Re: Blocking Spam

["Bill P" <wmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Mike Easter" <MikeE@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Bill P wrote:
>
>> How do you block spam where the subject is four random numbers.
>
> ... where spam = email spam, not 'usenet' spam.
>
> You need a spamfilter/tagger which uses multiple strategies, the most
> important of which is blocklists and the secondary importance is regex
> on the header/body.  SpamPal is a powerful filter which will work in
> conjunction with your current MUA such as OE.
>
> SP acts as a proxy between your mailprovider and your MUA/OE and 'combs'
> the headers and body of the mail and subject tags/labels it as spam.  OE
> is able to read the subject tag and messagerule sort it into the Junk
> folder.  From Junk it can be submitted to a blocklist such as spamcop's
> which provides you with a positive feedback by which your spam
> contributes to a blocklist which you can use -- or you can simply
> periodically massively delete your spam whenever you decide you want to
> visit the Junk folder.
>
> The purpose of Junk rather than autodeleting is to be able to finetune
> the filter to be sure that absolutely zero goodmail ever gets into Junk,
> at the cost of an occasional spam getting into the Inbox.  SP is
> extremely configurable, so you can crank it down as tightly as you
> like -- it is also very flexible in its whitelisting powers, which is
> nice for those whose goodmail is entirely from known senders, in which
> case there should be absolutely zero spam in the Inbox.
>
>
> -- 
> Mike Easter
>

Thanks Mike, I'm not sure I understand it all but I'll give it a try.
Regards
Bill