Thanks Russell ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell McMahon" To: Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Junk mail galore... > If you filter to a junk folder on email addresses with a numeral in you get > most of them. I do this rather than sending direct to the delete folder as > there is an occasional real email that fits this category. Then an > occasional quick glance at the headings is enough before you bulk delete > them. > > If ant are really objectionable I look at the headered version to see if > there is a reputable ISP mentioned anywhere in the forwarding path. Most of > these don't REAL:Y come from such sources but they are keen to protect their > good names and have the resource and time to track such people down. Let > them know there is someone using their name and the Spammer is liable to > have a much harder time than if you go after them by yourself. > > > > Russell McMahon > _____________________________ > > > > > Does anyone else have this problem? I get at least 4-5 pieces of junk > > mail every day (if I had a dime for every time someone promised to make > > me a millionaire, I'd be a millionaire). I have no idea where it is > > coming from, mostly the addresses are from freemail accounts from > > providers like yahoo, eudoramail, and hotmail. I block about 3-4 new > > mail headers from coming through my server every week, but it doesn't > > seem to help. Anybody know how you get on these lists, and is any way > > to do anything about them? > > > > Steve > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu