Two things:
1. http://www.spampal.org/ install this on your pc. It takes a little bit
to setup, but does a really good job of blocking spam. The best part is
that it is opensource, so there is not cost to you other than download and
install time.
2. Mark can put a Subject rewrite rule in that will put something in the
subject line so that filters should work better on it. Most of the email
clients that are available allow you to stuff messages into boxes based not
only on the subject, but who they are address to, as well as who they are
from.
I use outlook express and between the filters and the spam blocker, I stay
pretty sane most of the time. :)
Harold
----- Original Message -----
> Despite having been in the computer business for 35 years I am still a
> neophyte when it comes to PCs and the Web. I got 483 spams this week-end
> and I am seriously considering stopping the MGB/MGB V8 list because I just
> cannot face these massive spam attacks. However, I understand that one
can
> set up a filter so that email with certain subject titles can be routed to
> a specific mailbox. Is it possible that we all use a prefix such as MGB,
> so our subjects would look like this "MGB - Anti-freeze poisoning", "MGB -
> Anyone have a crank for sale" - These would then be siphoned off away from
> spam.
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