Realize that mhvlug.org is on that box so this email conversation has net me 4 in bound and 700ish out bound emails. On Sep 14, 2012 7:44 PM, "Alan Snyder" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am I reading those charts wrong? your sent rate is consideravly higher > than your received rate? seems like those should be reversed? > > thanks for the advice.. I've been feeling for a while that hosting email > was a lost cause. this will ultimately be for a business account so I > definitely dont want to be wasting time going through spam. I'm going to > look into service providers to handle this for me. > > anyone have experience with greengeeks? > On Sep 14, 2012 7:06 PM, "Sean Dague" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was using postfix and dovecot on a linode until a few weeks ago. I just >> gave up and moved into google apps for domains at the end of august. >> >> My email address has been constant for over a decade, and basically I was >> getting up to 1 spam message per second to the box - >> http://serenity.dague.org/cgi-bin/mailgraph.cgi. Various techniques for >> purging them work to different degrees, I still ended up with about 40 spam >> messages a day getting through to my inbox, though more importantly, I had >> a couple messages a day get flagged incorrectly as spam. >> >> The large service provider algorithms are much better at detection in my >> experience, and spamassassin really isn't seeing community love at this >> point, sadly. >> >> -Sean >> >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Alan Snyder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's been a while since I've set up a postfix install with an imap >>> client from scratch. I'm debating whether this pain is worth continuing >>> through and then on to the pain of administering and dealing with spam, >>> etc. I know a few folks here host their own mail and was wondering what >>> the consensus was amongst everyone with respect to hosting vs. paying a >>> provider. >>> >>> I just discovered citadel but haven't played with it yet. I also know >>> there are lots of cloud services that can easily take my domain's email for >>> a few bucks a month. Should I push on with postfix, or citadel or just go >>> for a mail hosting provider? >>> >>> Any experiences with citadel? Can anyone recommend their email hosting >>> provider? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >>> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >>> >>> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College >>> Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development >>> Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art >>> Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sean Dague Mid-Hudson Valley >> [email protected] Linux Users Group >> http://dague.net http://mhvlug.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College >> Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development >> Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art >> Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development > Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art > Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel > >
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