unsolicited emails -- what to do?

[Charles P. Hobbs]

On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, Heinrich C. Kuhn wrote:

> 
> On Fri, Jun 27, 1997 4:06 PM -0700 "Laura Guy" <guy at ssc.wisc.edu> wrote: 
> [...]
> > > lately we've been getting deluged with tens of emails a day
> > > from people who've evidently found this address and are using
> > > it for all sorts of obnoxious things.
> > > 
> > > anybody have any ideas what to do?  do i just have to put up with
> > > it?
> 
> I've not yet found a way to avoid being sent junk. But I
> try to avoid receiving it more than once from the same
> address. [...]

If you're on a UNIX system, you might want to consider using "procmail"
to filter your mail. I currently have my procmail filter set to discard
any mail not addressed to me (notice that most junk mail is sent to
names such as "you at public.com", etc.) Doing so knocks out about 95% of
the junk. . .