Hi
I am interested in spam filtering software that I could encourage either
my server or other servers to use. My server currently uses SpamAssassin
and I hope your software could be easily modified to do what I suggest
below. I want to receive my emails reliably without having genuine
emails being blocked and never seen by me due to spam filters. Filters
are good provided I can view the filtered emails in case a genuine email
is filtered. I do NOT want the software to change the subject of a
possible spam email in case a genuine email is labeled "SPAM" in the
subject. This would make sorting mail difficult because I do not know
how to remove the "SPAM" tags in the subject line.
It would be good if the email could be set up so that the likely spam
emails are directed into another folder on the web based email instead
of being completely blocked. That way it would enable me and other
people to check to see if there are any genuine emails are there. It
does not take long to find the genuine emails if the emails in the
filtered folder are arranged alphabetically by subject. This is because
the spammers often send many emails with the same subject and these can
be overlooked. I normally check my emails in the web based email first
before downloading them so that I can delete spam before downloading
them on to the computer. Does your software enable the above and would
it be possible to see every spam email sent to me to check it or does
your software completely block email where I would not have a chance to
check them? If you software does not do what I need do you know any that
does or do you know any servers that use it?
I have also thought of a way that could help reduce spam and avoid the
problem of legitimate emails being blocked. It could be an idea to share
this idea with other servers or Internet service providers associations
around the world so this could be adopted. What could be done is that
software could be set up on the servers so that an email will never be
blocked if it has a certain code in the subject of the email. A three
letter lower case code would be good as it would be easy to type. If an
email does not have the code it could still get through. However, it
would run the risk of being blocked by spam filters. The filters or spam
blockers could be set up so that all emails with the code are allowed
through unless the email user wants to blacklist a particular address.
When two people communicate via email they would not have to type each
others code every time they reply as the code should automatically
appear in the subject field of the new message. If two people are
communicating, each of their codes could appear in the subject field of
the email. For example:
“Re: Interest in your product. zkl fvr”
I am wondering what you think. It would be good if different servers
around the world adopted this method as it would make email transmission
more reliable. Do you know the contacts of any service providers
associations that I could share this with?
You can email me [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Your help will be appreciated,
Regards Richard.
