Richard

Have you tried MailWasher? They have a free version.

You look at mail before you let it download to your computer. You can
see who it is from and Msg text.

Can Blacklist or ident as Frind by address or domain before it
downloads.

You also should have a good Virus program on your computer.

Both my dial up and Road Runner have virus scanning in them and stop a
lot that might kill my computer.

Lots of ways to reduce the risk but no 100% I have heard of (

Big John
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:44:53 GMT, Richard Lamb
wrote:

Mike Gaskins wrote:

One of my main job responsibilities is admining our email system at
work, and I can tell you truthfully that auto-challenge systems (which
you seem to imply you're using) are not a good thing to put into place.
At best, you're going to tick off a lot of people who truly want to
communicate with you; done on an organization wide basis it can even
land a company's email server on a blacklist (ie, people who check the
RBL server will refuse to deliver messages sent by you).

If you want to drop the spam without resorting to auto-challenge
systems, you would do well to look into SpamAssasssin (it's free).
I've got it checking our incoming mail (along with my home mail
accounts). It uses a multi-tiered approach (blacklisting, RBL's,
content rules, bayesian analysis, online tests w/ DCC & Razor) that
does a LOT to help block it. I've also got my Postfix MTA set to use
greylisting. This combined with a freeware virus scanner has
eliminated over 99% of our incoming spam, and it's literally been
months since I got a spam message at home.

Try it out.

Mike Gaskins


Thanks Mike, I'll check into it.

With POP3 service the mail comes right to your computer.
Once there, it is difficult to deal with - without "opening" it.

This might be the answer...


Richard