"Nick M V Salmon" <spam_dump@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:bkubad$bde$1@titan.btinternet.com...

"Terry Groff" <terry@terrygroff.com> wrote

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I use a program called MailWasher which pre-reads my email on

the

server and automatically cleans it out before DL'ng. As you

use

it,  it "learns" what email you want and what you don't want

via

filters and a blacklist which you can set up with a click of

the

mouse. It even checks different ORDB sires for blacklisted

addy's

You can try MailWasher for free at
http://entier.ecosm.com/link/?wrbrto

Hi Terry

I've used Mailwasher for some time now and it's very good - do

beware what

it will receive from sites like spamcop & then blacklist

though. Eg. Spamcop

have the ClimatePrediction.NET developer Carl Christensen

blacklisted

because he sent out 10,000 emails to folks who had asked for

notification

when they visited the pre-release CPDN website...

Also be aware that 'ad-aware' doesn't remove ALL tracking

cookies, only

those from certain companies.  If you check your temporary

internet files

folder after running ad-aware then you'll see there are still a

whole bunch

of cookies there from the likes of 'doubleclick' and others

with obvious

names.  One wonders if a part of ad-aware's income comes from

advertising

companies...

     Yeah I know. I'm not sure which ORDB it is but one of them
even has (or had) the Team Art Bell website listed. Some of those
"spam cops" can get a little overzealous sometimes when
blacklisting domains.  Affectees can get themselves removed from
them with a little perseverance.

     All in all, though, these programs work very well and sure
do relieve a lot of headaches on my part.

Terry