Paul
Fri Apr 16 12:11:01 CDT 2004
On 4/15/04 10:21 PM, in article BCA4BB6A.CCC2%dc@dev.null, "Dave Cortright"
<dc@dev.null> wrote:
> On 4/15/04 8:58 PM, in article BCA4A7DD.20FFA%John@SingingWood.com, "John
> B." <John@SingingWood.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to get a list of names and email addresses of people from
>> who you've received e-mail ... as long as they are NOT in your address book?
>>
>> Any AppleScripts that automate this process? ... Paul?
>>
>> The goal is to send all the names of spammers to my ISP so that the ISP can
>> block them.
>
> The task is Sisyphean. No spammer in their right mind will ever use the same
> From address more than once specifically to prevent their messages from
> being blocked. You'll end up with a list of hundreds of thousands of entries
> with little if any reduction on the spam.
>
> To answer your question, it can be done with applescript, but I doubt anyone
> including Paul would want to waste time on this.
..That would be correct...;-) It's the wrong way to go about it. You can
look forward to abetter Junk Mail Filter in Entourage 2004. In the meantime,
try SpamSieve.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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