No noticeable increase on my account.
No noticeable increase on my account.
1000 a day, just like normal
It does ebb and flow as the spammers try new techniques. I'll get 50 of one type for a few days then it gets "learnt" by the filter and gets junked.
Last edited by Frank Petronio; 15-May-2006 at 14:24.
options state that allowing vCard download will provide your email address to receivers so don't switch vCard download on.
Brian, have you used vCard?
Interesting. I have noticed a dramatic increase in spam. I did not make any connection to the change though. Maybe?
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Thanks for that tip. I turned all vCard downloads off for all users. I'll see if I can't just remove the option altogether from being selected, or add some warning text about SPAM. I'm not sure who had it turned on (26 users did, though)--it's in some proprietary code format in the database.
Last edited by Tom Westbrook; 15-May-2006 at 15:07.
I should add that I'm not sure that it caused any problems, but it's a definite possibility.
This raises another question. Which email program filters spam the best. I use Eudora which does a pretty good job but as the years go by and I build up more and more specific spam filters, Eudora seems to take forever to load as it has to load so many filters. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
FWIW, I use Mozilla Thunderbird as the user agent, and its spam filter seems pretty efficient. It shifts what it thinks is spam into the usual junk folder, and "learns" quickly.
i get about 100 spam messages a day, and the only effective screen i've found is this...Originally Posted by Kirk Gittings
http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
after a day or so, it will become > 99% effective.
spamassassin is very popular with ISP'sOriginally Posted by Kirk Gittings
With a good ISP you should also get spam filtering at the ISP and have options to either delete, re-route, or tag the subject line so that you can filter incoming spam to a different mailbox. Spamassasin allows low, medium, high risk etc and also it can switched to learn. Also options for allowed or disallowed domains/email addreses.
Check with your ISP or get your own copy.
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