How can I generate list of spammer e-mail addresses

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John B.

Is there any way to get a list of names and email addresses of people from
who you've received e-mail ... as long as they are NOT in your address book?

Any AppleScripts that automate this process? ... Paul?

The goal is to send all the names of spammers to my ISP so that the ISP can
block them.

Thanks, John
 
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Dave Cortright

Is there any way to get a list of names and email addresses of people from
who you've received e-mail ... as long as they are NOT in your address book?

Any AppleScripts that automate this process? ... Paul?

The goal is to send all the names of spammers to my ISP so that the ISP can
block them.
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The task is Sisyphean. No spammer in their right mind will ever use the same
From address more than once specifically to prevent their messages from
being blocked. You'll end up with a list of hundreds of thousands of entries
with little if any reduction on the spam.

To answer your question, it can be done with applescript, but I doubt anyone
including Paul would want to waste time on this.
 
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Paul Berkowitz

The task is Sisyphean. No spammer in their right mind will ever use the same
From address more than once specifically to prevent their messages from
being blocked. You'll end up with a list of hundreds of thousands of entries
with little if any reduction on the spam.

To answer your question, it can be done with applescript, but I doubt anyone
including Paul would want to waste time on this.
Click to expand...

...That would be correct...;-) It's the wrong way to go about it. You can
look forward to abetter Junk Mail Filter in Entourage 2004. In the meantime,
try SpamSieve.

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Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
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