On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 14:41 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Paul's unattended mail <paul murphy-eo5svjlg cool fr nf> wrote:The new address should not be given to anyone.While I understand what you meant, that would kind of defeat the purpose of email, no? =p
Yes, and why this whole notion of hidden and revolving and multiple addresses is just stupid; suddenly it is very difficult for me to contact someone I have a legitimate reason to communicate with. I've had the address awilliam whitemice org for decades, never hidden it, it is published *everywhere* from PDF files to Usenet groups to mail list archives. The SPAM level is pretty minimal. And people I haven't communicated with for a decade can still contact me if they need to. Please do not break e-mail, just learn to use the tools. For me it is (a) SPAMhause RBL, (b) greylist milter, and (c) SPAMAssasin. All pretty basic setup, requires basically zero care-and-feeding. Any ISP or whomever should be able to provide an equivalent [or better]. I'm certains FastMAIL.fm provides a good solution if you need it from a third-party [if you go with a third-party please choose one that is actually Open and supports Open Source as something beyond a ramp into proprietary services and protocols]. I'd advise you to *not* rely on 'local' solutions like Junk mail filters - this is a job for the mail server - I just set a SIEVE rule to place everything categorized as SPAM into the SPAM folder - then it happens even if I don't check my mail.
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