That's exactly what I wound up doing. Up until now, though, I've been fortunate enough not to have to filter spam at all, so I had to spend several minutes figuring out how to set up filters in the first place.
Beyond that, what really bugs me is that someone at X10 either (1) knows damn well that sending e-mail every day is going to annoy the vast majority of the people on their e-mail list, but just doesn't give an airborne boink because the others more than make up for it in additional sales; or (2) does not possess a functioning central nervous system. In either case, I do not feel like rewarding this person by doing business with his/her company.
I signed up for the "free" Firecracker deal... received it in the mail a couple of days ago. I couldn't get the Firecracker interface to work at all, though the receiver modules and remote work fine. In the meantime, X10 has sent me spam -every- -day- for the past several days despite the fact that I asked to be taken off their mailing list a while ago. Oh, and when X10 says "LAST DAY!!!!" for a deal...most of the time, the deal or one nearly identical to it still exists the next day.
If you're not the sort that gets annoyed by obnoxious marketing strategies, then the $6 might be worth the risk that the system won't work. But if spam really pisses you off, don't even think about dealing with these turkeys.
Finally, a Linux utility for the Firecracker interface does exist, though I haven't tried it...look for BottleRocket on www.freshmeat.net.
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That's exactly what I wound up doing. Up until now, though, I've been fortunate enough not to have to filter spam at all, so I had to spend several minutes figuring out how to set up filters in the first place.
Beyond that, what really bugs me is that someone at X10 either (1) knows damn well that sending e-mail every day is going to annoy the vast majority of the people on their e-mail list, but just doesn't give an airborne boink because the others more than make up for it in additional sales; or (2) does not possess a functioning central nervous system. In either case, I do not feel like rewarding this person by doing business with his/her company.
There, does that help?
I signed up for the "free" Firecracker deal... received it in the mail a couple of days ago. I couldn't get the Firecracker interface to work at all, though the receiver modules and remote work fine. In the meantime, X10 has sent me spam -every- -day- for the past several days despite the fact that I asked to be taken off their mailing list a while ago. Oh, and when X10 says "LAST DAY!!!!" for a deal...most of the time, the deal or one nearly identical to it still exists the next day.
If you're not the sort that gets annoyed by obnoxious marketing strategies, then the $6 might be worth the risk that the system won't work. But if spam really pisses you off, don't even think about dealing with these turkeys.
Finally, a Linux utility for the Firecracker interface does exist, though I haven't tried it...look for BottleRocket on www.freshmeat.net.