 - voice (419) 730-8212 - fax mailto:cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ediconsulting.com AS400 EDI, Networking, E-Commerce and Communications Consulting and Implementation http://www.icecreamovernight.com Premium Ice Cream Brands shipped Overnight

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