"Karsten M. Self" wrote: > on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 01:43:46AM -0500, Alec ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi > > > > Debian mailing lists are mirrored on (interfaced to) USENET under > > linux.debian.*, and our email addresses aren't even scrambled! USENET is > > probably the number one source for the email address snooping spammers. Can > > they catch up with all of us one day? > > Deal with it. > > I've got a six year old email address that's posted daily to websites, > mailing lists, and Usenet groups. I get spam -- about ten messages a > day (up about fourfold over the past year) -- out of several hundred > mails received either directly or via lists. I filter it with procmail, > none of it actually hits my inbox. There are a number of systems which > will perform an equivalent function either locally (razor, mailfilter, > etc.), or as a service (Spamcop). > > Yahoo has some rudimentary filtering. My suggestion would be to get > more control over your email or use a subscription service (e.g.: > Spamcop) if you really care about this issue. > > Peace. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free > We freed Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org > Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature
Where is there a HOWTO or tutorial on using available tools (e.g. procmail) to filter spam? Is it something that the "unwashed masses" like myself can learn to do?
