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Offline hblair

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« Reply #30 on: April 03, 2002, 09:26:56 AM »
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Ain't like it's a big thing. Just block sender and you won't here from them again. I have a lot of people/companies blocked and a filter list with words like teen, money, credit, etc... listed. I get 100-120 spam emails a day (the price you pay for having a couple of websites) and over 2/3'rds of them go directly into the trash folder so I never see them. I had to LOL when hblair said he got 12 emails...hehehe. No offense hblair but I get that many every coulpe of hours.


I've been outclassed! :)
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« Reply #31 on: April 03, 2002, 10:40:26 AM »
Sounds like I got out of the ISP business just in time.  I currently have just over 2000 lines in my /etc/mail/access file.  It's pretty impressive.

Typically I block out IPs and blocks of IPs rather than addresses.  I also use a different mail address for everything and alias them.  When one gets on a spam list I redirect the alias to /dev/null.

It's all just a game.  Windows is probibly the biggest waste of money ever written, but it keeps quite a few people employed.  Just think of all the people who make their living either sending or blocking spam.  Same thing, only different.  :p
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« Reply #32 on: April 03, 2002, 10:47:57 AM »
You might want to addres the issue's of receivingthis unwanted mail here in this thread on the Warbirds board.
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Offline Skuzzy

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« Reply #33 on: April 03, 2002, 10:52:23 AM »
Geez, Puck,...only 2,000?  I have just over 78,000 in the list now and it grows by about 250 to 500 per day here lately.  My blocks include IP's, blocks of IP's, domain names, email user names, combination of user and domain names, and subject lines.

ccvi, you only risk being blocked if you try to directly send email from your computer with it acting as the SMTP server, and not using the ISP's SMTP server.

Oh, and I get about 800 SPAM messages per day, but I have intentionally set myself up to get SPAMMED so I can try to catch the monsters before they can hit my clients.
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« Reply #34 on: April 03, 2002, 01:48:25 PM »
ORBS is pure BS.

One of the guys that ran the NZ list added competitive ISPs into the list (he ran his own ISP). So we had 3-4 legit ISPs who were getting email blocked from ORBS even though they weren't spamming and didn't have open mail relays.




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Do you use ORBS/BlackHole, Skuzzy?  You can also subscribe to the service that lists all the dial-up IP ranges for the major ISPs (free subscription) and block any mail from those IPs since they shouldn't be sending mail anyway.

Sendmail is a wonderful toy.

I had loads of fun with it back when I was running the network for an ISP :D
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« Reply #35 on: April 03, 2002, 01:50:21 PM »
Is that why all that Porn i send you keeps bouncing back.

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Geez, Puck,...only 2,000?  I have just over 78,000 in the list now and it grows by about 250 to 500 per day here lately.  My blocks include IP's, blocks of IP's, domain names, email user names, combination of user and domain names, and subject lines.

ccvi, you only risk being blocked if you try to directly send email from your computer with it acting as the SMTP server, and not using the ISP's SMTP server.

Oh, and I get about 800 SPAM messages per day, but I have intentionally set myself up to get SPAMMED so I can try to catch the monsters before they can hit my clients.
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Offline Puck

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« Reply #36 on: April 03, 2002, 01:57:04 PM »
Yes, but you're an ISP ho.  I have three sites to worry about; soon to be two.  Home, work, and the California office.  Once my Windoze guy figures out why ActiveD doesn't like the RFC1918 addresses in California they end up on a dedicated point to point and I only have one office and home to worry about.

I'm also pretty careful about giving out my address.

Personally I like UserFriendly's solution to the spammers, even if Spamford Wallace survived.  My ex actually had her site hosted by him at one point, and I chatted with him on occasion.  Blech.
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« Reply #37 on: April 03, 2002, 02:00:19 PM »
I have a red truck. :D

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« Reply #38 on: April 03, 2002, 05:04:53 PM »
Got an email from the accounting department at iEn this morning, apologizing for the repetitive emails.
I am more than a little surprised at getting any response at all from them.
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« Reply #39 on: April 03, 2002, 05:13:27 PM »
Hmm, I haven't received even one spam in 4 years.. I must be doing something wrong.. :)

OTOH I did get spammed to my work address, I was stooped enough to include my e-mail addy for web administering contact. Some webbots kept spamming me after that.
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