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> [Original Message]
> From: George Huxtable 
> To: 
> Date: 2/8/2006 1:52:28 PM
> Subject: Missing messages (for Dan Hogan, etc.)

[SNIP of SPAM Problem]

> How can we deal with this? First, is it really a genuine problem,
affecting many Nav-L members?

I am having the same problem my Spam filter marks certain Nav-L messages as
spam.

> Second, am I right in diagnosing it as a spam-filter problem?

Definitely a SPAM filter problem.

> Second, can we at least be sure when we are missing messages? Would it be
possible for Nav-L to
> attach a serial number to each message, incrementing by 1? Could this be
appended to the "subject"
> line, perhaps? Or even automatically inserted as the first line in the
text? Then, we could be quite
> sure about what's being missed. I am no expert on such matters, so have
no idea whether such a
> suggestion would be impossible to implement, or trivially easy.

Both. Most individual ISPs have their own Spam Filters and individual
computer users  have spam filters.
I would use only ONE program.

One need to know and understand how each Spam Filter operates. The are NOT
alike.

> One approach may be for me to ignore Nav-L incoming Email altogether, and
instead go to the website
> archive. Would that fix the problem?

That's doing it the hard way. Find out how your spam filters the messages
and how to set the ALLOW filter.
Also the problem can occur with the way the Email Client program produces
the message headings and addresses.

My ISP (Earthlink) has their own Spam, Virus, and Pop-Up programs I
switched to hem from Symantic.

I get 2-3 Nav-L messages in my Suspicious Message file a day. I OK them for
incoming mail and they seem to not repeat.
But you need to check in the suspicious file of what ever Spam Program you
use. And don't set it to delete ALL Spam.
Use the built in filters of the program

> It seems that those damned spammers are destroying the usefulness of
emails. Must they win?

I hope not.

Dan Hogan
dhhogan1@earthlink.net
http://www.offsoundings.info/navl.htm

   

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