I tend to agree with Boyce and Jim. Unfortunately providers often think they are doing you a favor by blocking some messages. Often they do allow you to opt out of their filters. I leave those filters turned off and even though I get lots of unwanted mail my delete key works well. Occassionally I open messages that are ambiguous in their titles because I know not everyone understands the value of a correct subject title. --- "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have to agree completely with Boyce. I find that > I simply don't bother > to look into web forums, ever. I guess I'm more of > an e-mail person, where > the information comes to me, than a web person, > where I have to go dig > around for it. > > The internet connections I use, cable modem and > Earthlink dialup, allow you > to turn off their spam filters. I do that. I > instead use Mailwasher to > pre-screen my e-mails before they are downloaded. > You can delete the mail > you don't want to download using Mailwasher. You > can customize Mailwasher > to filter out by domain or by individual e-mail > address. It can be found at: > > http://www.firetrust.com/ > > My advice: if your ISP is not giving you > satisfactory service, shop around! > > Jim Shields > > > At 03:10 PM 2/14/2008 -0600, Boyce wrote: > >........ > >Unfortunately I've not experienced the same > satisfaction with forums > >that I've received from the PBS listserve. I think > the problem revolved > >around the fact I had to login to yet another > application to see what > >had been posted - over time it simply became too > cumbersome (sad but > >true). > >......... > >I suggest focusing on fixing the part that is > broken. > > > >Boyce Tankersley > > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 > Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: > http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free > 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >