Re: [APML] OT: Serious Virus Problem

["Shekhar Borde" <shekhar@prodigy.net>]

Is there a good email client for Windows that allows for custom
scripting of filters (in addition to the standard templates)?
I am talking about serious customizability.

I use Outlook Express and while it suffices, it's filtering
capabilities are very basic.  It seems to let through about 20%
of spam despite my 15 or so rules.

I've looked at Eudora, etc. and while they are better than OE,
I was not hugely impressed with the filtering capabilities.

Shekhar


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hartmut Frommert" <Hartmut.Frommert@tksun2.bmw.de>
To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 4:17 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] OT: Serious Virus Problem


> Robert Gendler wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to have to bring this topic up. For the last 2 months
> > I've been inundated with emails containing viruses. Norton
> > seems to catch them all and my computer is still functioning well.
> > I believe the emails are mostly foreign (broken english).
> > The problem is the large volume (over 2 dozen /day) which is getting
> > rather irritating. The "blocked sender" function doesn't work because
the
> > addresses are either fake +/or the addresses change. I thought about
> > changing my email address but I'm sure eventually the problem will
recurr.
> > Is there any effective software out there or mechanism to block these
> > emails.Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Well, if you have occasion to block other than sender, you can block
> e.g.
> the header line
>   Content-Type: text/html; charset="ks_c_5601-1987"
> is efficient for me to block lots of foreign (Asian) spam, and some body
> line
> such as
>
> ugMAAACD6QRyDIPgAwPI/ySFYHxAAP8kjVh9QACQ/ySN3HxAAJBwfEAAnHxAAMB8QAAj0YoG
> blocks a bunch of virus/worm mails. You will find more such "filter
> lines"
> if you scan the received spam.
>
> The problem seems to be that those worm virusses scan webcaches and
> address books of victim (Windows) systems whose owners were careless
> enough. Most webmasters I know have had this problem at one time.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> Hartmut
> http://www.seds.org/~spider/
>
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