On Thursday 22 November 2001 08:40, John Griffiths wrote: > At 06:10 PM 11/21/01 -0600, DvB wrote: > >Matt Fair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> can this list block the email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ??? > >> all they are sending is viruses. > >> Matt > > > >I finally got around to looking up how the gnus killfile works in > > order to get rid of this junk. > >I'm sure you can do the same with filters under Evolution... > > That's not really the point, this junk is still pouring dangerous > files out from the debian servers, and has to be downlaoded before it > can be filtered. > > Plus I already have so many filters it's slowing me down
I agree with the dangerous and slowing down part. But, no, you don't have to download the whole junk. Just the headers. I received this tip from this list some months back about the use of programs like mailfilter and popsneaker that can delete emails using header-based filtering. -- Sir Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
