Sorry. I see that this is a fighting thread, but I am curious. How many spam messages do you receive monthly? I am trying to calculate how many MB means that and how much time will take you to delete them manually without having any filter. I am interested in general, not only in your experience. Thanks. Teddy's Center: http://teddy.fcc.ro/ Mail: orasnita@home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <valhalla@computerdatasafe.com.au> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:30 AM Subject: Re: spam > Some people are awfully touchy. I don't mind helping, but no reason I should > be asked to put up with this rudeness. > > I expect spam is worse for the blind simply because I reckon I can read faster > than you can. If I'm wrong, fine, but your little outburst doesn't help > anyone. I can look at a list and spot the likely spam without conciously > reading it. > > And sure you can use procmail filters. I don't reckon my mother can though. > I've used procmail filters for years, I've got quite a considerable > collection of procmail filters. At best, I reckon they catch about half the > spam. > > In contrast, an email address that only accepts email from a limited number of > addresses is quite difficult to spam. Unless you can create your own accounts > at will on your own computer, then the only way you can have such an account > is to buy one or use a free one. > > Hotmail accounts aren't very good, I know places that unconditionally drop all > mail from hotmail.com. > > On Tuesday 20 August 2002 17:53, Shaun Oliver wrote: > > h, for heaven's sake. Why would it be worse for a blind person to get > > spam? > > > > > -- > > > Cheers > John. > > Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >