Re: spam

[Helge Kreutzmann <kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de>]

Hello,
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:07:22PM -0700, brian wrote:
>      another important consideration as far as i know,
>      it could be worse than spam. mail has always been
>      the way 'nix systems get broken into. especially if

You mean windows? Which Unix/Linux mail client is so stupid to enable
break ins? 

Don't get me wrong: Problems with services, root kits, bugs in web
applications yes, but especially mail is a typical Windows attack
vector, not Linux (unless you seriously misconfigure your e-mail
client on Linux).

For spam filtering I recommend spamassasin btw. Combined with procmail
you get nice sorting even.
 
>      p.s. browsing the threads over there also gives
>      you a little perspective on how these dialogues here
>      really look. and how bad it is when multiple topics
>      combined in a single thread, or/ and a new topic
>      started in a single thread.

Yes, thread hijack is not nice, indeed, even in a thread-aware MUA.

Greetings

           Helge
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