De-spamming Your Inbox The Hard Way
OK - I just had to post this one, it raises SOOO many questions. Since I've linked directly to the Slashdot article, you will see most of those questions have already been raised, as well as a link to the original post (I wonder if the result of the spam reduction wasn't due to a new version of Outlook as well...the author mentions a new ver of Exchange, but doesn't mention WHAT version of Exchange. Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003 marry up quite nicely, and Outlook 2003 has a great spam filter built in).
De-spamming your inbox? Not so bad if you a) are on the admin team for a domain b) you own the domain & e-mail server c) a techie, but not so easy if you are the average end user.
It's tough out there...and there is no, repeat, NO one stop solution. Often "the" solution is a combination of solutions. eg, mung your reply address, post only an anonymous e-mail address publicly, have a look at your ISP for some ideas (eg some ISPs insert the word "spam" somewhere in the subject of suspected junk mail - this makes it easy for the end user to filter). Sometimes installing a filter such as Spambayes is in order.
Keep your techie buddy close!! Buy him doughnuts once in a while. Heck even a spindle of blank media. He (or she) will be more than happy to help rid your inbox of spam - it's a nuisance for everyone.
OK - I just had to post this one, it raises SOOO many questions. Since I've linked directly to the Slashdot article, you will see most of those questions have already been raised, as well as a link to the original post (I wonder if the result of the spam reduction wasn't due to a new version of Outlook as well...the author mentions a new ver of Exchange, but doesn't mention WHAT version of Exchange. Exchange 2003 and Outlook 2003 marry up quite nicely, and Outlook 2003 has a great spam filter built in).
De-spamming your inbox? Not so bad if you a) are on the admin team for a domain b) you own the domain & e-mail server c) a techie, but not so easy if you are the average end user.
It's tough out there...and there is no, repeat, NO one stop solution. Often "the" solution is a combination of solutions. eg, mung your reply address, post only an anonymous e-mail address publicly, have a look at your ISP for some ideas (eg some ISPs insert the word "spam" somewhere in the subject of suspected junk mail - this makes it easy for the end user to filter). Sometimes installing a filter such as Spambayes is in order.
Keep your techie buddy close!! Buy him doughnuts once in a while. Heck even a spindle of blank media. He (or she) will be more than happy to help rid your inbox of spam - it's a nuisance for everyone.
posted by Jeremy at 1:19 p.m.
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