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Very Urgent : Require... <- SUGGESTION TO ISPs

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-04-18 13:49 in General Discussion
I still don't understand why no ISP has considered user-defined filters at
the INBOUND side, something like the mail filters in Outlook, but applied to
the ISPs inbound mail for that address, and configurable via Web interface.

I could then filter all the 'unsubscribes', '$$$', '!!!', etc.... which
account for about 15% of all the email I receive.

Just an idea,

Mike

>
Mensaje original
> De: chilton@t... [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=XDFqae-bLMB2mmY3I9UqLkkYJfL4gTMGYk9zIDGzS_uaR_dl1kbnIVc-aSErbCD8S2CVX9K4Pas]chilton@t...[/url
> Enviado el: martes, 17 de abril de 2001 20:00
> Para: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
> Asunto: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Very Urgent : Require Freelance programmers
>
>
> My two cents:
>
> First off, the nature of the pop/smtp mail communication lets you get
> away with sending spam with completely wrong headers very easily. So
> tracing spam back to a single person is difficult at best.
>
> Second, most spam software out there lets you relay your mail off of a
> foreign server, so even if you can track it somewhere, it'll likely be
> to a former Soviet republic or the badlands of some East Asian land.
>
> Third, sometimes people do bad things. Like get mad at a former
> employer or coworker, and use their name on a bunch of spam just to
> make them look bad.
>

Comments

  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-04-18 13:49
    We have that option, the users can set upto 65k filters at the server level.
    messages can either be forwarded to another folder on the server or sent to
    /dev/null. We also ask our customers to add a forward to our spam
    collector box. We then use those messages to ensure that other spam is
    stomped out.

    Original Message
    From: "Miguel Puchol" <mpuchol@w...>
    To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 3:33 AM
    Subject: RE: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Very Urgent : Require... <- SUGGESTION TO ISPs


    > I still don't understand why no ISP has considered user-defined filters at
    > the INBOUND side, something like the mail filters in Outlook, but applied
    to
    > the ISPs inbound mail for that address, and configurable via Web
    interface.
    >
    > I could then filter all the 'unsubscribes', '$$$', '!!!', etc.... which
    > account for about 15% of all the email I receive.
    >
    > Just an idea,
    >
    > Mike
    >
    > >
    Mensaje original
    > > De: chilton@t... [noparse]/noparse]mailto:[url=http://forums.parallaxinc.com/group/basicstamps/post?postID=xhumcj7IATK5HAbCGamrrhwweGqSQ3sCZMhkCLNhRZpjFtvkBN7sobOATy_VERjR8nDyIwCEVuY]chilton@t...[/url
    > > Enviado el: martes, 17 de abril de 2001 20:00
    > > Para: basicstamps@yahoogroups.com
    > > Asunto: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Very Urgent : Require Freelance programmers
    > >
    > >
    > > My two cents:
    > >
    > > First off, the nature of the pop/smtp mail communication lets you get
    > > away with sending spam with completely wrong headers very easily. So
    > > tracing spam back to a single person is difficult at best.
    > >
    > > Second, most spam software out there lets you relay your mail off of a
    > > foreign server, so even if you can track it somewhere, it'll likely be
    > > to a former Soviet republic or the badlands of some East Asian land.
    > >
    > > Third, sometimes people do bad things. Like get mad at a former
    > > employer or coworker, and use their name on a bunch of spam just to
    > > make them look bad.
    > >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
    >
    >
    >
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