Anti-Spam Filter

I use Netscape Messenger for e-mail and my IPS is a cable optonline.net with a POP3 server. Does anyone know of a simple anti-spam filter, which would allow me to specify a list of e-mail addresses, and the program would allow those and only those e-mails into my inbox, and exclude all others?

Thanks,
grandpa

 

The following will work with most clients; whether or not it'll work with tired old Nutscrape (which I have never used), I know not

Create a filter/rule (to move mail to a folder of your choice) for each address from which you wish to receive mail and ensure that each of those filters/rules is set so as not to continue processing with other rules. Create two final filters/rules - one which trashes all mail to your own address and one which trashes all mail not to your own address. The only mail which you will now receive is that for which there is a pre-existing filter/rule.

BTW - welcome to the boards

 

One GPa to another:

Been user of Netscape since its beginning, years ago. IE doesn't have a place on board my stuff, even with XP running!

Anyway, give the URL below a shot. I've used it for many months along with another, more fancy (techincally speaking)one. No filters to fool with. Have to use two 'cuz I get 50 or so pieces of this **** every day.

www.mailwasher.net

The price is right - free! HTH
Bob

 

Thanks to brett and GPaDavis for your replies. I looked at mailwasher but I don't think it does quite what I want. I'm going to try the approach suggested by brett because I think that will work for me. But I have a question for brett: why do I need that last filter, the one which trashes all mail not to your own address?

grandpa

 

Because the headers in spam are often faked and the "To" field will show an e-mail address other than your own.

 

O.K., I set up my anti-spam filter rules using brett's suggestion, and it works perfectly! It's very simple to do with Netscape Messenger, but can be tedious, (depending on how many acceptable addresses you have). Also, you have to remember to add new acceptable addresses in the future. Also, BTW, with Messenger, when a filter is activated, it automatically discontues processing with other rules. Thanks again.

grandpa