spam issues

[Collins Richey]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:32:06 -0400 (EDT)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> > Correction...  Users DO care WHY they were blocked, but they aren't
> > going to let you know that since they are using you as a vent-sink.
> > Those who are clueless are also calling their IT guy (yes, even
> > SMB's have those, contract or on-staff)
> 
> You're assunming that only users in a business environment are
> effected. In reality, its mostly home users who are getting punished
> by this stuff, and they don' care why they are blocked, and don't have
> an 'IT guy' to run to to complain.  They're stuck in the middle of a
> war that they have no role in.
> 

Amen.  Most of the discussion thus far has been from the extremely
communications/email/internet savvy contingent who are in a position to
control their environment and (unfortunately a byproduct) to wreak havoc
on unsuspecting (and frequently clueless) home users without (it seems)
having any effect on the actual spammers.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.