On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 22:31, Lanman wrote: > Stephen; If you aren't needing any other forms of communication from > GMX.Net, consider blocking their IP address in your firewall. I've been > getting a lot of crap like that and blocking them from the firewall > seems to do the trick. > > For instance, I'm constantly getting people trying (and failing)to > connect to my network from China, and Amsterdam. A quick check at > "arin.net" tells me where it's coming from and allows me to block their > IP's in my firewall. Afterwards, they're just a distant memory. > > It might save you a lot of time. > > HTH > > Lanman
Er, GMX.NET is one of my longest standing email addresses...and I don't mind getting their "spam reports" - not that I read them - and I don't mind getting their weekly Newsletter - not that I read them either...all I'm saying is that I've got now 7 rbl's setup and they're all free of charge and my spam just got reduced by about 40%... stephen kuhn - proprietor ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com mobile: 0410.728.389 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 22:41:19 up 1 day, 7:29, 2 users, load average: 0.24, 0.14, 0.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ This email is virus-free because we don't use Microsoft products No committee could ever come up with anything as revolutionary as a camel -- anything as practical and as perfectly designed to perform effectively under such difficult conditions. -- Laurence J. Peter
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