Re: Fight spam with BBDB database?

[Richard Wellum]

Christian Lynbech <christian.lynbech@ericsson.com> writes:

Exactly what I was looking for! Can you post how you do it in lisp?

Thanks,

||Rich

>>>>>> "David" == David Z Maze <dmaze@mit.edu> writes:
>
> David> Richard Wellum <rwellum@cisco.com> writes:
>>> It's just an idea, wanted to see if it was possible. Could I filter all
>>> email from users not in my BBDB database into a SPAM folder? That way I
>>> could run through the SPAM folder periodically, if there is a legitimate
>>> email in there I simply add to my BBDB database, and the next time it
>>> will go into my Inbox?
>
> David> That's not a great way to hunt for spam
>
> I agree, however BBDB can still be very helpfull.
>
> What I do is that I split mail into various mailinglist folders and
> then I have two folders for the rest.
>
> One folder is for personal mail and I use the BBDB for that. If the
> sender has an entry in BBDB, the mail goes to "personal", otherwise
> it goes to "misc". This means that I get all important mail separated
> from the rest with all the spam winding up in "misc" (and the mailing
> list folders).
>
>
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