[aclug-L] Re: Subject: Re: WeatherLab virus

["Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Spamassassin is based on dozens of criteria.  Look at the web site for more
information:  http://www.spamassassin.org/

-- Jonathan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Bottorff" <robotto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 9:30 PM
Subject: [aclug-L] Subject: Re: WeatherLab virus


>
> my thought would be to not
> respond to spam
> as that only confirms an email address
> and usually begets more spam
>
> i imagine spamassasin is based on filters ? ?
>
> abcjr.net vs. xyx.com vs. 123.org
>
> change your email address to something
> totally innocuous
> like %d2e9c55*@yourisp
> don't post
> don't respond
>
> that'll cut down your spam
>
> robert bottorff
> robotto@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>  >Have you considered using something like spamassasin?
>  >
>  >
>  >----- Original Message -----
>  >From: "David Carmichael" <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>
>  >To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
>  >Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 4:08 PM
>  >Subject: [aclug-L] Re: WeatherLab virus
>
>
>
>  >
>  > Reply to:
>
>  > > On FYI-2:
>  > > I "really" use abcjr@xxxxxxxxx, and have since December of 1999.  I
do
>  > > have to say that I find your "logic" behind placing e-mail addresses
in
>  > > your "spammers" filter quite "amazing".
>
>  >
>  > Not if you had any idea the amount of spam / virus infected emails that
I
>  > get!
>  >
>  > It seems that every time I post a message in any 'Newsgroup" I receive
>
> about
>
>  > 50 to 100 junk/spam/virus mails the next day.
>  >
>  > And since many of the messages come from the same servers I just found
it
>  > easier to trap the "@xyz.com" of any email address in the related
message
>  > and add it to my filter... which sends back a nice little message
asking
>
> to
>
>  > have my email address removed from their address book listing... and if
>
> they
>
>  > got the anti-spam message by mistake how to reach me.
>  >
>  > --David
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message -----
>  > From: "Arnold Cavazos Jr." <abcjr@xxxxxxxxx>
>  > To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
>  > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 3:20 PM
>  > Subject: [aclug-L] Re: WeatherLab virus
>  >
>  >
>
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > David,
>  > >
>  > > On FYI-1:
>  > > It is reall easy to track down what EarthLink customer that
>  > > e-mail came from if one had access to EarthLink's radius logs.  But
>  > > it appears that you have mistaken me as an EarthLink employee, and I
>  > > haven't been one of those since Feb 2 2001.
>  > >
>  > > On FYI-2:
>  > > I "really" use abcjr@xxxxxxxxx, and have since December of 1999.  I
do
>  > > have to say that I find your "logic" behind placing e-mail addresses
in
>  > > your "spammers" filter quite "amazing".
>  > >
>  > > --
>  > > abcjr
>  > >
>  > >
>
>  >
>  >
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