Evolution

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On 03/27/2007 08:30 AM, John Dangler wrote:
> Since applying for a scholarship online about 2 weeks ago, I have been
> consistently inundated with spam mail in my personal email box
> (approximately 500-600 per day).  I've been setting up rules to filter
> this, but I do notice 2 things
> (1) the douche bags who insist on doing this just keep changing the
> names of the subject, and the source (xlt.com , xlti.com, xtli.com,
> txltet.com) ... 
> (2) some of the filters don't even work, which for the life of me i
> cannot figure out why... i.e. (I have a rule looking for _any_ of
> single, singles, Single, Singles, SINGLE, SINGLES; I get an email with
> Are you tired of being single ? in the subject, and the filter leaves it
> alone) ...
> 
> At this point, I'd like to blacklist my entire mailbox, and open it only
> to those I want to allow in, either by sending an autoresponse (like
> "hey, reply to this and i'll read your mail") , or some other method.
> 
> Is there a way to set this up in Evolution?
> 
> Thanks for the input.  Other than this list, and 2 or 3 other tech
> lists, I don't get much mail (until recently).
> 
> 

In knew that I'd seen a method to set up a whitelist somewhere... see:

http://www.go-evolution.org/FAQ#Spam.2FJunk
<quote>
 Can I set up a whitelist filter on my own?

Just try. ;-) A Perl script has been already published for this at
http://lists.ximian.com/archives/public/evolution/2004-February/035339.html,
use at your own risk.
</quote>

You might want to take a look at that.

Gary