[pmmail-list] PMMail for Spam filtering

[John Angelico]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 09:01:21 -0400, brandonk@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
wrote:

>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 23:43:58 -0400
>From: "Ralph Cohen" <rpcohen@neurotron.com>
>Subject: Re: [pmmail-list] Spam Filtering - HOW?
>
>On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:12:24 +1000 (AEST), John Angelico wrote:
>
>>By the sound of it Ralph, you don't use any external utility like JunkSpy?
>>
>>I use JunkSpy on multiple incoming mail accounts, plus Weasel plus some
>>PMMail filtering via Rexx exits. 
>
>
>Hi John,
>
>You're right, I don't use any external utility for filtering out
>junkmail. When I started using PMMail 5 years ago, there wasn't very
>much junk mail and I mostly used PMMail filters as a way to organize
>incoming mail.  

Yes, I do that now, but have about 30 filters.

I also have a few to filter HTML mail (main source of bots, spam and virii
these days, and automatically advise people on how to switch to ASCII (but
I would not want to re-open the war on HTML again folks<g>)

>When junkmail became more prevalent, I found it very
>easy to continue filtering desirable incoming mail into folders and let
>everything else end up in a Junk folder where it could be checked
>before trashing.  I've got about 20 incoming filters - both simple and
>complex - and they do an excellent job filtering out the junkmail. 
>Instead of trying to block email like JunkSpy and similar products, I
>try make sure the mail I want is directed to an appropriate folder.

I find JunkSpy v2 especially with the most recent updates to be highly
effective. Look for an article in OS/2 E-zine soon on using JunkSpy to
filter at the server as a workaround for multiple accounts.

I neglected to say that on morning startup I use my ISPs web-mail interface
to clear out 80% of the day's junk without downloading it. As a result,
JunkSpy reports my junk ratio to be 22% - artificially low. It should be
closer to 50%. 

I also clear out the irrelevant threads from the many mail lists to which I
am subscribed - they can't be called junk, but on any general purpose list
there is mail one wants to read and mail one doesn't.


Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
os2@melbpc.org.au or 
talldad@kepl.com.au
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