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To: Scrapps who wrote (21657)	4/30/2002 2:02:42 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

hi scrapps one of the first rules of spam busting is NEVER REPLY the second rule is NEVER OPEN THE MAIL the reasons for both rules are the same... doing so lets the spammer know they have located a valid email address. and yes, they can tell if you have merely opened the mail, even if you immediately delete it. there are plenty of filters available, depending on which email client you use. i have never had to resort to filters, mainly because i follow the first two rules so religiously. another good step to follow is to use a different email address when you apply for newsletters or have to give a site an email address. don't give 'em the main one, is what i'm saying. REPEAT RULE ONE AND RULE TWO. <g3> next, think about adding something to your email address (such as the letters REMOVE) to thwart address harvester bots from scooping up your addy and spamming you. check the way i have my email address spelled out on my si profile. another good idea... just because some site asks for your email address doesn't mean you have to supply it. or if they must have some address, make one up. lots of companies now are automatically asking for your email addy, if you've noticed. give 'em the nancy reagan treatment... JUST SAY NO. <g3> there are also plenty of commercial spam buster programs, but imo they all have at least one or two drawbacks that make them a hassle to deal with. to give you some real numbers, i receive about 5-12 spam emails per day, average. it comes in spurts, but it is now manageable. i follow RULE ONE AND RULE TWO very very carefully. i do not fall for the spammer's tricks, like when they put "re:" in the subject line in an attempt to make me think it's a reply to something i sent them. spam will never disappear, but with personal practices bordering on militancy, you can get the sheer numbers down to a half dozen or fewer per day. hope this gets you off on the right track :) mark

To: Scrapps who wrote (21657)	4/30/2002 1:12:20 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Does your ISP have any filters you can toggle on so that you never see them? One of my ISPs did, and it killed about 20 per day. I'm still dealing with the other 180.....

To: Scrapps who wrote (21657)	5/23/2002 6:20:50 AM
From: Dick Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

Scrapps (a couple of weeks ago... I've been away a bit): ...Now if anyone could tell me how to get the spam email under control. I've kept track and find that I get about 35-45 spam emails per each email that is related to my business, family or friends. Most everything is porn, mortgage and other trash for loans, credit cards, along with BS like diplomas for sale and the other run of the mill parasitic garbage... I've set up a separate inbox within my mailer, with filters that put anything with a long list of keywords into that box. From time to time, I check that there's nothing there from anybody I know, and delete it all, unopened. My keyword list currently includes "mortgage, viagra, penis, OTC:BB" This keeps my from needing to look at about half of it. Dick