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Date:	Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:42:46 PST8
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Help: blocking msgs at SCOUG server (was: Magic blocker box)

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> Peter Skye wrote:
> > I suspect all or most of these accounts have robust filtering,

J. R. Fox wrote:
> You shouldn't assume that.

I'll put you in the "not part of most" category. :)

> I have extensive filters set, and *still* get well
> over 50 Spam items per account per day.

-- 1. How many rules do you have in your extensive filters?

-- 2. 50 per day out of how many total?

-- 3. Are you using the spam messages to retrain your filters? The
spammers are quite active in figuring out how to circumvent filters.
Spam filtering typically catches 90%-95% but hardly ever gets much
better unless you really work on training your filters.

> (Of course, much of my problem may be due to never
> having gotten around to switching my MAIL over from
> NS 4.61 to Mozilla. The 4.61 filters seem to be a joke.)

I use 2.02. Much better than 4.61. Only about 1 or 2 spams get through
to my Inbox each day out of several hundred messages received.

> > they just have to ask.
>
> May just take you up on that offer, Ducky.

Join me in the pond and we'll discuss it while we partake of duckweed.

- Filterfoot

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