[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know this is off-topic but since joining this list I'm getting > increasing levels of Spam. I've heard that using SpamCop.net to process and > report spam can help. Is this true? Is it worth bothering with?
SpamCop is a rather arbitrarily-run service that has received a lot of criticism for blocking whole IP ranges, thereby blocking tons of legit mail in the name of blocking a spammer or two who might also inhabit that IP range. In particular, journalist Declan McCullagh's PoliTech mailing list has been blocked at times by SpamCop; there is information about this in the PoliTech archives. I would not recommend SpamCop to anyone. Debian contains a number of programs to help you block spam yourself. SpamAssassin works pretty well out of the box; I prefer bogofilter, which works quite well indeed but requires some training before it becomes very effective (it's based on Bayesian statistical analysis; you show it a large number of spam mails, and another large pile of non-spam mails, and over time, as it sees more of your mail, it gets better and better at figuring out what you consider to be "spam"). Craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
