spam out of control?

[Gary <Gary]

Hi Ken,

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 22:46:15 -0800 UTC (2/1/2004, 12:46 AM -0600 UTC my
time), Ken Moffat wrote:

>>One, I have not checked in a month, so it will drop off their listing. I
>>never get spam on my own server, having several domains, and many users. I
>>go to great lengths to put in several steps or levels of spam protection.
>>Don't get me wrong, they try plenty <g>

K> I do run my own server but don't get much on it. I keep the addresses
K> quiet. But on my regular email address through my isp I get plenty. 
K> Everyone and his brother sells your email address to anyone who will 
K> pay. I have created a user on my server named junk at what.ever.com that 
K> will be used for whatever might result in spam. He's already getting 
K> lots after only a few weeks.

I have found overall, that the only way to control spam is to control your
mail directly. I cannot trust my ISP, or independent 3rd party mail servers.
Except for an occasional list spam, which I have no control over, I have
been spam free for 18 months... true... I run my own black/white list RBL,
then Spamcop's RBL, then a challenge / auth mechanism on many of my
addresses, and domains, and several other levels of spam prevention. I used
to also run Spamassassin, but found I did not need it, so stopped the
daemon. All worms/vermin, are rejected at the SMTP level, and do not even
get into the system...

K> I do like the new mail filters on Mozilla and Firebird. They seem to
K> work.

Good deal..

--
Gary

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