Re: Debian Lists, USENET & Spam
"Karsten M. Self" wrote:
> on Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 01:43:46AM -0500, Alec (alec1976nyc@yahoo.com) wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Debian mailing lists are mirrored on (interfaced to) USENET under
> > linux.debian.*, and our email addresses aren't even scrambled! USENET is
> > probably the number one source for the email address snooping spammers. Can
> > they catch up with all of us one day?
>
> Deal with it.
>
> I've got a six year old email address that's posted daily to websites,
> mailing lists, and Usenet groups. I get spam -- about ten messages a
> day (up about fourfold over the past year) -- out of several hundred
> mails received either directly or via lists. I filter it with procmail,
> none of it actually hits my inbox. There are a number of systems which
> will perform an equivalent function either locally (razor, mailfilter,
> etc.), or as a service (Spamcop).
>
> Yahoo has some rudimentary filtering. My suggestion would be to get
> more control over your email or use a subscription service (e.g.:
> Spamcop) if you really care about this issue.
>
> Peace.
>
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Where is there a HOWTO or tutorial on using available tools (e.g. procmail) to
filter spam? Is it something that the "unwashed masses" like myself can learn
to do?
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