jmcquown wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Dave Bugg wrote:
>>
>>> Kent wrote:
>>>> "Cindy" > wrote in message
>>>> . ..
>>>>> Hi group,
>>>>> I use Outlook Express as my newsreader. I used to read the group
>>>>> and recently returned. But the Spam!!!! There is so much. Any
>>>>> help on how to filter out the spam??? Comcast is my ISP and as I
>>>>> stated I use Outlook Express to download the messages. Cindy
>>>> I think most of us have the same problem. This NG is being destroyed
>>>> by spam. Senders are changing their names daily in some fashion and
>>>> blocking doesn't work, at least for me. Dave Bugg said recently he is
>>>> blocking all gmail. I wonder what effect that has had.
>>>
>>> It has eliminated a good 90% of the spam, and a bit of additional
>>> filtering has eliminated all but a few per week.
>>>
>>> Just add @gmail.com to the "filter by 'From' " category
>>
>> Simplify. gmail isn't enough? Are you worried about blocking
>> gmail.net, gmail.org, gmail.tv, gmail.ca, gmail.......well, you get the
>> picture.
>>
> I'm with Dave on this one. While it's true people also spam from yahoo
> & hotmail, most of it lately comes from gmail.com users. Most of them
> are too stupid to munge their addresses. The one thing I really like
> about Windows Mail (which replaces OE) is it provides the ability for me
> to block out the gmail.com domain BUT I can add specific people to my
> Safe Senders list.

That's a normal ability with the better news clients. Been a feature
forever. You just put the white-listed people above the kill filter
in the rules list -- rules are applied in order so if a post matches the
white list it's accepted without ever getting down to the kill rule.

> So even if they have gmail as their mail client I can add them and see
> their posts. Or not It's not difficult to add the other spammers to
> the blocked senders list.

Still won't kill all of GG spam, which is the larger share. But I realize
you're intent on filtering gmail, so that's all I'll say.


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