Re: Gardeners list

**"Lawrence F. London, Jr." l*@intrex.net**

Charles W. Bowers wrote:

>>FYI according to http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/features.html , 
>>which appears to be the software you are using, you do have many 
>>robust functions available for use. My understanding is that the 
>>"MIME-based content filtering, with demime/stripmime like options " 
>>would allow you to strip attachments which perhaps is a feature worth 
>>implementing to everyone's benefit.

I am lending all the expertise I can muster to help Doreen and Doug
manage/configure the technical aspects of this list and interface with 
the ibiblio staff, running the list software, Mailman. In a word,
the content filtering you mentioned above applies only to messages 
appended to the archives, not to messages delivered in email to all list 
subscribers. It is up to you to configure your email client not to 
display html and attached files in the message body window. If done, any 
attachments will appear in a separate window for you to display or 
delete as desired. Posts from non subscribers are automatically 
discarded, though.

>>To Mr. London,
>>
>>I am very sorry for the problems that I caused with your system. 

No problem at all, apologies for my inappropriate reaction. It taught me 
a valuable lesson: back up your bookmarks and email folders frequently. 
You did me a favor.

>>To anyone plagued with SPAM, viruses or other email problems,
>>
>>You might consider using a program call MailWasherPro available at 
>>http://www.firetrust.com/. It is a wonderful program if you need to 
>>filter out major SPAM. (If you buy stuff online you will get tons of 
>>SPAM and must fight back). The program has many robust features 
>>including features like only downloading headers and a few lines of 
>>text. It does not download the full email or any attachments and has 
>>the added feature of virus protection. After filtering you can 
>>automatically send the filtered email to you regular email program. 
>>Perhaps others on the list know of similar products that are free or 
>>shareware since MailWasherPro cost $37. If you want the latest all 
>>inclusive protection I would recommend Norton Internet Security. 
>>(Careful they have many products and you have to be specific). 
>>http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/nis_pe/ should get you there. It does 
>>it all, viruses, firewall, spam, parental and privacy controls. Since 
>>we implemented this program last winter for all our business computers 
>>our Internet plagues have dropped to zero. With rebates the cost is 
>>about $50 and worth every cent.

An easy solution to spam filtering and deletion os to install and use 
Mozilla browser and its email and news client. It has automatic spam 
filtering that you can educate. You do need to keep an eye on it to 
avoid deleting non spam messages once in a while.

I hope Charles will stay subscribed to the GWL list.

Lawrence London

>>Charles W. Bowers
>>President and CEO
>>Garden Gate Landscaping, Inc.
>>821 Norwood Road
>>Silver Spring, MD 20905
>>charlie@gardengate.net
>>Office Main Line: 301-924-4131
>>Office Direct: 301-924-8652
>>Office Fax: 301-570-3212
>>Home Office: 410-203-2130
>>Home Office Fax: 410-203-0217

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