Evolution

nodata lsof at nodata.co.uk
Tue Mar 27 16:45:19 UTC 2007


Am Dienstag, den 27.03.2007, 11:30 -0400 schrieb John Dangler:
> Since applying for a scholarship online about 2 weeks ago, I have been
> consistently inundated with spam mail in my personal email box
> (approximately 500-600 per day).  I've been setting up rules to filter
> this, but I do notice 2 things
> (1) the douche bags who insist on doing this just keep changing the
> names of the subject, and the source (xlt.com , xlti.com, xtli.com,
> txltet.com) ... 
> (2) some of the filters don't even work, which for the life of me i
> cannot figure out why... i.e. (I have a rule looking for _any_ of
> single, singles, Single, Singles, SINGLE, SINGLES; I get an email with
> Are you tired of being single ? in the subject, and the filter leaves it
> alone) ...
> 
> At this point, I'd like to blacklist my entire mailbox, and open it only
> to those I want to allow in, either by sending an autoresponse (like
> "hey, reply to this and i'll read your mail") , or some other method.

Well, you don't want to do that.

You've just suggested spamming the From: address of every forged e-mail
you receive. You'd become part of the problem then.

> 
> Is there a way to set this up in Evolution?

As a starter, set up a filter that redirects all mail to the Trash
unless it matches each address in your list.

There is probably a more efficient way to do this, but I expect
Thunderbird has a better solution.

> 
> Thanks for the input.  Other than this list, and 2 or 3 other tech
> lists, I don't get much mail (until recently).






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