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Ken said:
That's why you have spamware, and why I hinted for his email. :-)
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Actually I stopped having to use spamware quite awhile ago (last I used
was SpamPal with some plug-ins after trialing several products). My
e-mail providers are now more than sufficient along with a few server-
and client-side user-defined rules so I don't get more than a couple per
month now; else, I use disposable self-expiring aliases to dole out to
untrusted senders (used Sneakemail until they abandoned their long-time
customers that helped them test and stress their servers by charging for
their service so now I use Spamgourmet). In fact, I miss doing some of
the spam reporting but then I no longer use a local anti-spam solution
that uses those DNSBLs so what I report is to help others.

I wasn't aware the OP was discussing spam at any point in his post or in
his replies. Google is good at inbound spam filtering (and some folks
use it as their spam filter with their primary e-mail account by having
Gmail retrieve e-mails from there and they poll the Gmail "collector"
account) but sucks at outbound spam filtering.
 
What are you doing when you're browsing the web?
Actually I stopped having to use spamware quite awhile ago (last I used
was SpamPal with some plug-ins after trialing several products). My
e-mail providers are now more than sufficient along with a few server-
and client-side user-defined rules so I don't get more than a couple per
month now; else, I use disposable self-expiring aliases to dole out to
untrusted senders (used Sneakemail until they abandoned their long-time
customers that helped them test and stress their servers by charging for
their service so now I use Spamgourmet). In fact, I miss doing some of
the spam reporting but then I no longer use a local anti-spam solution
that uses those DNSBLs so what I report is to help others.
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That's the kind of tinkering and tweaking I just have no interest in
doing anymore. I tell everyone I've evolved to being the perfect Mac
user, I want to turn it on, use it, and have it cause me no problems.

I'm not saying the Mac has no problems, but I have far, far fewer issues
with it than the Windows boxes I used to use regularly. I still have a
multiboot machine (XP Pro and Vista Ultimate), but having that computer
on for more than 2 hours a week is rare.

And, I run VM software on the Mac, and occasionally will run XP Pro for
answering someone's question, or for when I own Windows software that
does XXXXXXX but don't own comparable Mac software.


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Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 8.0.1
Thunderbird 8.0.
LibreOffice 3.3.4
 
Ken said:
What are you doing when you're browsing the web?
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Nothing you use (hosts file, AdBlock, Firefox plug-ins, etc) will
eliminate spam in the *e-mail* you view using the webmail client to your
e-mail client. Spam in web pages is not e-mail spam.
I tell everyone I've evolved to being the perfect Mac
user, I want to turn it on, use it, and have it cause me no problems.
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Which also has nothing to do with e-mail spam. You choice for a
computing platform has no effect on what gets delivered to the e-mail
servers on which you have accounts.
 
| > I tell everyone I've evolved to being the perfect Mac
| > user, I want to turn it on, use it, and have it cause me no problems.
|
| Which also has nothing to do with e-mail spam. You choice for a
| computing platform has no effect on what gets delivered to the e-mail
| servers on which you have accounts.

Never try to reason with an AppleSeed. It's not
a product choice. It's a cult. The first indication
is when they proudly explain, "I just bought a Mac
for 3 times what it's worth, then I bought a new,
full version Pro Windows disk for 3 times what it's
worth. Now I can run Windows on the Mac and not
worry about viruses!"

If you argue with them it only
gets more strange:

"You're just jealous because Windows doesn't have
kiddy cartoon icons designed by a 12 year old girl."

"Macs will never have viruses. Lord Jobs saw to that."

"Oh, yeah? Did you ever try to pick up a chick at
Starbucks with a Compaq laptop?"

"A 300 Mhz Motorola chip is way faster than a
1 GHz Wintel chip."

Remember that one? Apple used
to advertise speed, portraying Windows as a snail, until
they finally had to admit that they couldn't get a fast
enough chip from Motorola. Then suddenly the "wintel"
misunderstanding disappeared -- Intel was officially
approved by Lord Jobs. Apple went on to make a
fortune selling locked-down Unix on Intel-powered
Prettyware. (Which, of course, was all thanks to the
Amazing Genius of Lord Jobs Himself. He's so amazing
that he's probably up in heaven redesigning wings as
we speak. :)
 
Nothing you use (hosts file, AdBlock, Firefox plug-ins, etc) will
eliminate spam in the *e-mail* you view using the webmail client to your
e-mail client. Spam in web pages is not e-mail spam.
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Guess I left you with the wrong impression, I wasn't referring to
solely email spam.
Which also has nothing to do with e-mail spam. You choice for a
computing platform has no effect on what gets delivered to the e-mail
servers on which you have accounts.
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That wasn't meant to refer to email spam either. Just a personal
comment about my choice of platform.

I'm not one to badmouth users for their choice of computing platforms.
There are fanbois for every computer ever made.

All platforms have their pluses and minuses. It's the general ignorance
of many users that frustrates me at times, and the attitudes of some
people who try to help others.


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Ken

Mac OS X 10.6.8
Firefox 8.0.1
Thunderbird 8.0.
LibreOffice 3.3.4
 
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