From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp-01.wcoil.com ([65.17.128.6]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Aih9d-0003gH-00 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:41:54 -0500 Received: (qmail 10827 invoked by uid 111); 19 Jan 2004 21:42:19 -0000 Received: from prescott@deltav.org by smtp-01.wcoil.com by uid 108 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (uvscan: v4.2.40/v4308. Clear:. Processed in 0.333149 secs); 19 Jan 2004 21:42:19 -0000 Received: from deltav.org (HELO www.deltav.org) (65.17.137.3) by smtp-01.wcoil.com with SMTP; 19 Jan 2004 21:42:19 -0000 Received: by www.deltav.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 09483400A4; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:41:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.deltav.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0562D3FC3E; Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:41:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:41:50 -0500 (EST) From: Kelly Prescott To: Krister Ekstrom , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <98713747.20040118143828@bredband.net> Message-ID: References: <98713747.20040118143828@bredband.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: Re: getting rid of yucky emails X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:41:54 -0000 SpamAssassin includes bayesian filtering... It is a little tuff to config, but I can eliminate 95 percent of my spam, and more every day... The better you teach it, the better it is. kp On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > -----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 since > 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 pleasure, > 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 order > 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 email 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=get_pgp_keys > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-nr2 (Windows XP) > > iD8DBQFACoxfODlJeoMTOQsRA4PJAJ9F4NYJiN9mCojCh13+iYxMNU3u0gCffvZj > 4Jfizb6Ud1CPa+ZiU3BrfFI= > =Q6H6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >