Re: Spam filters

On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 11:38:10PM -0500, Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:
:
> So now I just delete spam from my inbox as it arrives, and try not
> to get annoyed by it.
> 
> I think if I ever try to deal with it again, I'll handle it using
> a whitelist (as opposed to a blacklist), with a list of people or
> domains I expect to receive mail from, and filter everything else
> into a mailbox that I scan once a week or so.

I've been getting a ton of spam lately (~36 messages per day this
December, out of a total of 384 messages per day), so I implemented
this whitelist-based filtering. Notes/code:

    http://impressive.net/people/gerald/2000/12/spam-filtering.html

Woohoo, no more spam in my inbox, ever!

-- 
Gerald Oskoboiny <gerald@impressive.net>
http://impressive.net/people/gerald/

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