> Do you know any working spam filter or program for removing
> spam? If there is one that works with pine and I can install
> myself (on solaris and/or linux),

I use a program called SpamAssassin, from http://www.spamassassin.org. It takes about 5 minutes to set up, but since it works with procmail, your options are limitless. It applies a bunch of probabilistic tests to incoming mail, and adds the results to the mail headers. By default it tags spam with "***SPAM***" in the subject line . There are only two files to edit to set it up.

Simple Step-by-step instructions for SpamAssasin:

1. Make a backup of your .procmailrc and .forward files if you have them.

2. Create a .forward file in your home directory containing (include the quote marks, and replace "yourlogin" with your login name):

   "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/local/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #yourlogin"
   

3. Edit or create a .procmailrc file in your home directory containing the below lines. If you already have a .procmailrc file, add the lines to the top:

   :0fw
   | /usr/local/bin/spamassassin
   

   The above lines filter all incoming mail through SpamAssassin and tag probable spam with a unique header. If you would prefer to have spam blocked and saved to a file called "caughtspam" in your home directory, instead of passed through and tagged, append this directly below the above lines:

   :0:
   * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
   caughtspam
   

   Those 5 lines will process all mail through SpamAssassin, and refile spam messages to a folder called "caughtspam" in your home directory.

   You can also use the rules facilities in Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, or other email reader based on the output of SpamAssassin.

4. Send yourself a test spam message
and make sure it gets to you (check your "caughtspam" folder!). If it does not, copy your old backed-up .procmailrc and .forward files back into place and we'll figure out what went wrong.