Just do like i do for our system, ALL mail with viruses or obvious spam is deleted period, no questions asked, if you don't like it too bad. We never lost 1 client. I can't be bothered to review spam, not a chance, There was whining at first but now all is quiet and everyone is happy. All quiet on the western front LOL!
webmaster ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Catuogno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:38 AM Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Feeling vindictive against spammers. Revenge? > Let me first say that I'm a big fan of the Declude products and how they > have significantly reduced the amount of spam my end users receive. Let > me also qualify my next statement by saying that I'm not as > knowledgeable as I'd like to be about all the nuances of e-mail, DNS > etc. Sometimes I'm sketchy on the basics. > > That being said, I think that many spam battling methods seem to be > passive. The e-mail and IP blacklists in Declude essentially accept the > mail then delete it. What I'd like to see is a method of getting that > mail destined for deletion and move it off to another mail server that > would generate rejection messages (maybe on ratio of 10 or 100 to 1) to > the X-Declude sender maybe even using the IP that the spam originated > from. This mail server would not accept <null> senders, it's sole > purpose would be to reflect some of time and cost back to that spammers > or the open relays that let spam pass. > > As long as spam is easy and profitable it will keep getting worse. If > spammers find that it seems most of their mail is getting bounced (100's > or 1000's of rejections) and if the open relays find themselves flooded > with traffic they may close up (or fix it if it accidental). > > I'd love to be on the moral high ground and just delete or hold the > mail, but I spend a couple of hours each day reviewing held mail and > adding IP's and domains to black lists. It has to become more difficult > and more expensive for them to do. There must me more aggressive > methods... > > Sorry for the rant.... > > Marc > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- > [Stealth Anti-Virus scanning] courtesy http://www.oilfielddirectory.com > > --- [Stealth Anti-Virus scanning] courtesy http://www.oilfielddirectory.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
