If you look at a lot of the headers they say they come from
"spam king blaster" or some other drivel that can be
filtered.
What I've done is set up a batch file that renames my inbox
to bpaddock, then import the mail, messages that are not directed to
me specifically are either mailing lists, or spam.
The mailing lists get filtered, bpaddock is renamed back to inbox,
then the junk is left in a folder called spam, just in case
one slips by.
After all this mess is done you'll have just your real
e-mail in your inbox, things you are sure you can delete in
a folder called delete, things that you need to fix the
filters for in a folder called spam:
Here is part of my filter file:
delete $@
$@
delete
0 2 0
delete @email4you
@email4you
delete
0 3 0
delete adults only
adults only
delete
0 2 0
delete are you being investigated
are you being investigated
delete
0 2 0
delete delete@
delete@
delete
0 3 0
delete email blaster
email blaster
delete
0 3 0
delete email@
email@
delete
0 3 0
delete enterprener.com
entereprener.com
delete
0 3 0
delete enterprenuer
enterprenuer
delete
0 3 0
delete extractor pro
extractor pro
delete
0 3 0
delete for adults
for adults
delete
0 2 0
delete free.speech.com
free.speech.com
delete
0 3 0
delete free.speech.now
free.speech.now
delete
0 3 0
delete friend
friend@
delete
0 3 0
delete friends
friends@
delete
0 3 0
delete global@
global@
delete
0 1 0
delete golfball@
delete golfball@
delete
0 3 0
delete golfballs@
golfballs@
delete
0 3 0
delete golfers
golfers
delete
0 2 0
delete home@
home@
delete
0 3 0
delete income@
income@
delete
0 3 0
delete info@
info@
delete
0 3 0
delete mail@
mail@
delete
0 1 0
delete mailer@aol.com
mailer@aol.com
delete
0 3 0
delete members@
members@
delete
0 3 0
delete public.com
@public.com
delete
0 3 0
delete publicinfo@
publicinfo@
delete
0 3 0
delete savetree
savetree
delete
0 3 0
delete savetrees
savetrees
delete
0 3 0
delete savetress.com
savetress.com
delete
0 3 0
delete success@
success@
delete
0 3 0
delete teenage girl
teenage girl
delete
0 2 0
delete teenage twat
teenage twat
delete
0 2 0
delete user123
user123
delete
0 3 0
delete we-deliver.com
we-deliver.com
delete
0 3 0
delete webpromo@
webpromo@
delete
0 3 0
delete winbig@
winbig@
delete
0 3 0
delete work@
work@
delete
0 3 0
delete you@
you@
delete
0 3 0
All your other filters go here.
This must be last for the spam filter to work, put your
won name in place of the bpaddock's:
ZZZbpaddock
bpaddock@
BPADDOCK
0 1 0
Here is the batch file I use:
if exist C:\YARN\MAIL\inbox rename C:\YARN\MAIL\inbox bpaddock
if exist C:\YARN\MAIL\spam rename C:\YARN\MAIL\spam inbox
import -u
yang -q
if exist C:\YARN\MAIL\inbox rename C:\YARN\MAIL\inbox spam
if exist C:\YARN\MAIL\bpaddock rename C:\YARN\MAIL\bpaddock inbox