My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far. Hubby's was a set of tiny weird head shaped screwdrivers for
destroying compter innards. He *always* has a screw left over after reassembly.

So what did Santa bring you then?

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:11:32 UTC, "Suz"
wrote:

My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far.

I put in Bogofilter (free) three days ago. It seesm to have got to about
95% so far...but learning well!


--
Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3,
P70...

"Suz" wrote in message
...
My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far. Hubby's
was a set of tiny weird head shaped screwdrivers for
destroying compter innards. He *always* has a screw left over after
reassembly.

So what did Santa bring you then?



Workshop Vac (PowerPro), with power take-off.
Now I can work indoors without getting shouted at!

"Martin" wrote in message
...

"Suz" wrote in message
...
My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far. Hubby's
was a set of tiny weird head shaped screwdrivers for
destroying compter innards. He *always* has a screw left over after
reassembly.

So what did Santa bring you then?

Workshop Vac (PowerPro), with power take-off.
Now I can work indoors without getting shouted at!

A compound mitre saw to make a mess indoors and get shouted at!

"Suz" wrote
| So what did Santa bring you then?

He didn't leave any presents, but some heavy bugger sat on the settee and
broke two of the springs early on christmas morning, and I'm blaming him
because it definately wasn't me.

Owain

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:52:21 -0000, "Owain"
wrote:

"Suz" wrote
| So what did Santa bring you then?

He didn't leave any presents, but some heavy bugger sat on the settee and
broke two of the springs early on christmas morning, and I'm blaming him
because it definately wasn't me.

Owain


He was probably taking a break to shag one of his little helpers and used
your settee. Did you not hear them ???
:-)
Stuart

Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:11:32 UTC, "Suz"
wrote:


My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far.


I put in Bogofilter (free) three days ago. It seesm to have got to about
95% so far...but learning well!


Hi Bob
'scuse my ignorance but is Bogofilter available for mere mortals using
windoze. I'm not a computing expert but I hate spam.
Currently I use mailwasher but it does not seem to 'learn' about my
email tastes leaving far too much crap in the 'normal' classification


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"Suz" wrote in message
...
My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far. Hubby's
was a set of tiny weird head shaped screwdrivers for
destroying compter innards. He *always* has a screw left over after
reassembly.

So what did Santa bring you then?

20" cooks knife - awesome bit of kit - and a pestle and mortar.

For when lunch is a DIY event :-)

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 08:11:32 -0000, "Suz"
wrote:

My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far. Hubby's was a set of tiny weird head shaped screwdrivers for
destroying compter innards. He *always* has a screw left over after reassembly.

So what did Santa bring you then?


What looks suspiciously like a small pool of dried rodent urine in a
close mounted ceiling light bowl directly over the breakfast bar. :-(

DG

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:37:58 UTC, Bob Minchin
wrote:

I put in Bogofilter (free) three days ago. It seesm to have got to about
95% so far...but learning well!


'scuse my ignorance but is Bogofilter available for mere mortals using
windoze. I'm not a computing expert but I hate spam.
Currently I use mailwasher but it does not seem to 'learn' about my
email tastes leaving far too much crap in the 'normal' classification

Well, I was sure I saw a Windows version floating around, but I can't
find it now! Have a search...it's working even better for me today!

(I don't use Windows at all, so can't help...but I'm sure someone else
will be able to)

--
Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3,
P70...

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:37:58 +0000, Bob Minchin
wrote:


I put in Bogofilter (free) three days ago. It seesm to have got to about
95% so far...but learning well!


Hi Bob
'scuse my ignorance but is Bogofilter available for mere mortals using
windoze. I'm not a computing expert but I hate spam.
Currently I use mailwasher but it does not seem to 'learn' about my
email tastes leaving far too much crap in the 'normal' classification

I found Mailwasher PRO was hogging the cpu and the end of the 30 days
trial came around so I couldn't investigate further.

I've been trying spam interceptor www.si20.com it's a free service
which seems to get over 99% of spam, it works well and is very fast.

