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Date:	Thu, 6 May 2004 22:24:54 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: list delays gone

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Steve Carter wrote:
>
> My ISP has a very effective SPAM filter. . . .
> Occasionally, a message from Peter gets categorized
> as SPAM and I have to go retrieve it and move it to
> my IN box, or not, depending on my mood. ;-))

This works for you, and that's great. For me, it's a way to lose the
communications link I rely on. Whether it's a message from my attorney,
my broker, the studio or one of my San Diego inlaws, I can't afford the
screw-up that would ensue from me missing the message.

I use a very good commercial spam filter on my machine and I have it set
at low priority, below a whole bunch of other filters that put "good"
mail into my Inbox. My filtering system is three-tiered: first I pull
out the "good stuff" and put it into my Inbox, then I let the spam
filter pull out what it considers spam from the remainder and classify
it into about a dozen different folders for various types of spam
(Bayesian doesn't do that afaik), and finally there's four or five
messages a day which are left over and go into my unclassified folder.

This works for me. I don't want to have to go browse to my ISP six
times a day to see if something important happens to be in their
"potential spam message" folder.

I've been wondering why you haven't responded to my newest business
offer -- refinance your home with a low interest mortgage, then use the
cash you take out to open a boutique book and video store near the race
track. Better check those messages your ISP is holding for you . . .

- Peter

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