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From: "captbrian" <captbrian@ukonline.co.uk>
To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
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Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 11:26:46 -0000
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Subject: LF: Re: Spam, viruses, etc
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Ukonline.co.uk does both these things. Its spam filter is excellent.

bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Blanchard" <blanch@pncl.co.uk>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: 03 December 2003 09:27
Subject: LF: Spam, viruses, etc


> Re Spam, etc;
>
> Just find a service provider who has a good spam detector on their server.
> Mine - Pinnacle - installed one six months ago which is 99.99% right. It
> works by prefacing every suspected spam with [Spam] in the address so you
> can download it into a Spam folder and have a look to see if there are any
> real messages wrongly labelled. I've only had two so far, both mailings
from
> Maplin bordering on spam anyway. I can also access my mail list on their
> server directly via the Web without using an email program and delete
before
> even downloading them. I have enough faith in the system now to delete
> without reading. Naturally they won't tell me how it works but it knows
all
> the usual spam-detector avoidance tricks. In fact I think it looks for
them
> to make a first decision whether something might be spam.
>
> I also use AVG anti-virus (free!!) and it detected the Paypal virus
> immediately, as it has all others. It transfers them to a special folder
> where they can be deleted once a week or so.
>
> These two together have restored what was rapidly becoming a shambles into
> reasonable order.
>
> Pity that money-grubbing dickheads have spoiled what was once an excellent
> service. Pinnacle tell me their server is having to deal with 100,000
spams
> a day and they are only a small player.
>
> Walter G3JKV.
>
>
>
> ---
>
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 21/11/03
>
>
>