NNTP instead of mail

[Jerome H. Fine]

 >chris wrote:

>I'm actually amazed how many people DO save every email.
>
>In fact, most of the people I work with, not only save every email, but 
>also never move them from their inbox. They just have these huge, 
>multi-megabyte inbox files (they would be multi-gigabyte, but I have 
>everyone save for 1 person and myself set to use Eudora, which IMO 
>properly handles attachments by detaching them from the email when it is 
>received... so you don't end up with every last 20 MB attachment filling 
>up your email database).
>
>  
>
Jerome Fine replies:

While I DELETE 95% of the incoming e-mails (most
are from 2 lists),  I do keep almost ALL private
e-mails.

In addition, I keep every spam e-mail until the end
of the year.  If the total is above a certain limit,
I change my e-mail address.  The biggest advantage
of shifting from dialup to high speed was that I had
to change my e-mail address.  Spam dropped from 30 per
day to zero for the next year.  So far this year it is
a total of 74.  I can cope with about one a day considering
the total just on this list.  One thing that I tend to
do as a precaution is that when I start to determine
which incoming e-mails should be deleted, I first
disconnect the system from the internet (unplug the RJ45).
Some e-mails attempt to connect directly to an internet
address.  If the internet connection is not working, this
tends to be an added protection.  The disconnect takes
about 3 seconds since I added a second RJ45 cable and a
female to female connector right beside the keyboard.

Does anyone else do this as well?

Sincerely yours,

Jerome Fine
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