sangiro 26 #1 October 8, 2002 Heya all, I thought I'd give a quick update on the spam filtering that I've set up for Dropzone Mail. At this time I've decided to activate SpamAssassin only. I've already installed SpamCop (which is more aggressive) and should the mail server end up being flooded by junk I'll flip the switch on that bad boy. For now here's a cool way to deal with your spam: SpamAssassin will look at all incoming messages and apply a set of rules, looking for features commonly associated with spam (e.g. false date, no subject line, words that indicate porn, words that indicate credit card offers etc) Each occurrence is assigned a weighted point. The moment the points add up to 5 it will mark the message in the subject line with *****SPAM***** and alter the body to tell you how it came to that conclusion. So, to filter your spam. Go to the Options" menu, click on "Advanced Filters" and set up a filter to look for *****SPAM***** in the subject of all emails and filter those off to a special Spam/Bulk folder that you can create. This should take care of about 95% of the spam you receive! This is commonly known as "a good thing". The advantage of filtering it to another folder is that you can (if you want to) quickly scan over the spam messages to see if there's anything legitimate in there before you delete them. On the topic of deleting messages. Remember when you delete something it get's moved to your Trash folder and it still counts to your 2MB of free space. You need to empty your Trash to get rid of these messages. To clean out your Trash click on the "Folders" link, select trash and click on "Empty". That should do it! When your mailbox reaches 2 MB or 1000 messages it will start bouncing all incoming mail. There are some people with more than 6 MB of messages that carried over during the migration.... you need to go check your mailbox and clean up your mail to receive new email. That's all for now folks! I'll keep on working away at this and tell you about some more features later. It's time to swap that silly Yahoo/Hotmail address for something a bit more potent!Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #2 October 8, 2002 *rubs hands together Mr Burns style* Excellent ____________________ Say no to subliminal messages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #3 October 8, 2002 Outstanding HH... Empuria has an internet terminal in their bar by the way....-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #4 October 8, 2002 Quote apply a set of rules, looking for features commonly associated with spam (e.g. false date, no subject line, words that indicate porn, words that indicate credit card offers etc) If it just filters out Email with "penis" and "enlargement" in the subject line, it should cut my spam in half.Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #5 October 8, 2002 Quote It's time to swap that silly Yahoo/Hotmail address for something a bit more potent! All you computer techies are always giving Hotmail such a hard time. What's so wrong with it anyway?She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #6 October 8, 2002 > It's time to swap that silly Yahoo/Hotmail address for something >a bit more potent! I would. I really would, but Yahoo gives me 6MB free space... Size does matter. And Skymama, someone could call me a computer techie, but I still like my webmail accounts. They're easiest use while on the road(which I tend to be quite a bit.) And don't even get me started about Outlook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpy 0 #7 October 8, 2002 You cannot guage how much i hate hotmail! I created a new account with them and within a few hours (before i'd signed up for anything with it) i got spam!! Do they like sell ur emails or something? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #8 October 8, 2002 I think its just a cooler address or something like that... Geek@hotmail Or Geek@dropzone.com Which would you rather have? No offence to Skygeek... -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #9 October 8, 2002 QuoteGeek@hotmail Or Geek@dropzone.com Which would you rather have? Or you can be a mega-geek and get your own domain, e-mail server, anti-spam filters, and such. Then you can have something like: Justin@JennAndJustin.com or something else equally geeky. Of course, I have a backup Yahoo account for when I travel as well in case my server goes down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dp1l 0 #10 October 8, 2002 Yes, I agree - Hotmail sucks! I also get loads and loads of spam, but I'm trying to get rid of it all - I had junk mail filter on exclusive, but this also blocks relevant messages. I have been clicking on the unsubscribe button on some of those emails; half the time, the site it directs me to doesn't exist. a quarter of the time, the unsubscribe page is in Chinese! Does anyone, anywhere ever respond to a random piece of junk, and , eg, rearrange their debt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #11 October 8, 2002 Quote Does anyone, anywhere ever respond to a random piece of junk, and , eg, rearrange their debt Sadly, I'm sure they do. If one in a million does, the spam was successful. And more than one person in each million is a total blithering idiot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #12 October 8, 2002 quick question... is there any indicator on dropzone.com outside of the email section that lets me know I have new mail (like there is for PMs)? I'd switch over some of my email usage if i didnt have to explicitly check the email page. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #13 October 8, 2002 You're not the first one to request such a feature. I'd like to see it too. How about it HH? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #14 October 8, 2002 Quote is there any indicator on dropzone.com outside of the email section that lets me know I have new mail Nope - not at this time but I'm working on it... Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #15 October 8, 2002 Quote You're not the first one to request such a feature. I'd like to see it too. Why? I thought you just said you use Yahoo because you get more space.... just trying to make work for me? Make up your mind lad! Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #16 October 8, 2002 Quote All you computer techies are always giving Hotmail such a hard time. What's so wrong with it anyway? Keep on your thong mama! Not giving Hotmail a hard time at all... I just think skymama@dropzone.com looks much cooler on you! Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #17 October 8, 2002 Quote I just think skymama@dropzone.com looks much cooler on you! anything looks good on skymamma!!!!if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #18 October 8, 2002 "Keep on your thong mama! " HERETIC!!!-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #19 October 8, 2002 Quote I just think skymama at dropzone dot com looks much cooler on you! Yes that's true, HH. How about a dropzone.com thong to go along with my e-mail account? She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #20 October 8, 2002 Quote Quote I just think skymama@dropzone.com looks much cooler on you! Yes that's true, HH. How about a dropzone.com thong to go along with my e-mail account? Pics, pics we must get pics of mama in the thong! I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #21 October 8, 2002 >Why? I thought you just said you use Yahoo because you get more >space.... just trying to make work for me? Make up your mind lad! Ummm... 'cause then I could send my "Reply to your post" notifications to my DZcom account, and I wouldn't have to read my Yahoo account at all(unless I wanted to check on my life out side of DZcom). Who am I kidding I have no life outside of DZcom... Yeah, that's the reason! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #22 October 8, 2002 "I wanted to check on my life out side of DZcom" Is there such a thing? -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #23 October 8, 2002 >Is there such a thing? Oh boy, I sure didn't see that one coming!isn't that what I said? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #24 October 8, 2002 Yup - that's what you said! Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #25 October 9, 2002 Quote If it just filters out Email with "penis" and "enlargement" in the subject line, it should cut my spam in half. You need to stop signing up for those newsletters then... it sounds like it's a lost cause! Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
