[pmmail-list] Spam Filtering - HOW?

[John Angelico]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 09:01:36 -0400, brandonk@blueprintsoftwareworks.com
wrote:

>
>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:11:43 -0400
>From: "Ralph Cohen" <rpcohen@neurotron.com>
>Subject: Re: [pmmail-list] Spam software
>
>On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:14:03 +1000, Andrew Z wrote:
>
>>What do people here use with PMMail inorder to filter out spam email?
>>I'm using the windows version.
>
>I seem to be in the minority, but I filter out spam email using
>PMMail's filters.  I receive a couple hundred emails a day and my
>effectiveness of catching spam is > 99%.  My filter list starts out
>with a series of whitelist filters for different newsgroups and
>recognized vendors that sends each message to an appropriate folder. 
>Next I have a whitelist filter that directs all of the emails from
>other recognized addresses into my inbox.  My final filter sends
>everything that's left into a Junk folder.  A couple times a day I'll
>skim though the message list of the Junk folder to see if anything
>ended up in there that shouldn't have.  If I find something, I adjust a
>whitelist filter accordingly so that future emails are directed to the
>correct folder.  Everything else gets dumped in the trash.
>
>Ralph Cohen

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. 

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