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July 7, 2006

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Turn that old Mac into a anti-spam machine

Posted Jul. 7, ’06, 1:25 PM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Geekery

spamtraining.jpgDo you hate spam? I mean, hate it. With the passion of a thousand fiery suns. Would you, given the chance, obliterate it from the face of the earth? How about for a Klondike bar? Excellent.

Your mail program’s spam filter is probably pretty good, but if you really do detest spam, it’s not nearly good enough. Adding an extra layer (or two) to junk mail filtering may just help kill those sneaky fellows dead. To that end, MacMerc has a tutorial up on turning a Mac into a dedicated spam filter machine. The procedure is demonstrated on a Mac mini, but it’ll work on any 10.2 or later-compatible system. You’ll also need a copy of C-Command’s SpamSieve, and a constant net connection.

Many of us probably have an old Mac lying around that could be sacrificed for this sort of duty, and it may very well be a meaningful sacrifice to stop the evil that is spam.

[via Make Blog and Cyrus]


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