[nmglug] Probably a simple answer to spam

[Brian O'Keefe]

Thanks Ted and I hope you're okay too. The issue with your idea is that 
I would be blacklisting my own address. Cybermesa says they'll help, 
eventually.

Still standing upright! Hope you are all doing the same.

Brian

On 6/2/22 01:38PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
> Brian, I have heard same from another friend. I suggested he 
> occasionally use browser to log in directly to the email address and 
> mark "spam" there so that the ISP eliminates some of the spam for him. 
> The "Junk" setting in T-bird seems a little slow to learn or modern 
> spam is now evading its algorithm. Just a thought, Ted P. PS., good to 
> hear from you. Hope all is well.
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 11:58 AM Brian O'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     This is more of a help call and is certainly not specific to
>     GnuLinux but I know many of you are brainiacs and probably have a
>     simple answer.
>
>     I use Thunderbird, happily. However I've been getting more and
>     more spam emails sent to me from my address. I can block these but
>     I'm concerned there's more to this than meets the eye. Have I been
>     hacked?
>
>     I hope you all are surviving the fires and other catastrophes that
>     are being visited upon us.
>
>     Thanks
>
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