Despamming

From: Bob Paddock (bpaddock@csonline.net)
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 13:16:05 -0500

To handle spam this is what I do: I rename by Inbox to some
other name, then rename a folder (or create one) called
Spam, then run Import.

There for all of my incoming mail ends up in the Inbox,
where it gets filtered by a lengthy FILTER rule list. After
import things get put back where they belong, now leaving me
with mail to my true address in the Inbox, and other
messages in the Spam or Delete folder where I can check
them. I don't delete them automatically because on occasion a
good message does go in the wrong place.

--------Part of Patch file:

ECHO Importing Mail
ECHO.
\YARN\vsoup [snip]
ECHO.
if exist \YARN\BOB\MAIL\inbox rename \YARN\BOB\MAIL\inbox bpaddock
if exist \YARN\BOB\MAIL\spam rename \YARN\BOB\MAIL\spam inbox
import -u
if exist \YARN\BOB\MAIL\inbox rename \YARN\BOB\MAIL\inbox spam
if exist \YARN\BOB\MAIL\bpaddock rename \YARN\BOB\MAIL\bpaddock inbox

All other items before this as you want them, things that
you think might be Spam at the very end of the list by
putting ZZZ's in from to if the rule name.

ZZYdelete $@
$@
delete
0 2 0
ZZYdelete 0@
0@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 1@
1@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 2@
2@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 3@
3@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 4@
4@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 5@
5@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 6@
6@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 7@
7@
DELETE
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 8@
8@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete 9@
9@
delete
0 0 0
ZZYdelete @email4you
@email4you
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete @public.com
@public.com
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete adults only
adults only
delete
0 2 0
ZZYdelete are you being investigated
are you being investigated
delete
0 2 0
ZZYdelete biz@
biz@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete broadcast@
broadcast@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete delete@
delete@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete email blaster
email blaster
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete email@
email@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete enterprener.com
entereprener.com
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete enterprenuer
enterprenuer
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete extractor pro
extractor pro
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete for adults
for adults
delete
0 2 0
ZZYdelete free.speech.com
free.speech.com
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete free.speech.now
free.speech.now
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete friend@
friend@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete friends@
friends@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete global@
global@
delete
0 1 0
ZZYdelete golfball@
delete golfball@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete golfballs@
golfballs@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete golfers
golfers
delete
0 2 0
ZZYdelete home@
home@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete income@
income@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete info@
info@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete mail@
mail@
delete
0 1 0
ZZYdelete mailer@aol.com
mailer@aol.com
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete mall@
mall@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete members@
members@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete nouser@
nouser@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete nousers@
nousers@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete people@
people@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete publicinfo@
publicinfo@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete remove@
remove@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete sales@
sales@
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete savetree
savetree
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete savetrees
savetrees
delete
0 3 0
ZZYdelete savetress.com
savetress.com
delete
0 3 0

The very last two items are my true addresses. If we've
made it through all the rules so far then these messages
probably are for me.

ZZZBiogate
bpaddock@biogate.com
bpaddock.biogate
0 3 0
ZZZbpaddock
paddock@
BPADDOCK
0 1 0

Not perfect, but it works. I'm open to better ideas?

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