Re: [OT] Email Reader

["Neil Fuller" <neil@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Simon

Hmmmm - I wasn't sure how this would work either but it is a classic case
of
"someone told me that" . . . . .

The idea put forward was that if you delete the mail from your account
before downloading it, it will result in a "bounce" being sent
back to the
originating server. Given that spammers rarely use their own servers and
wouldn't give a tuppenny about bounces anyway (they probably get millions a
day), I couldn't see how it would work either. I'm just fed up with 200+
spams a day and every little thing helps (desperate times deserve desperate
measures).

I take you point about alternate addresses and I will be sorting that over
the holiday

Thanks for your advice

Regards

Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Randall" <srandall@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 10:11 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Email Reader


> Hi Neil
>
> I cant understand technically how not downloading the emails is going
to
> stop the spammers sending you junk emails.   If you do this all that
> will happen is your mail box will fill up and prevent you from getting
> any mail received.
>
> Its actually very hard to prevent spam being delivered to your mail
box,
> but a couple of things you can do to help reduce it.
>
> Have 2 email addresses one you use for posts to forums,  you can get
> lots of junk mail likewise from websites that need registrations.
>
> You can if you ISP offers it pay them to filter spam for your domain.
>
> Down load a third party client application to sit on your desktop /
and
> use outlook rules.
>
> Depending on the mail server you have and the access you have to it
you
> could set up some reject rules on the mail server.
>
> Deleting the emails or not downloading them wont get you taken off the
> list,  blocking the email from being received will eventually!
>
> You could perhaps look and see if you can use IMAP as your mail
> protocol?  This would let you do that in outlook or what ever mail
> client you use.
>
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Simon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Fuller [mailto:neil@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 December 2003 23:51
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Email Reader
>
> Anyone got any suggestions for an "on-line" Email reader?
>
> I want to be able to look at what's in my inbox on the server before
> downloading the mails. I also want to be able to delete cr@p - sorry,
> spam, before I download it. In theory, it should then be bounced.
>
> I'm told that, again in theory, it will eventually reduce the number
of
> spam lists I'm on????
>
> I was recommended JBmail but the damn thing keeps crashing so is
pretty
> much useless so has anyone any other suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
> Regards
>
> Neil
>
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>
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