Jeff, I think this may have covered before but how do I deal with spam that is faked to appear as if I am sending spam to myself? Of course my e-mail address is white listed so it gets past all the ratings/filters, etc. It is not a huge deal, but still is irritating.

Mike

Hi Mike,
I usually avoid "me too" postings, but...
I've had to resort to not having myself on my friends list. I don't like this since sometimes I want to CC myself for some reason, but that's less of a problem for me than spams getting through.
Maybe Jeff can offer us something better?

-- Mike.

You shouldn't have your email address in your friends list. Big spammer trick. From you, to you.

What I do when I want to CC myself..., I have a "CC Signature" in Apple Mail that in addition to my regular signature, puts a top secret Purify Whitelist tag at the end. When the email comes through, Purify picks up this tag and Whitelists the message for the life-span of the email message thread.

Example. My standard signature.

/r
-Jeff Hendrickson
www.hendricom.com

Example. My CC signature.

/r
-Jeff Hendrickson
www.hendricom.com
MY_TOP_SECRET_PURIFY_TAG

Works like a champ. You can also use this trick for regular email when you want to guarantee that Purify will clear a response from a stranger.