[Xitami] List administrator?

[Greg Wells]

Sounds like a good idea - what filter do you use, and where could I 
download it (if you don't mind my asking?)

- Greg

WhiteShepherd wrote:

>You may want to concider a "spam filter".  I decided to use one and it 
>was a good decision.  I get around 200-300 spam a day.  Yet I need to 
>field messages from my online users.  My spam filter scans messages 
>from the To, From, Subject, and Body.  It also has a "pass through" with 
>domains I don't want to filter.  As I got spam I would added a phrase in 
>my spam filter body scan to catch them.  Took me about a month to 
>build up my word list (use phrases as short words my get a legit e-mail, 
>"our customers, free viagra, xxx sluts, etc".  You will "almost" never get 
>these in a legit e-mail).  Now dispite all the spam my regular e-mails 
>come through and a spam may slip through once a week (getting 
>promptly added to the filter).  
>
>I have been on the Xitami list a few years now I believe.  I don't recall 
>any spam from them (their address is unfiltered for me).
>
>   Gene
>
>On 1 Aug 2002 at 21:37, Greg Wells wrote:
>
>>Question: Is anyone watching this list or monitoring what goes out? 
>>Today I received three different messages that had headings matching 
>>questions on the list, but the contents of those messages were 
>>advertisements. I got one ad from a porn site (gamelink.com), one for 
>>"curly hair" and one that was just a bunch of gobbledygook that looked 
>>like an image file that was translated into code. I get enough spam as 
>>it is, without this list giving my address to more spammers. This is my 
>>work e-mail, and it's gotten to the point that I get 100 or so spam 
>>messages a day, and one to four messages that I actually need for my 
>>job. With the Klem virus thrown into the mix, I'm having to quarantine 
>>files every three minutes during download - so I can't just tell the 
>>computer to download the e-mail and do something else. I have to sit 
>>here and babysit it.
>>
>>Please. Someone tell me how to change the admin password so I can 
>>unsubscribe from this list and get out of your hair.
>>
>>- Greg
>>
>>
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