[plug] Re: spam

[Craig Foster]

I dunno, Outlook 2003's "intelligent junk mail filtering" shows great
promise for the great unwashed.
It's stopped 293 since Monday morning, and let through 1. There's been three
come through the SLPWA list though, as it's  set to 'trusted'.

I'd run mail through my linux server, but I don't trust the iiNet ADSL
connection, and I am loathe the change my various e-mail addresses. 

CraigF.

/me grabs protective gear...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Bret Busby
> Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2003 12:14 AM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Re: spam
> 
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, James Devenish wrote:
> 
> > 
> > In message <3FA8C953.8080800 at postnewspapers.com.au>
> > on Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:56:35PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> > > # du -ms /var/spool/imap/public/Junk/
> > 
> > Looking through my own spam mailbox @guild (one of many accounts), 
> > I've noticed a 140% increase in spam relative to six months 
> ago (last 
> > month had 170% more messages than 12 months ago, IIRC). Not 
> sure what 
> > the byte count is, per message, these days.
> > 
> > 
> 
> As of my writing this message, my spam folder shows 378 
> messages for the month, with (from a quick glance) message 
> sizes ranging from 1170 bytes, to 74K. Some of the spam gets 
> filtered into my viral folder, which currently shows 182 messages.
> 
> --
> Bret Busby
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