I'm sure everybody has noticed it, but I'm going to mention it
anyway. SPAM has recently gone over the top, much of it
coming from countries antagonistic to the U.S. I suspect that
this recent influx of trash is more then irresponsible advertising.
It looks like an intentional attack on the internet. My point is
that bouncing SPAM excaberates the problem and should be
avoided. SPAM in my box had escallated from about 8 pieces
per day to forty or more on top of two or three legitimate
messages. I don't know how to stop it, but I can refrain from
adding to it.
So much for my 2 cents.
--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:47:51 GMT, "M&M"
wrote:

I'm sure everybody has noticed it, but I'm going to mention it
anyway. SPAM has recently gone over the top, much of it
coming from countries antagonistic to the U.S. I suspect that
this recent influx of trash is more then irresponsible advertising.
It looks like an intentional attack on the internet. My point is
that bouncing SPAM excaberates the problem and should be
avoided. SPAM in my box had escallated from about 8 pieces
per day to forty or more on top of two or three legitimate
messages. I don't know how to stop it, but I can refrain from
adding to it.
So much for my 2 cents.

Are you talking about spam in this group, or in your mailbox? My
ISP filters most/all of the SPAM from newsgroups and then I have a
mail provider than has excellent spam controls (fastmail.fm -
$15/lifetime or they also have a free accounts).

-sw

In article ,
M&M wrote:
I'm sure everybody has noticed it, but I'm going to mention it
anyway. SPAM has recently gone over the top, much of it
coming from countries antagonistic to the U.S. I suspect that
this recent influx of trash is more then irresponsible advertising.
It looks like an intentional attack on the internet. My point is
that bouncing SPAM excaberates the problem and should be
avoided. SPAM in my box had escallated from about 8 pieces
per day to forty or more on top of two or three legitimate
messages. I don't know how to stop it, but I can refrain from
adding to it.

Use procmail (for unix, and maybe M$) to filter out mail from
unwanted countries.


Chuck Demas

--
Eat Healthy | _ _ | Nothing would be done at all,
Stay Fit | @ @ | If a man waited to do it so well,
Die Anyway | v | That no one could find fault with it.
| \___/ | http://world.std.com/~cpd

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:24:29 +0000 (UTC),
(Charles Demas) wrote:

Use procmail (for unix, and maybe M$) to filter out mail from
unwanted countries.

Any wedge that sits between your mail client and your ISP/mail
server is a kludge. Get a real mail server at
http://www.fastmail.fm which will filter and/or tag all the spam.
Their web-based controls are excellent. I don't know why people
would use hotmail or yahoo with fastmail around.

I have the $20/year plan, but there's a $15/lifetime plan, and
then there's a free plan as well.

-sw

In article ,
Steve Wertz wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:24:29 +0000 (UTC),
(Charles Demas) wrote:

Use procmail (for unix, and maybe M$) to filter out mail from
unwanted countries.

Any wedge that sits between your mail client and your ISP/mail
server is a kludge.

My ISP (and many others) use procmail as the mail delivery
agent.

Get a real mail server at [snip]

You don't seem to know anything about mail on a unix based
machine.


Chuck Demas

--
Eat Healthy | _ _ | Nothing would be done at all,
Stay Fit | @ @ | If a man waited to do it so well,
Die Anyway | v | That no one could find fault with it.
| \___/ | http://world.std.com/~cpd

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:43:03 +0000 (UTC),
(Charles Demas) wrote:

In article ,
Steve Wertz wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:24:29 +0000 (UTC),
(Charles Demas) wrote:

Use procmail (for unix, and maybe M$) to filter out mail from
unwanted countries.

Any wedge that sits between your mail client and your ISP/mail
server is a kludge.

My ISP (and many others) use procmail as the mail delivery
agent.

99% of the people here don't have access to server-side filtering
options or replacing the MDA. Procmail, although it integrates
with your Unix mailboxes and your local Unix MTA more seamlessly
than MS platforms, it's still exactly what I mentioned: a wedge.

Get a real mail server at [snip]

You don't seem to know anything about mail on a unix based
machine.

Being a Unix system administrator for 17 years, team lead for MMDF
under SCO Unix, and having written the IMAP port of mailx, you're
right - I wouldn't know anything about that.

My suggestion and opinion was simply that. Not a personal attack,
which seems to be your speciality judging by your responses to me
over the years.

ObSpam: If this is newsgroup spam, I can see what I can do with
the nfilter do-hickey, but not seeing the spam it's hard for me to
do anything about it. Is there really a lot of spam here in
a.f.b?

ObFood: I got a 12lb top whole top sirloin rubbed with pepper,
coriander, onion powder, fennel and mexican oregano sitting in
225F oven. No smoker today - just had minor surgery and am pretty
doped up on these Lortabs.