However for some reason it let's through some, at least, of those
"Microsoft security update" worms, viruses etc. It would be dead easy
to set a filter to get those (I'd already done it in mailwasher) but
I'd have to use Spam Interceptor's paid for service at $9.99/yr to do
that so I'll wait and see what Demon Internet's free offering is like
in the new year.

DG

Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:37:58 UTC, Bob Minchin
wrote:


I put in Bogofilter (free) three days ago. It seesm to have got to about
95% so far...but learning well!



'scuse my ignorance but is Bogofilter available for mere mortals using
windoze. I'm not a computing expert but I hate spam.
Currently I use mailwasher but it does not seem to 'learn' about my
email tastes leaving far too much crap in the 'normal' classification


Well, I was sure I saw a Windows version floating around, but I can't
find it now! Have a search...it's working even better for me today!

(I don't use Windows at all, so can't help...but I'm sure someone else
will be able to)


Thanks Bob, I've googled for windows bogofilterwithout success.
Hopefully someone else my know the answer.

Regards

T'other Bob

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On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:03:09 +0000, derek
wrote:

I found Mailwasher PRO was hogging the cpu and the end of the 30 days
trial came around so I couldn't investigate further.

You could always buy a license.

I'd have to use Spam Interceptor's paid for service at $9.99/yr to do
that so I'll wait and see what Demon Internet's free offering is like
in the new year.

Goodness gracious! For the first year only a cost of about 50p per
month, less than 2p per day, and free every year after that, and it's
not worth stopping the spam?

I'm always surprised that people expect to be able to use software
forever without paying the authors for continued development and
support. And those self same people find the thought of going off to
work and not being paid for it to be objectionable.....

I suppose I do object to the prices charged by the likes of Microsoft
and other major players, but for the little guys who spend enormous
amounts of time producing quality software I don't think it's too much
to ask for them to earn something for their efforts.

PoP

Replying to the email address given by my news reader
will result in your own email address being instantly
added to my anti-spam database! If you really want to
contact me try changing the prefix in the given email
address to my newsgroup posting name.....

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:18:51 -0000, "mich" wrote:


"Martin" wrote in message
...

"Suz" wrote in message
...
My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far. Hubby's
was a set of tiny weird head shaped screwdrivers for
destroying compter innards. He *always* has a screw left over after
reassembly.

So what did Santa bring you then?

Workshop Vac (PowerPro), with power take-off.
Now I can work indoors without getting shouted at!

A compound mitre saw to make a mess indoors and get shouted at!


I got one of those but had to pay for it myself cos I aint got anyone to
shout at me-Thank God :-))
STuart
yesterday is history

tommorow is a mystery

TODAY is a gift

thats why its called the present

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:18:51 -0000, "mich" wrote:


"Martin" wrote in message
...

"Suz" wrote in message
...
My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far. Hubby's
was a set of tiny weird head shaped screwdrivers for
destroying compter innards. He *always* has a screw left over after
reassembly.

So what did Santa bring you then?

Workshop Vac (PowerPro), with power take-off.
Now I can work indoors without getting shouted at!

A compound mitre saw to make a mess indoors and get shouted at!


I got one of those but had to pay for it myself cos I aint got anyone to
shout at me-Thank God :-))
STuart

" YESTERDAY is history

TOMORROW is a mystery

TODAY is a gift

That is why it is called the present "

Bob Minchin wrote in news:3FEC2BA6.1090408
@myisp.com:

Currently I use mailwasher but it does not seem to 'learn' about my
email tastes leaving far too much crap in the 'normal' classification


Mailwasher doesn't learn, but I find using a rule like *not to me* if the
address is not exact, using the heuristic filter for *probable spam* and
the blacklist; just press - while the header is highlighted; does a good
job of sorting.

Plus the clever ones download mail before sorting; I never get an email I
haven't authorised, and it only takes a couple of seconds and usually
(sigh) my email prog never gets opened.

Older versions of free M/W do multiple mailboxes too.

I have yet to find a better prog for my lifestyle

mike r

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:37:58 +0000, Bob Minchin
wrote:


Currently I use mailwasher but it does not seem to 'learn' about my
email tastes leaving far too much crap in the 'normal' classification

http://keir.net/k9.html

free and works well.

