Gene & List, I have found another filter that works really well on lots of different spam Subjects. You may have noticed that sometimes there is a four or five digit number to the right on the Subject line. I filter anything that has eight or so blank spaces in the Subject. <g> I think the numbers are some kind of tracking system, and they are on about half the spam I receive, so at least half of it goes straight to the trash <VBG>. I think I had problems typing the spaces into the filter initially. So I simply did a cut and paste. Works like a charm. I'd be interested in any other spam filtering suggestions. The more that end up in the trash, the happier I am. Rel@ively, Patrice At 10/10/2001 03:00 AM, Gene Philips <dataman@telepath.com> wrote: >You probably didn't see your email address because it was in the Bcc: area. >That means blind copy. It keeps recipients of email from seeing who else it >is sent to. > >But you can't create a filter to delete email with your address in the Bcc: >because you will also delete mail from mail lists or email you might want >to get. >The best thing to do is just delete spam and forget it. If you try to >remove your email, they now have a verified address they can sell to >someone else. >I get so much spam that I automatically delete certain subject lines >without even looking at the body of the message. > >I do have a few filters to delete messages with certain words in the >subject such as "business opportunity" & "make money" & "descrambler" > >You'd be amazed how many people want to you buy a cable descrambler over >the internet, which ironically according to the FCC is not illegal to sell. >It is only illegal to use it. > >Gene

Excellent Idea. I have moved it to the top of my filter list. Gene At 12:42 PM 10/10/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Gene & List, > >I have found another filter that works really well on lots of different >spam Subjects. You may have noticed that sometimes there is a four or five >digit number to the right on the Subject line. I filter anything that has >eight or so blank spaces in the Subject. <g> I think the numbers are some >kind of tracking system, and they are on about half the spam I receive, so >at least half of it goes straight to the trash <VBG>. > >I think I had problems typing the spaces into the filter initially. So I >simply did a cut and paste. Works like a charm. > >I'd be interested in any other spam filtering suggestions. The more that >end up in the trash, the happier I am. > >Rel@ively, >Patrice