At 1:46 PM -0500 8/12/98, Glenn Alperin wrote: >---------------------- Information from the mail header >----------------------- >Sender: LISTSERV list owners' forum <[log in to unmask]> >Poster: Glenn Alperin <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Captive members: WAS Religious postings >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Russell Hunt wrote: > >>I'd be interested to know what mailer doesn't have filters. I'd >>thought -- and I've told colleagues -- that every mail program I've >>ever heard about had or could be configured to have filters. > >How about mine, for example. Ever try using All-In-1 email on an OpenVMS >system? > >My knowledge is less complete on this, but I suspect that VMS mail, the >default VMS mail program, also does not due filtering. > Yes and no is the answer about VMS mail. Individuals can't filter their mailbox when doing a terminal session. However, current versions of Multinet do allow site-wide filtering based on RFC header violations, such as e-mail addressed to [log in to unmask] This same tool can also limit use of a VMS system for relays. Also, you can block entire domains. For VMS, the filtering is done system-wide, not by individuals. We use a VMS server as our primary e-mail server and Eudora or Netscape Mail for clients. john chadwick http://listserv.nmmnh-abq.mus.nm.us/archives =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= John Chadwick, Ed.D. Network Administrator and Web Administrator New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science 1801 Mountain Road NW Albuquerque, NM 87104 [log in to unmask], http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/ phone: (505) 841-2843 FAX (505) 841-2866 Cellular (505) 264-4460 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=