"Jason" wrote in message
news:pan.2003.10.04.12.55.54.487711@ntlworld.com...
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 10:34:07 +0000, propp wrote:
>
> > Okay Proctor, tell all.
> > Besides the obvious like masking, not opening email with attachments,
> > configuring your email client to automatically delete any message with
> > an attachment, and a decent spam filter...tell us.
>
> Use a decent operating system that doesn't get viruses in the first place?
Not everyone can go out and buy a new system or feel like experimenting
with new OS.
> Other than that and what you mention, I've found putting "nospam" in my
> address to be the most effective. Yes they could write software to easy to
> remove it, but they don't seem to, and it's obvious to humans what my
> address really is.
A HUGE problem I see is the ill informed friends that insist on
'Forwarding' amusing mail from questionable sources to everyone in their
address book. It doesn't take long for your addy to be distributed
throughout the internet with this practice. Some of my older friends have no
grasp on the fact that "Forwarding" may require you to abandone one addy
after another.
>
> I also have two email addresses. One for newsgroups which I will ditch
> when the spam gets too much and one for normal email use.
I have several address on several computers on a LAN but have ended up
responding to one post on NGs with the wrong screen name only find it even
more confusing to others.
>
> The trouble with filtering your email is that you still have to download
> it in the first place. With my previous address that I used on newsgroups,
> I was getting about 40-50 a day, most of it in Chinese. The recent Windows
> virus has meant that some people have received thousands a day, filling
> their mailboxes so that their real mail bounces.
Rules can be configured to "delete from server". I received a small amout
of HOAX email and never again does one appear while I still read of others
complaining of what you mentioned. Rules can filter all mail to only
download messages that have ONLY your exact email addy in the 'To' line thus
removing bulk SPAM from email farms with several addys on 'To' line.
>
Mr. Proctor
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