[Elecraft] Re: Spam alert

[Julian, G4ILO]

Not all of us can afford to throw money at every problem, especially when 
it isn't one of our own making. For what it's worth, I found SpamPal very 
good (www.spampal.org.uk). It's free, and if it will work in your situation 
I can recommend it. But there is no known solution that won't dump some 
wanted mail in the spam can (so you still have to go through it all at some 
time) and let the occasional offensive item through, so you still get 
aggravated by it. If government legislation can solve the problem, I'm all 
for it, though I don't see how it could be done in a way that's legally and 
technically enforceable.

But it was NOT my intention to start an off-topic thread on the best way to 
combat spam. The only 100% solution is to prevent spammers getting their 
hands on your email address in the first place. I've always been careful 
about this, such as in the past sending polite emails to well-meaning hams 
who thought it useful to put a mailto: link to me on their site, asking 
them to put a link to my webmail form instead. I had to dump one email 
address I'd used professionally for years, because it became such a spam 
magnet, as a result of a magazine I'd written articles for putting the 
address on their website. So I'm more than a little upset that my efforts 
to safeguard my qsl.net address have now been wasted.

73,
--
Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392)
G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo



  ==== Original message ====

> For Eudora mail reader I found  Spamnix  http://www.spamnix.com
> Goes for $26.95 and works real well.
> 
> [soapbox on]
> It's a shame that you have to use a spam eliminator, but I also don't
> want the government(s) legislating it either.
> [soapbox off]
> 
> At 5/1/2003 05:58 AM -0700, Lee Hopper wrote:
> 
> >Dear Julian-
> >
> >I've been trying Mailwasher
> >http://www.firetrust.com/
> >
> >I read about it in the recent QST.
> >
> >It seems smarter than MSN-8 and you get a 30-day free trial - then it's
> >about $30.00 for a permanent license.
> >
> >Best-
> >
> >Lee Hopper, NB7F
> 
>