All this discussion made me want to post the most-respected recent tool I've been hearing about... a number of friends at some local ISP's are loving it -- it does take a little longer to configure but is extremely versatile and configurable. SpamAssassin: http://www.spamassassin.org/ There is a small writeup about it in the latest Linux Journal (though it is not just for linux... but it is *not* generally for the end-user, it is made for a real mailhost. Suggest it to your ISP or SysAdmin...) Does anyone know if email preference services work, or help? I found this one while hunting around: http://www.dmaconsumers.org/emps.html You might also be interested in spamcop's statistics: http://spamcop.net/spamstats.shtml (they also have some mailing list archives which you can search) Spam Buster is another tool, for windows users: http://www.contactplus.com/products/spam/spamover/overview2.htm (free version uses banners, $20 reg removes them) and of course, if you're into software, you'll check freshmeat.net: http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=spam&filter=&orderby=rating_DESC Incidentally, I don't get ANY virii, and only a few spams per month.... I use evolution, which is an X-windows email program which is very slick and full-featured: http://www.ximian.com/products/ximian_evolution/ (It does not require ximian software, though -- I use apt-get on a redhat system for incredible ease and compatiblity... they're also planning on releasing their Connector, which uses an M$ Exchange server, to OS X) I think if more corporate workplaces ran an email server that also ran the email program (say, evolution over remote X or VNC on a fast LAN), management would be much simpler and many unwieldy concerns could be eliminated. I am in the school of thought where a document should be separate from a program, not arbitrarily meshed like M$ does. Good luck everyone! And keep me *out* of Outlook!!! -- -- Ben Barrett Software & Systems Engineer counterclaim Phone: 541.484.9235 Fax: 541.484.9193
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