[pmmail-list] help with 0spam

[Marty Rimpau]

Hi, Dean, I am using Norton version 2001, and it doesn't know about pm
mail, thus, the 127.0.0.1 address, and I'm afraid of the web interface
of Norton 2002, and 2003, so I haven't upgraded.  
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 17:29:58 +0700, Dean Boulding wrote:

>
>Marty, I'm wondering if you're already running POPFile?  I am, and it 
>requires 127.0.0.1 as the POP3 address, but then in the user account 
>section prepends the server and a colon to your email account name.
>
>
>I use POPFile for spam filtering, and it does a great job on the 80 - 90% 
>of my mail which is spam these days.  Obviously, you don't need both 
>POPFile and 0spam, so if you are running POPFile and want to switch to 
>0spam, I or others here could certainly help you change the settings.  
>Right now, however, I don't know why your system is set up the way it is.  
>I personally am reluctant to use whitelist filtering at the moment, FWIW, 
>but it may be the only way to go in the future.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>Dean
>
>
>
>
>On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 04:39:49 -0500, Ralph Cohen wrote:
>
>
>|Hi Marty,
>|
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>|The IP 127.0.0.1 is a non-routable internal address that refers to your
>|own computer.  Unless you are running your own mail server, I'm not
>|sure why you would be using that address.  Perhaps someone else here
>|can help with that.  While a POP mail address can be in the form of an
>|IP address, it is often in the form of 'pop.aol.com' or
>|'mail.home.net'.
>|
>|Setting up a whitelist filter is very easy to do with PMMail and can
>|give you much more control over your accounts.  Let us know if you need
>|some help.
>|
>|Ralph Cohen
>|
>|
>|On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 00:03:28 -0800, Marty Rimpau wrote:
>|
>|>Hi list, I need help, I am using pm mail version 2717, and according
>|>the tutorial at
>|>http://www.0spam.com
>|>it wants you to create an account in your email program, or, according
>|>to the 0spam people, it won't be effective for deleting spam, so, my
>|>problem is, what does it do, does it log in to your 0spam account, and
>|>download your mail, or what?  For my regular account, I have to use the
>|>pop server 127.0.0.1, or I can't receive email, and with this 0spam
>|>account, I don't want to send mail, just receive mail, and it's asking
>|>for email, and such, but I don't want all that, and real name, and all
>|>this, so, I've configured the account, by naming the pop server
>|>0spam.com, and I've re-defined the port to 1111, like they said, but
>|>when I open up my 0 spam account to check messages, it says sending
>|>user command, over and over again, and for each email account you set
>|>up, you provide the pop server and the user name and pass code for that
>|>account, but do I need to use 127.0.0.1 for this account as well, or
>|>what do I need to do?  The person's name at support with 0spam.com is
>|>Jeff Anderson, but he said to use 0spam.com but pm mail won't receive
>|>mail with that pop server, so what do I do?  It says to create a 0spam
>|>account in your email program, or else, 0spam will be ineffective in
>|>blocking spam, but I'm stumped, because I thought that a service like
>|>0spam would take care of accounts like this itself, without you having
>|>to create an email account in your email program.  Would somebody
>|>knowledgable please read the tutorial, and maybe point me in the right
>|>direction?  Thanks in advance for helping.  
>|>
>|>
>|>Marty
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