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Re: I get so much SPAM
An additional protection that may be complementary to GN's SpamAssassin is something like MailWasher. This and similar programs preview your mailboxes, do some tests of a similar kind to, but much more primitive than, SpamAssassin, and list suspected spam for deletion. It also checks against SpamCop's extensive 'dirtylist'. [url]http://www.mailwasher.net[/url]
It can therefore be a time-saver, particularly if you don't want to set up a filter on your email program itself, either because you have a slow connection or Outlook Express.
MailWasher also offers to send fake bounce messages to the return-path addresses. This is of limited usefulness since most addresses are fakes, but can be helpful where you suspect a 'spambot' (automated address verification).
(Update, 2005: Mailwasher is now basically redundant on GreenNet accounts. It is recommended that you instead look at the [url=http://www.gn.apc.org/support/filter/index.html]'Spam filter' section of our support pages[/url] if you find some spam is still getting through the first-line barriers.)
Post Edited (10-24-03 11:25)