On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 13:16:31 -0800, JIMPAP wrote:

I have enter a site in the blocked sender's list. The problem is that e-mails
from this site are still going to the inbox folder instead of going to the
deleted folder.

I have never used the Blocked Sender list; I don't see how it can be used
against spam. While you can use a domain, such as, 'hinet.net', will it
block the third level? I.e., will it block 'msa.hinet.net', as well? Or
would I have to add an entry for each third level domain?

Then there is this: "MAIL FROM: ". That is an
entry in my MX server log. I could have blocked it by blocking the domain,
'yahoo.com', but then I would also be blocking
, which is not good becuase 'tsudohnimu' is a
legitimate AddressGuard base name for one of my @pacbell.net email
accounts; I would then be blocking email from myself, or any other user of
an @yahoo.com email address!

Basically, the Blocked Sender list allows you to block entire domains, such
as "comcast.net"; but that would make you unreachable to _anybody_ with an
@comcast.net email address. Or the Blocked Sender list allows you to block
individual senders, such as ; but you can bet
that the sender email address is a one-off spammer ID, and the next time he
will use another. You will run out of space in your Blocked Sender list
long before a spammer will run out of sender email addresses to use in
trying to reach your mailbox.

If you must use MS Outlook Express, the best option is some kind of
filtering application:

K9: http://keir.net/k9.html
POPFile: http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
Spambayes: http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
Magic Mail Monitor: http://mmm3.sourceforge.net/

The first three use Naive Bayesian statistical analysis. I have not
examined how the fourth one works. The first two for sure, and possibly the
second two, as well, are proxies; and as such, may be problematic when used
with MS Outlook Express.

--
Norman
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