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    Email Software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by eric06, Dec 2, 2006.

  1. eric06

    eric06 Notebook Consultant

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    Do you know of any software that receives your email then depending on if they are on your safe list or not you get their emails.

    So someone will email you, a email will be sent to them saying please verify your email so anyone@domain.com will get your email. If your email address is not verified your email will not be received.

    I hope I explained it enough for you guys to get what I'm talking about.
     
    eric06, Dec 2, 2006
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  2. Gautam

    Gautam election 2008 NBR Reviewer

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    Almost all decent email programs do this - its called using a safe-list only. The POP email program can be set to automatically trash all emails (or completely delete) if they are sent from people not on your safe-list. Try playing around with your email settings, it should show up.
     
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    Nrbelex Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Bingo - Personally, I recommend Mozilla's Thunderbird which is free and very powerful and definitely has the white-list feature.

    ~ Brett
     
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  4. LIVEFRMNYC

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    I think he's talking about more than a Safelist or Spamfilter.

    I have ran into this a couple of times. It's purpose is to elimante E-mail Bots, making it impossible for someone to spam you unless they verify their e-mail address via the e-mail sent to them.

    Not Software but more like a Middle man site that redirects email to you ONLY if the sender verifies.

    I tried to google it but could not seem to find it, being I don't remember the name.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Dec 2, 2006
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    schlepptop Notebook Enthusiast

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    check out bigfoot.com they have a mail-forwarding service. i think they also have someting like a safelist though i have no personal experience with them.
     
    schlepptop, Dec 2, 2006
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  6. eric06

    eric06 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, it's a forwarding service. I checked out bigfoot and they might offer what I want.

    I wish I could remember the one I looked last year. I guess I'll keep lookin.

    Thanks for all your help.
     
    eric06, Dec 2, 2006
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