"John P. Bromley" <bg302@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message news:hdh7c3$fao$1@theodyn.ncf.ca... > "Edna MacPherson SABATO" (ceilidh@sabatech.net) writes: >> Hi, Everyone; >> Is anyone else plagued with enormous numbers of Unwanted Mail??? >> If I use the dreaded S-word, this message will be lost, for sure. >> My Service Provider, mentions numbers into many thousands per day. >> Edna MacPherson Sabato > > Hi Edna, > > Instead of trying to identify the source and block all incoming > spam, > my ISP has a handy filter (known as ELM) which I can program to > reject > all incoming mail whose subject line does not contain a code word. > > This protects people from purloining your address book and > discourages > spammers from having to "customize" their subject line for each and > all > outgoing messages. > > The "down" side is that I do have to alert legitimate mailers (who > frequently forget the protocol!)! Hi John I much rather have personal control of what mail I download than leave it in the 'hands' of a computer . Have been using Mailwash for a very long time . Can see what mail is waiting on my ISPs server and ping anything I dont want, thats not necessarily SPAM mail My ISP has a so called SPAM trap but it doesn't work very well. Mailwasher surely does Bye -- MargM Beautiful Wyong Shire NSW