Re: [BLAST_SHIFTS] junk mail

From: Tancredi Botto (tancredi@lns.mit.edu)
Date: Sat May 07 2005 - 14:30:00 EDT


Hi aki,
Unfortunately (or maybe there is a good reason for that) it is not MIT
policy to filter out incoming email. Unfortunately, BLAST_ABS first and
then BLAST_shifts have been hijacked by spammers (hey, maybe for some of
us it might be a good idea to buy a house, but then again maybe not)

It is quite easy to set up a spam filter with thunderbird or others.
Just flag the email as junk, and any other email from that address won't
be delivered anymore. I am quite sure It should be possible to do it in
pine as well, just don't ask me how.

(thunderbird is beautful and since it uses the mbox format, it will read
all of your pine folders as they are right now, no conversion needed. In
addition, it has a spam filter)

-- t
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On Thu, 5 May 2005, Akihisa Shinozaki wrote:

> Hi,
> Quite irritated, I put all email addresses (blast_shifts@rocko.mit.edu,
> blast_shifts-owner@rocko.mit.edu, manouch@rocko.mit.edu,
> page@rocko.mit.edu, skrause@rocko.mit.edu, zwart@rocko.mit.edu, etc.) to
> the web page (http://www.h0us1ng.net/gone.asp) to remove from their list
> (it takes 72 hours for processing, it claims). I am quite sure that it
> is useless to send a complaint to "Morris Russo <hoffner@doramail.com>"
> or "Joanne Hobson <sircy@yebox.com>".
> thanks,
> aki
>
> >Hello,
> >
> > We tried contacting you awhile ago about your low interest morta(ge rate.
> >
> > You have qualified for the lowest rate in years...
> >
> > You could get over $380,000 for as little as $500 a month!
> >
> > Ba(d credit? Doesn't matter, low rates are fixed no matter what!
> >
> >
> > To get a free, no obli,gation consultation click below:
> >
> > http://www.h0us1ng.net/sign.asp
> >
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Royal Clemons
> >
> > to be remov(ed: http://www.h0us1ng.net/gone.asp
> >
> > this process takes one week, so please be patient. we do our
> > best to take your email/s off but you have to fill out a rem/ove
> > or else you will continue to recieve email/s.
> >
> >
>



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