Would have made corned beef out of it, but I didn't want to wait
10-14 days for it to cure. I need to get me one of those meat
tumbling/injection systems.

-sw spinning

Steve Wertz wrote:
ObSpam: If this is newsgroup spam, I can see what I can do with
the nfilter do-hickey, but not seeing the spam it's hard for me to
do anything about it. Is there really a lot of spam here in
a.f.b?


Naah Steve, there's that one group posting the naked-nipple
tortured-Palestinian .scr's all over the place, but traffic's been normal
otherwise.
Pretty sure MM is complaining about his home account.

For those with spam problems at home. I feel for ya guys, there needs to be
a lesson for people before they connect to the internet, don't trust anyone
you dont know. Most of you with a problem brought it on yourself
unknowingly.
NEVER, give any online company your real email addy. That's what free html
accounts like Yahoo and Hotmail, etc are for, spamtraps.

I get less than 10 spams a month on my home account by following this
religiously for years. Course this is shutting the barn door too late for
some of you.


D
--

On 22-Apr-2004, (Charles Demas) wrote:

Use procmail (for unix, and maybe M$) to filter out mail from
unwanted countries.

BTW, I didn't mean that I don't know how to filter it. I meant that
I don't know how to effectively combat an apparent attack on the
internet itself. An identical Viagra ad from forty different sources
is not a coincidence.
--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:10:05 GMT, "M&M"
wrote:

On 22-Apr-2004, (Charles Demas) wrote:

Use procmail (for unix, and maybe M$) to filter out mail from
unwanted countries.

BTW, I didn't mean that I don't know how to filter it. I meant that
I don't know how to effectively combat an apparent attack on the
internet itself. An identical Viagra ad from forty different sources
is not a coincidence.

It's all part of Bill Gates grand plan to start charging for
email.

-sw

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:00:59 -0500, Steve Wertz
reported to us:

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:10:05 GMT, "M&M"
wrote:

On 22-Apr-2004, (Charles Demas) wrote:

Use procmail (for unix, and maybe M$) to filter out mail from
unwanted countries.

BTW, I didn't mean that I don't know how to filter it. I meant that
I don't know how to effectively combat an apparent attack on the
internet itself. An identical Viagra ad from forty different sources
is not a coincidence.

It's all part of Bill Gates grand plan to start charging for
email.

-sw

There you go... Taking a chomp at Billy...
Yup, you're a *NIX sysadmin


Wally

"No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit."
Sir Frederick G. Banting

"M&M" wrote in message
...
I'm sure everybody has noticed it, but I'm going to mention it
anyway. SPAM has recently gone over the top, much of it
coming from countries antagonistic to the U.S. I suspect that
this recent influx of trash is more then irresponsible advertising.
It looks like an intentional attack on the internet.

Somehow I doubt this is politically motivated and against the USA.

On 23-Apr-2004, "Jason in Dallas" wrote:

Somehow I doubt this is politically motivated and against the USA.

You're welcome to your opinion. Apparently you have not been keeping
track of the proliferation of SPAM and where it's coming from. You also
have apparently not taken notice of the advance notice of warnings of
attacks on the internet by terrorist groups. (Nobody would ever use
commercial airliners to take out the Trade Towers.) Get your head out
of your ass and get ready to defend your country. You're talking like
the citizens of Germany in 1938. (It won't happen to us, because we
are superior.)
'
--
M&M ("When You're Over The Hill You Pick Up Speed")

The voice of "Steve Wertz" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...

snip
ObSpam: If this is newsgroup spam, I can see what I can do with
the nfilter do-hickey, but not seeing the spam it's hard for me to
do anything about it.

Is there really a lot of spam here in a.f.b?


Only on servers without CleanFeed...
Some of them also have the viral spam filter now as well.

--
Maxwell C.G. Pollare, a "small god" in his own mind...

The voice of "M&M" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...

BTW, I didn't mean that I don't know how to filter it. I meant that
I don't know how to effectively combat an apparent attack on the
internet itself. An identical Viagra ad from forty different sources
is not a coincidence.


Don't take it personally, it happens to us all...

*the group goes silent*

I ment the "SPAM" you dolts!


Just dump the old address and create another public one. Usable email
accounts are few and far between, but still a dime a dozen...

It's also a good idea to create a private one for just friend and
family if you have any free email accounts. Many cable & ADSL
providers have multiple accounts, as well as some dial-up services.

With Telus for instance I had as many email aliases as I needed on my
dial-up account, and additional email accounts for a small fee. Now
that I'm with CableRocket I'm more restricted, since each account only
has a single name (5 free), but I still have my domain hosted email
accounts on Telus... };8)

"Real life" needs an OC3, but I'll settle for a DS3. };8)

--
Maxwell C.G. Pollare, a "small god" in his own mind...

Paracelsus wrote:
http://www.spampal.org


Awsome, ty
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