[Hidden-tech] So much junk mail!

[Shel Horowitz]

My big problem with every antispam system I've ever tried--including GMail
is inaccuracy in filtering. When I flush spam, I typically only look at the
most recent screen of 100 messages, and invariably there are 3 or 4
important ones and several more from newsletters I subscribe to (even after
telling GMail that this is not spam). I dump the rest without looking
because it piles up waaaay too quickly--and then later I find out something
was sent to me that I can retrieve on the server (which doesn't filter spam
at all) but that never arrived in my inbox.



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On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com <
chris at chrishart.net> wrote:

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> Another alternative in this war on SPAM is to use Gmail.  They have the
> best spam filtering there is.
>
> So you could use a personal or business Gmail account for your email to go
> thru.
>
> For a free, personal account... you would authorize it to send emails in
> the name of your existing email address.  (So you can use gmail to send
> emails that appear to be from 'myname at mydomain.com') and you set your
> emails to be automatically forwarded to the gmail address (you do this in
> your web host's email settings).
>
> If you go with a google business account, you can have all your domain's
> email directed to the gmail business email server and they truly handle
> your business email services (for a fee, of course).
>
> *Chris Hart*
>     * Computer Support & Technology Consulting*
> *        for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts*
> *            Tel: 860-291-9393 <860-291-9393>*
> *                chris at chrishart.net <chris at chrishart.net>*
> *                    http://www.MyMacTech.com <http://www.MyMacTech.com>*
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com <
> chris at chrishart.net> wrote:
>
>
>
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> If you were to be using (or switch to) an IMAP configuration (in Apple
> Mail on your Mac and on your iPhone), and keep your Mac awake (and Mail
> open), spam sieve will be effective on your phone, too :)
>
> http://c-command.com/spamsieve/help/iphone-spam-filtering
>
> *Chris Hart*
>     * Computer Support & Technology Consulting*
> *        for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts*
> *            Tel: 860-291-9393 <860-291-9393>*
> *                chris at chrishart.net <chris at chrishart.net>*
> *                    http://www.MyMacTech.com <http://www.mymactech.com/>*
>
>
> On Jul 19, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Annamarie Pluhar <
> annamarie at pluharconsulting.com> wrote:
>
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>
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> Thanks for this. Recently I was without computer but on iPhone only for
> a week and was appalled by all the spam I get (SpamSieve deleting it on
> my computer.) We'll see how the settings my web hosting changes things.
>
>
> Annamarie Pluhar
>
> Pluhar Consulting
> http://www.pluharconsulting.com
> 802.451.1941
> 802.579.5975 (cell)
>
> On 17 Jul 2015, at 15:51, Chris Hart wrote:
>
> I don't remember if you received useful responses, or not, Christine.
>
> For some reason I didn't see your posting until now, so I thought I'd
> respond...
>
> One thing you could do is look at the spam settings in your web
> hosting interface.  Many web hosts have spam filter adjustments, that
> you can increase/decrease to customize the percentage of junk/real
> mail you get.  Many web hosts use spam assassin which has a default
> setting of 5.  I would suggest lowering it to 3 (which
> counterintuitively is more aggressive).
>
> If you find that's not effective enough, you could talk to your web
> host about a premium anti-spam solution (that you would have to pay
> them an additional fee for).
>
> Lastly, you could use SpamSieve on your Mac....
> http://c-command.com/spamsieve/ <http://c-command.com/spamsieve/>
> Which is very effective and can be trained for the types of junk you
> receive.
>
> Chris Hart
>  Computer Support & Technology Consulting
>     for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts
>         Tel: 860-291-9393
>             chris at chrishart.net
>                 http://www.MyMacTech.com
>
>
>
> On Apr 22, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Christine Polaczak
> <chris at cpdesignworks.com> wrote:
>
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>
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> Dear Hidden-Tech gurus,
>
> Just recently, my email Junk folder has become over-filled with
> unsolicited mail — over 100 each morning and many more throughout
> the day.
>
> Short of changing my email address, is there a way to stop the flood
> of junk? I use Mac Mail on a MacBook Pro with iOS Yosemite v 10.10.3.
>
> Thanks on advance for your sage advice.
>
> Chris
>
> Christine Polaczak
> chris at cpdesignworks.com <mailto:chris at cpdesignworks.com
> <chris at cpdesignworks.com>>
> 413 539-3582
>
>
>
>
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