what you have described is what I am trying to avoid.
I run into people, all kinds, work, old friends, new friends, more work and
do not have time to get everyone's email address, or I give out a card with
my address and they send email.
I am just trying to cut down on the spam email. getting hard to keep in
control manually,
thank you to the group, I will try to not be so "dumb" and use the four
filters outlined by Susan.
any more ideas, I am all ears.
thank you
"Mark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> It is also not a good idea to reply to spam. It lets the spammer know
> they've found a valid address and that only leads to more spam if not
> worse. Also a bit risky to say you want no email except from addresses
> already in your address book. What about the case where you run into an
> old friend and trade addresses. If you don't get his or her address in
> your book you'll trash anything they send you. Or a case where you need
> to enter an address in a web form for a bank or some other 'valid' use.
> You may not know what address they might send something from so you may
> trash an important message.
>
>
> "Diane Poremsky" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:61F34D13-0029-4269-89F7-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> yes, rules support doing things to messages based on address book
>> entries... so the rule could read:
>>
>> Send all mail an auto reply except if in my address book... however, it's
>> really dumb since 99% of the spam will be spam - you'll have a lot of
>> bounce backs to deal with. Better is to set junk on high and keep the
>> junk filters updated.
>>
>> Or try Sue's rules:
>> http://www.slipstick.com/rules/junkmail.asp
>>
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>> "mobile" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:7qZDi.1444$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> hello,
>>>
>>> is it possible to create a rule that when I receive incoming email that
>>> is not in my contacts. will send the mail to the junk email folder and
>>> send a email to the sender of that email, with a message. then have a
>>> rule that allows incoming emails with text in the header. like "rats
>>> taste good" or some other kind of non standard text to segregate the
>>> emails into a good pile. these would be coming from people not in the
>>> contacts list, and would be a way to distinguish the spam that will not
>>> reply to the contacts not listed in the contacts list that I would like
>>> to receive email from.
>>>
>>> thank you
>>>
>
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