Re: Spam & Junk email - what to do?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Scott Alfter" <salfter@salfter.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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> In article <I%Dab.4046$KJ5.906@fe2.columbus.rr.com>,
> Stephen Hartz <SHartz@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> >This may be a little off topic here, but as a regular here  I'm going to
> >post it anyway.  I keep getting JUNK  emails 'security updates', etc , on
> >Outlook Express, which I use to access comp.sys apple2 .  Is there a way
to
> >block this stuff???

On Outlook Express you can setup an email rule that will send all messages
with attachments to the deleted folder. However if you use an auto virus
detection, these will be hard to empty out as it will keep finding it and
opening
up dialog boxes. This will pass in time, it always does, but this one is the
worse I've seen in many years. I am seriously thinking about switching to
my Mac but I don't have a lot of experience on it. I'm afraid I might screw
up
my present setup by getting my email on it instead of here.

> It's the latest Microsoft worm to make the rounds, and this one's more of
a
> nuisance than usual...previous worms just tried to compromise webservers,
> but this one is clogging people's inboxes like nobody's business.  It's
bad
> enough on broadband, but at ~140K each, it must really suck to be on
dialup
> right now.

Apparently, everyone is getting the same worm in varying sizes. Mine
is 106 kb and ALL are the same size, but with different names and from
different sources.

> If you're using POP3 to retrieve mail from your ISP, you might look into
> Mailfilter:
>
> http://mailfilter.sourceforge.net/
>
> It logs into the server, scans subject lines, and deletes unwanted mail
> without downloading it.

OE has that built in but it's not easy to set up if you don't understand
how scripts are written for the various situations that could apply.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa@comcast.net

> If you're like me, though, you run your own mail server.  I threw together
> some scripts last night/this morning that hook into qmail to bounce
messages
> based on originating IP address or subject.  The way it's set up, though,
> these msssages are still chewing up bandwidth.  At least it keeps my inbox
> (my spambox, more accurately) a little cleaner until I can figure out
> something that cuts off virus mail in midstream...that would most likely
> require a patch to qmail.
>
>   _/_   Scott Alfter
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