REGARDING SPAM:
Because my name and address are all over the internet, I was getting several hundred spams a day. I used to track down their unforged IPC addresses and write them, advising them of our California Law and showing a copy to our California Attorney General and their ISP, then signing my letter with my name followed by ESQ. Most people know what that means. I would advise them that it would be their only warning before they lost their internet privledges. I would never get another spam from those people but others would take their place.
HOWEVER:
Then came Mail Washer. This program will show you in a couple of seconds all the emails on your server waiting for your download signal. Your choices are to Bounce them back to the sender, Blacklist them, delete them, or mark them as a friend. Only the ones you mark as a friend are then downloaded to your computer for you to read. All the others are bounced back to the senders. When a spam is continually bounced back to the sender they soon quit sending to you. My spam is now down to about 10 or less per day of new spammers. A fringe benefit is you can tell which emails have an attachment and can mark it to be deleted or bounced. I have not received any virus download since installing this mailwasher program. My Virus Program just sits, does nothing and gets a free $35.00 a year. The program is a free download and although it is worth its weight in gold the Author only asks for 3 to 20.00 contribution, and that is up to your conscience. YOu can send nothing if you are one of those kind and use it forever. This will resolve your spam problem. Try it, I am sure you will like it and if not you can move on to something else.
Best to all
Bebop


[This message has been edited by BEBOP (edited 12-04-2003).]