From: pfife AT cisco DOT com (Peter R Fife) Subject: Re: Too Much Mail Volume 3 Dec 1997 22:27:37 -0800 Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971204063207.00d95dbc.cygnus.gnu-win32@ringer.cisco.com> References: <199712031631 DOT LAA01113 AT hardy DOT bbc DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Chris Faylor Cc: pfife AT cisco DOT com, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com At 11:31 AM 12/3/97 -0500, Chris Faylor wrote: >>I don't see what the fuss is about with spam email and the like. Just set >>up the appropriate filters to put spam etc into a spam mailbox. Then, >>quickly scan the contents of this mailbox, read anything that looks >>interesting and delete the rest. That's what I do. The only problem I see >>with spam email is wasting Internet bandwidth. > >This particular argument crops up every time someone mentions spam. >What "set up the appropriate filters" means is: Take a stab at filtering >the spam. Then when something slips through, tinker with the filters >again. Another one comes through? No problem. Just add another rule >to the filter. Hmm. How does that work again? man procmailex. Oh yeah. > >Not getting any email? Oops. The filter was too general. Someone >complains that they sent you mail and didn't respond? Oh yeah. I >haven't checked my spam mailbox in a while. Interesting; I have 3 mailboxes for my incoming mail - MUST Answer, Should Answer & May Answer. To date, I have not received any spam sent direct To: pfife AT cisco DOT com; so, all my spam ends up in May Answer. > >I don't care for this scenario. YMMV. > >>So, I filter this mailing list to a particular mailbox. I only read it when >>I want to. > >I don't have the option of only reading email when I want to. And, as you >mentioned, I don't particularly like any of my limited internet bandwidth >being eaten by junk email. > I read my email approx. 6 hours each day. When I read my May Answer mailbox, I quickly scan it, read what I want and delete the rest. Maybe the spammers don't mail me direct or something, but all my spam ends up in May Answer. I rarely read any of it. So, it works for me so far, that's all I can say. Peter > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".