> Just run IMAP. That way all the mail stay one the server. Your
> system will just grab the headers and you can delete as required.
> Also you could installed something like spamassassin on the server (if
> you ISP) will let you.
IMAP does not necesarly keep the mail on the server and doesn't help much
if I'm running an internal IMAP server anyway.
Also, I DO run spamassassin here, and it is finding only perhaps 10-20%
of the copies of the most recent worm. I think it sends out copies that
are sufficiently different from each other that it bypasses all the
checks, including a Bayesian filter.
I'm also receiving more copies of it at an address that has NEVER been
used for postgresql lists than at this address, so I don't really
think 'harvesting' of addresses from this list or its usenet echo is a
significant factor in the propagation of this mess. (That address
got 120 copies of STEN since midnight, amounting to over 16 MB of mail.)
I hope there is a special corner of hell reserved for spammers and an
even worse corner reserved for virus/worm writers.
--
Mike Nolan