[Hidden-tech] Anti-spam help SUMMARY of suggestions andpreliminary results

[Tom / Reelife Productions]

Andrew,
...not the platform but the email software (apple's mail) that comes with
the platform...i've found apple's "mail" has very good spam
filtering...although, gmail is even better.

Regards,

Tom Adams
Director/Owner
Reelife Documentary Productions
"cool digital audio/video stuff...not boring or dumb"
413.575.9707
Williamsburg, MA, USA
www.reelifeproductions.com
www.youtube.com/reelife
http://web.mac.com/reelifeproductions


On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Edbride-PR <Ed at edbride-pr.com> wrote:

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>  I never heard (or read) anybody saying that switching your platform to a
> Mac would result in less spam. Maybe fewer viruses, but your choice of
> platform should have nothing to do with spam. Changing an email address from
> time to time will help. Your experience on Gmail is interesting, thanks for
> sharing it.
>
> Ed
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* andrew bellak <andrew at stakeholdersinc.com>
> *To:* hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
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> *Subject:* RE: [Hidden-tech] Anti-spam help SUMMARY of suggestions
> andpreliminary results
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>
>  Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions.  Let me summarize the
> feedback I received below.
>
>
>
> Switch to Mac, it may get less spam
>
>
>
> Switch e-mail client interface to Mozilla mail (Thunderbird), it probably
> will reduce spam.  I've considered this in the past but thought the hassle
> of importing Outlook into Thunderbird was greater than what I chose to try
> first.
>
>
>
> Switch domain hosts or urge current host to really use the mail server
> tools like Spam Assassin, etc better.
>
>
>
> Switch e-mail addresses, that is, ditch the current and get new; or
> similarly, use 'throw away' addresses AND be very careful with where one
> uses addresses. i.e. – use personal/business addresses for friends &
> colleagues, and use web mail addresses for listservs/web sites, etc.
>
>
>
> Use anti-spam software – 2 people liked Cloudmark and 1 liked open source
> Spam Bayes
>
>
>
> And the one I decided to try first is 'scrub' mail through a web mail
> account like Yahoo, Hotmail, or Gmail.  I have a Yahoo account but it's not
> premium and so doesn't allow forwarding.
>
>
>
> Therefore, I opened a gmail account and now forward mail to gmail and then
> get this mail via Outlook.  In essence, I send directly from my addresses
> but I receive mail through the gmail scrubber.  Preliminary results are that
> I received 6 spam this morning versus 150-200 yesterday.
>
>
>
> This has not been totally seamless as I am still prompted by Outlook for a
> password for 1 account which I'm still wrestling with.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> Andrew Bellak
>
> Andrew at stakeholdersinc.com
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