raf proclaimed on mutt-users that: 

> not if you run procmail on the other side of the modem
> before popping the mail to the local host.
 
 That saves you part of the cost - but your ISP still has to bear the cost of
 receiving the spam - and several ISPs figure out the costs involved in getting
 spammed and running an abuse desk / hiring admins to block spam.  Who do you
 think bears all these costs?  The users.
 
> >  MTA blocks are far better ....
> 
> and it only takes one line in sendmail.cf :)

It takes just the same (but in plain english, more or less) in exim ;)

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Suresh Ramasubramanian + Wallopus Malletus Indigenensis
mallet @ cluestick.org + Lumber Cartel of India, tinlcI
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Let thy attire be comely, but not costly.
                -- John Lyly

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