[VoIP] Comodo AntiSpam Alert from Kevin Sanderson

[Greg Blakely]

I finally ended up paying for a service (Red Condor), and now get almost
zero spam.  I get the daily report from them, in case I want to view any
of it, but it's all been trash.  Usually around 300 emails per day. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] 
> On Behalf Of Peter Duffield
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 5:48 PM
> To: jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org; Voice Over IP Tandem for 
> Analog Switches
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] Comodo AntiSpam Alert from Kevin Sanderson
> 
> John, 
> 
> Spamcop, Spam Assassin and others that use Black and White 
> Lists used to be effective but the problem with  them 
> nowadays is the spammers themselves.  
> Not only do they send you spam, but they purloin your email 
> address to forge as the 'from' address and you find yourself 
> ending up in the black list - I know because it has happened 
> to me - you don't realise until you suddenly find, usually 
> after a few days, that you are not getting any response to 
> your emails because you've been labelled as a spammer.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:23:59 -0500, John Novack 
> <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org> wrote:
> 
> >I have mine set to 4.8 and really never have a problem
> >3 is entirely too aggressive.
> >I used to save my marked ones in a spam box, but never found 
> anything 
> >but trash, so now I simply trash it.
> >You need to get your ISP to up the number, also you can add to the 
> >white and black lists to fine tune.
> >Best tool I have found yet.
> >Stuff that sneaks through can then be trapped with message 
> filters or 
> >simply deleted.
> >I am now down to about 5 a day!
> >
> >John Novack
> >
> >
> >windmill wrote:
> >> Spam Assassin is as useful as a  v i r u s or a  v i a g r 
> a advert!  
> >> It marks all the spam and usually more than 60% of 
> legitimate messages too!
> >>
> >> Those using spam assassin may never see this message 
> depending upon 
> >> how tightly they have it adjusted, my ISP has it set at 
> 3.0 so every 
> >> message from every Yahoo group usually  fails the test!
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> John Novack wrote:
> >>   
> >>> Ian Jolly wrote:
> >>>   
> >>>     
> >>>> Kevin has just joined the list.  I'm sure he'll get a 
> message from 
> >>>> the postings on the list ;-)
> >>>>     
> >>>>       
> >>> I wonder if he will get THE message?
> >>>   
> >>>     
> >>>>  I received one of the eMails as well but when he joined the UK 
> >>>> list a while back we didn't get a message then.  Pity we 
> have to go to such lengths to avoid Spam.
> >>>>     
> >>>>       
> >>> Spam Assassin works well for me. Anyone with their own 
> domain SHOULD 
> >>> be able to use that.
> >>> Many GOOD ISP's also have it available.
> >>>   
> >>>     
> >>>>  I find that most days I start to get hit by Spam around 1pm UK 
> >>>> time and it goes on for several hours before dying down. 
> My mail washer filters 99% of it out.
> >>>>   
> >>>>     
> >>>>       
> >>> I used to use Mail Washer. Better not bounce anything with it 
> >>> though, that simply confirms your address exists.
> >>> Also Firefox message filters work for many of the common 
> spams, as 
> >>> they do for Comodo!
> >>> Doesn't Comodo allow one to add specific people and lists without 
> >>> this kind of crap? The message returned smacks of spam and/or 
> >>> phishing itself, causing many to be reluctant to respond.
> >>>
> >>> Enjoy.
> >>>
> >>> John Novack
> >>>     
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