elw@stderr.org wrote:
>>From: "Bryan Daum" <bryandaum@comcast.net>
>>Subject: [Thinkpad] OT spam question
>
>
>>I am plagued with the new spam of the misspelled words and phrases...and
>>sender's names etc. How does one rid themself of these ?
>
>
> i've heard several reports (from people that i consider knowledgeable)
> that the bayesian spam filters are relatively effective at countering that
> nonsense. traditional keyword-based filters fail miserably.
>
> to be honest i haven't trained my copy of spamassassin to use its bayesian
> features at all - the 'standard stuff' [blocking certain ISPs, topics,
> phony sender addresses, et cetera] has historically been enough to get rid
> of almost all of the most bothersome spam.
>
> IIRC Mozilla's bayesian filtering is pretty well supported, nowadays. and
> pretty transparent to users.
>
> elijah
I use Netscape v7.1 for all my e-mail accounts (Netscape WebMail,
HotMail, IMAP and POP from ISPs). It does a great job at automatically
identifying and ridding me of those types of SPAM. It is the same SPAM
engine that is within Mozilla (since Netscape is a superset of Mozilla).
If you don't need to access Netscape WebMail then I suggest avoiding
Netscape, which is a dead-end product, and go with Mozilla.
Rob
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