spamcop isn't exactly a black hole. However, I see upwards of 300 e-mails a day now and most of it is unsolic= ited,=20 unwated and sometimes very offensive UCE! the only things I filter right now go to their own folders (like publishe= r=20 clearing house, eversave and all the surveys I take with NFO and this lis= t).=20 everything else not of a personal nature I consider to be unwanted spam a= nd=20 its dealt with accordingly. sure, blackholes do need a bit more intelligence, but I would rather not = have=20 to sit here for 3 HOURS daily trying to figure out whats what with a spee= ch=20 synthasizer (or a very strong magnifier and my nearly non-existant=20 eyesight!). Proudhawk/Mage On Monday 22 September 2003 07:49 am, Victor Odhner wrote: > I've been bitten so badly by the whole blackhole folly -- > having legitimate incoming mail bounced in the middle of > a job search -- that I'm no longer "fighting" spam at all. > I'm just using the Mozilla junk filter to isolate it. > Blackholes are a *bad* idea whose time has come and gone. > > technomage wrote: > > I recently signed up with spamcop. seems to be working ok as brand ne= w > > (fresh!) spam was discovered today. hopefully, this will start workin= g > > soon. > > > > . . . > > > > perhaos more of us should sign up. it'll definitely prove helpful. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss