Russell, I think that mailwasher maybe www.mailwasher.net ? ... the *.com* redirects to a site flogging stuff...! Stuart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell McMahon" To: Sent: 25 April 2003 12:05 Subject: Re: [OT]: Unsolicited Messages > > I found a (so far) good program called "Spybot Search and Destroy" that > > fishes out most of the really grungy spyware programs, and also has a > > middling length list of opt-out addresses for the more "legitimate" > > spammers. > > Mailwasher, > > www.mailwasher.com > > which I recommended recently, uses Spam Cop as a sourcefor blacklisted > senders. > In my experience so far (about 1 week+) it is working VERY well. Almost all > blacklists are true SPAM - a very few are legitimate messages - presumably > they have had people in the same domain sending spam. This is a spamcop id > problem. > > Even for those it misses, having the email subject lines available (and text > without pictures if needed) has almost completely eliminated the downloading > of pornographic spam which I have previously been getting much of. This is > especially useful as the images often download when you preview the message > and this can be used to give the sender a confirmation that your address is > a "live" one. With mail washer they do not get this confirmationm. > > > Russell McMahon > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body