From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxfep02.bredband.com ([195.54.107.73]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AiD8F-0003UY-00 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 08:38:28 -0500 Received: from localhost ([213.112.250.98] [213.112.250.98]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20040118133751.VCPT21989.mxfep02.bredband.com@localhost> for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:37:51 +0100 Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:38:28 +0100 From: Krister Ekstrom X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <98713747.20040118143828@bredband.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: getting rid of yucky emails X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: Krister Ekstrom , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:38:33 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hi Cheryl and or others who may be in the know, Are there things like Bayesian filters under Linux? (Filters that learn what's spam as you go rather than relying on a blacklist) - -----Original msg below----- On 18 Jan 2004 06:26:35 (my local time 13:26:35), you typed:: CH> Can anybody tell me if there's a way to get rid of these stupid emails CH> about viagra, sex, how to get drugs online without a prescription, and CH> other horrible and/or stupid stuff. I know there's spamassassin, but si= nce CH> the emails come with different subject headings, often innocent or CH> important-looking ones, and they're always purportedly from different CH> people, I don't know how to get rid of them. I never knowingly did CH> anything to solicit such stuff, and email used to be a complete pleasur= e, CH> but sometime this summer this kind of junk started becoming prevalent. = Of CH> course, I usually can avoid reading it; if it tells me to pick up my or= der CH> for instance and i don't have an order to be picked up I delete it, and= if CH> it's supposedly to me but the index in pine doesn't give a name or emai= l I CH> know I delete it. but really, I don't even want the stuff coming here. CH> Thanks for any suggestions. I'm really frustrated!!! - -- /Krister crisekstrom@bredband.net Get pgp keys here: mailto:crisekstrom@bredband.net?subject=3Dget_pgp_keys -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-nr2 (Windows XP) iD8DBQFACoxfODlJeoMTOQsRA4PJAJ9F4NYJiN9mCojCh13+iYxMNU3u0gCffvZj 4Jfizb6Ud1CPa+ZiU3BrfFI=3D =3DQ6H6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----