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Posted by Gary Helfert on September 29, 2005, 4:47 am
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like more of a hang out for people creating spam than people with tips on
how to prevent spam.
Can you recommend an anti-spam newgroup?
>
> | I've got Norton Internet Security 2005 which is suppose to have a spam
> | recognition functionality. It isn't working very well. In particular
> spam
> | hawking Rolex watches continues to return.
> | I have read that some spam companies are cutting deals with anti-spam
> | software venders to keep their garbage off the definitions list.
> | Any feedback on this problem apprecitated.
> |
>
> I use Pegasus Mail is my email client. It has its own spam filtration.
> Between its Content
> Filter and POP3 Filter, I get little spam. BTW, that is in conjunction
> with Brightwork's
> SpamDetector on the Verizon email server (now a Symantec product).
>
> So in Pegasus Mail I can specifically set a POP3 filter and if it meets
> the criteria the
> spam is deleted on the server and never downloaded. The content filter
> will delete those
> that can't be deleted on the server.
>
> You have to examine the header and body of the email and looks for the
> common denominator.
> I have seen those Rolex spams and they are usually GIF files in the add
> and are attached in
> the email so you can't filter on the word "rolex". You have to look for
> the "common
> denominator" in the message and separates the spam from legit email.
>
> If you use a email client like Pegasus Mail in conjunction with a another
> spam filer, you
> will greatly increase the filtration rate. What Symantec misses, Pegasus
> can catch.
>
> Please note that 'spam' is NOT an a.c.a-v On Topic subject matter and
> you really need to
> post this kind of query in a anti spam News Group.
>
> --
> Dave
> http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
> http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm
>
>
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