RB> From: "Robert Bononno" 

 RB> Mark.Lewis  wrote in message
 RB> news:209978.9079e9{at}harborwebs.com...

>> blocking based on the sender in the To: line is as futile as
>> swatting flies with a paperclip...

oops... that should be From: instead of To:...

>> remember rule #1... spammers /always/ lie...
>>
>> "blocked senders" lists are only to stop twits... spammers
>> aren't twits... they are much more insidious...

 RB> I guess. It's frustrating though, the whole thing. What about
 RB> blocking the domain itself, then?

same problem... user{at}hotmail.com is easily forged... blocking hotmail.com
will likely block legitimate stuff...

i've been playing with the new mozilla and their junkmail stuff... its
based on that bayesian statistics stuff... i suppose that if you never get
legitimate mail from anyone{at}hotmail.com and never expect to, that you could
block on domain but you do stand a chance of missing some legitimate
email...

FWIW: i have accounts with netscape.net, yahoo.com, excite.com,
hotmail.com, alltel.net, space.com, sneakemail.com and several others... at
any time, when i'm "out and about", i may send email from any of
them... depending on access and how i feel at the time...

anyway, i've been training the junkmail stuff in the new mozilla and so
far, its been a treat...

)\/(ark