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From John Greaves... > > For those suffering chronic vsnet spammage, try www.mailwasher.net for winblows > > platforms. > > It's freeware and has the rather pleasant feature of bouncing back selected > email addresses to the guilty party. You can use a wildcard select for the > email address, eg *tkato*, for instance, and a single click allows it to very > quickly check your pop account (email account) for the headers only of the > emails, far faster than downloading them, and if you have the wildcard set in > the blacklist to say *kusastro* the spam emails are _all_ automatically bounced > > back to the sender, and then deleted at your ISP so you don't have to download > the full emails. Check the options carefully first, but they're > straightforward enough. > > I've been using it since Sunday, and although it still doesn't make up for the > massive amounts incoming, if enough victims started using it I think it would > be fair play. We don't want them, why not send them back? Return to sender, > address unknown, etc. > > There's even a "friends" option so you can ensure that your friends emails get > through, even if they are a vsnet subscriber, ie so they don't get blacklisted > by association. It's all readily settable and easy to safely filter. > > Then simply download the remainder, ie _your_ email, to your email client > proggie in the usual way. Very nice on a morning, tens of emails bouncing back > > and being removed without download, and your wanted half dozen being the only > things to grace your inbox. > > > Anyway, I can't keep hassling poor Gary for forwardings like this (no, I'm not > on any vsnet lists, I just get spammed by them, so I can't post in, as a test > posting just confirmed, NOR DO I WANT TO BE SUBSCRIBED TO ANY, this is _NOT_ a > request for _any_ subscription!), so I'll finish off with an apology. > > To all those people I have suggested to that joining vsnet-chat would be > helpful for them when looking for advice, and to all those I have suggested to > that they use vsnet-newvar to send their newly found stars to, I am very sorry > if in listening to my suggestions you end up being unable to unsubscribe from > these lists and/or end up, like so many, being forcibly included on mushrooming > > new and obscure ones. Sorry folks. > > > For new variables I can suggest an alternative. The IBVS appears to have been > taking positive steps towards the problem of dealing with new stars found, > something they once couldn't quite cope with, and have provided a nice little > venue, see: > > http://ftp.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/newdis.txt > > although you're going to have to be able to suggest a type and reveal a period, > > it seems suitable for a lot of folk. I don't think they'll arbitrarily start > spamming you either, they're not really known for that. > > See http://vsnet.konkoly.hu/cgi-bin/IBVS?5500 for the submittals so far. > > > Anyway, cheers, and hope some folk get some spam relief from this. > > When I finally manage to get hold of an appropriate bod with authority at Kyoto > > U I'll find a way of getting the contact email available without hassling poor > Gary. > > > John Greaves > > > PS, stop spamming me with vsnet lists... >
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