--
Peter Parry.
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 15:19:40 +0000, PoP
wrote:

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 14:03:09 +0000, derek
wrote:

I found Mailwasher PRO was hogging the cpu and the end of the 30 days
trial came around so I couldn't investigate further.

You could always buy a license.


Not while it ends up using 100% of the cpu time on an Athlon 2k/512k
machine if left running 2 days. A lot of shareware is "Shovelware",
there are exceptions. You will note I am using the paid for Forte
Agent.

I'd have to use Spam Interceptor's paid for service at $9.99/yr to do
that so I'll wait and see what Demon Internet's free offering is like
in the new year.

Goodness gracious! For the first year only a cost of about 50p per
month, less than 2p per day,

??

and free every year after that,

?????

and it's
not worth stopping the spam?


Where d'ya get that idea?

* Like I said *, it's a service for which they charge $9.99/yr. Not a
lot, I know, but I think twice before I set up another DD/continuing
authority. I already pay Demon Internet a tenner a month and their
free spam blocking service starts soon after " * Winterval * ".
However, I was rather curious as to why it could not stop the well
known Microsoft security update worms/virii, unless I took their paid
for option, but could stop every one of the Viagra /toner
cartridge/credit card /Nigeria spams.etc which arrive stochastically.

I'm always surprised that people expect to be able to use software
forever without paying the authors for continued development and
support

Do you continue to pay the designer/developer of your house a
subsistence allowance on an annual basis?

And those self same people find the thought of going off to
work and not being paid for it to be objectionable.....


Being of sound mind, I do.

I suppose I do object to the prices charged by the likes of Microsoft
and other major players, but for the little guys who spend enormous
amounts of time producing quality software I don't think it's too much
to ask for them to earn something for their efforts.


If you, OTOH are inclined to set up DD's/continuing authorities willy
nilly I've got a nice time-share proposal for you on a very famous
bridge, only $9.99/yr. about 50p per month, less than 2p per day,

Limited to the first 10^6 applictions.

DG

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:07:13 +0000, derek
wrote:

You could always buy a license.

Not while it ends up using 100% of the cpu time on an Athlon 2k/512k
machine if left running 2 days. A lot of shareware is "Shovelware",

Agreed. I hadn't noticed the CPU time issue you refer to.

Shovelware, tell me about it. There's a lot of that stuff about.
Though usually you get the general idea before downloading from the
quality of the web site, if indeed there is a web site for the product
at all.

Do you continue to pay the designer/developer of your house a
subsistence allowance on an annual basis?

I guess I might consider it if they were to stop the spam

If you, OTOH are inclined to set up DD's/continuing authorities willy
nilly I've got a nice time-share proposal for you on a very famous
bridge, only $9.99/yr. about 50p per month, less than 2p per day,

No, no, no, you have the wrong idea. I'm trying to sell you on the
idea of shareware, not the other way around

Timeshare, pah! Snake oil salesmen!

PoP

Replying to the email address given by my news reader
will result in your own email address being instantly
added to my anti-spam database! If you really want to
contact me try changing the prefix in the given email
address to my newsgroup posting name.....

Suz wrote:

My favourite was Norton AntiSpam - about 90% sucessful so far. Hubby's
was a set of tiny weird head shaped screwdrivers for
destroying compter innards. He *always* has a screw left over after
reassembly.

So what did Santa bring you then?

Well I wanted one of those things you fix aeroplanes with for Christmas, a
MIG welder! But all Santa brought me a pair of socks.

On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 00:07:13 UTC, derek wrote:

I'd have to use Spam Interceptor's paid for service at $9.99/yr to do
that so I'll wait and see what Demon Internet's free offering is like
in the new year.

Goodness gracious! For the first year only a cost of about 50p per
month, less than 2p per day,

??

Ten dollars (OK, 9.99) is about 6 pounds. Divide by 12 and that's 50
pence. Divide that by 30 and that's less than 2p/day.
--
Bob Eager
rde at tavi.co.uk
PC Server 325*4; PS/2s 9585, 8595, 9595*2, 8580*3,
P70...