Spam: We're Losing
from the not-done-yet... dept
In case you hadn't realized it yet, we seem to be losing the battle against spam. As the reporter points out, if there was an anti-spam product that actually worked, she wouldn't be hearing about new anti-spam products every day. So, technology solutions aren't working yet. Legal issues clearly aren't working. So what are we to do? For the time being, it appears that some technology solutions have made it so the level of spam is manageable (for example, I'm now down to only about five or ten spams a day - from what once was around 100). However, as the arms race continues, this doesn't seem workable. The point the writer makes is that all of these separate efforts don't make sense. We need a combined, unified front in fighting spam. I completely agree, which was why I had been ecouraged by the JamSpam effort - though, it's unclear if that's going anywhere. The problem with presenting a unified front is that you have to first build that unified front - and it isn't always so easy.
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Try SpamNet...
Looking at my post I feel like I should provide my own "unsubscribe" link :), but I'm really not associated with the organization other than being a fan of their product.
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Re: Try SpamNet...
(1) It only works with Microsoft Outlook. I don't use Microsoft Outlook.
(2) I've heard from a number of people that, while it worked well initially, that's isn't true any more.
I'm not saying there aren't solutions that do get rid of most spam (I use SpamCop, which gets me about the same success rate you described). However, long term, these types of solutions are less workable as the load of spam increases - and gets sneakier about figuring out ways through the filters.
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my solution
That'll change once we whack a few. :P
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spamassassin
UNIX only, not amazingly user friendly, and ruthlessly effective.
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Re: spamassassin
Ugh. Time to buy a gun.
msykes
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Re: spamassassin
Incidentally, it supports Razor (the open-source UNIX version of SpamNet) too. It's probably this and other network tests that make my results so good.
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it depends on the address.
My hotmail address tho, which I also don't use to sign up anywhere, but I've had since hotmail started (before Microsoft took over) receives 8 to 10 times as much spam as legitimate email...I receive about 10-12 emails daily and I receive 150 spam emails MINIMUM). Its insane. The "junk mail" folder helps A LOT, since I only let through people in my list...but I still have to waste time going through the spam deluge in case I might miss a legitimate email).
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