Date:         Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:38:10 -0600
Reply-To:     Chris Mills <busbodger@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Mills <busbodger@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: gobbledegook... IS SPAM
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
In-Reply-To:  <a06002003bc3a65422dbd@[218.101.117.65]>
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>>I've been getting a lot of emails with gobbledegook on it. Anyone know what
>>it is or how to get rid of them. The "Unsubscribe" links they sometimes
>>provide do not work. Stuff like the following comes almost every day
>DON'T click the supposed "unsubscribe" link... it's a fake and lets
>the sender know your address is live... so he'll send you all of his
>SPAM.
>
>Click on it and see how your spam levels rise!

Try Mailwasher. Free and no-ads. Download e-mail headers (sender's name,
subject, etc). With custom filters it will pre-mark the results as friendly
or SPAM. Make any corrections (add friends to friends list, SPAM to SPAM
lists) and then click process. SPAMMERS get a message back saying you don't
exist, SPAM gets deleted, then your favorite e-mail program gets opened up
automatically and it downloads your cleansed mail. Adds maybe 3 minutes to
the process, slightly more at first until you get your friend's and e-mail
lists defined. There is an EXTENSIVE filter available for free. Download
(maybe 100k), save to the right directory, replace all the
"johndoe@yourfavoriteisp.com" with your e-mail address, save, and you are
in BUSINESS.

www.mailwasher.net

No connection to me, I'm just a happy downloader. Initially I had a dozen
spams, within a week it was cut to 1 or 2 a day. Then I clicked on a banner
ad that said I won something (STUPID) and I was getting over a 100 a day
for a while. Now I'm back to just a few and Mailwasher did all the work.

It also automatically updates it's "blacklist" (which you can add SPAM to
based on sender's address or sender's domain - my favorite choice) from
info it gets from SpamCop and a couple others.


Chris M. in TN