At 05:10 PM 10/7/2009, Dave Tweed wrote: >My solution is to use a unique address for PIClist communications, and that >address ONLY accepts mail from the PIClist server (determined by examining >the Return-Path: and To: headers). On the rare occasions that I want people >to contact me off-list, I give out a highly-obfuscated alternate address. I'm glad this works for you but I generally want people to be able to get in touch with me fairly easily. I use MailWasher Pro and have filters set up for every mailing list that I am part of. The messages that pass through those filters then hit other filters to try and weed out Spam that creeps in through those lists. Its not perfect, by any means. I still have to have a quick look at the headers of perhaps 100 messages per day to make sure that I'm not about to toss legitimate email. But I'm used to it and it doesn't take more than a few minutes each morning to examine, then toss the junk that gets flagged overnight. >It's NOT a good idea to replace the From: address, as that's often the only >clue to who actually sent a message. Some people are very lax about signing >their messages. I feel strongly about this as well - the From: address is how I contact people when I want to chat privately. My business partner uses something called "only my email" and he raves about how good it is. Mailwasher Pro still works well for me, so I haven't bothered to check it out. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist