If I might jump in here with a couple of comments. We are able to happily bill $2/mo per mailbox. In part, we offer spam and virus scanning and place no limits on mailbox size (we bill also for storage space). Most of our clients are small corporations. All of our clients are satisfied and frequently recommend us to others.
For filtering we use a combination of Sniffer (http://www.sortmonster.com/Sniffer) and the following basic Declude settings with extremely good results: SNIFFER HOLD RBL FOOTER [SPAM ALERT RBL - SENDER FOUND IN RBL DATABASE] DUL FOOTER [SPAM ALERT DUL - SENDER FOUND IN DUL DATABASE] RSS FOOTER [SPAM ALERT RSS - SENDER FOUND IN RSS DATABASE] OSRELAY FOOTER [SPAM ALERT OSRELAY - SENDER FOUND IN OSRELAY DATABASE] OSDUL FOOTER [SPAM ALERT OSDUL - SENDER FOUND IN OSDUL DATABASE] OSSRC FOOTER [SPAM ALERT OSSRC - SENDER FOUND IN OSSRC DATABASE] OSSMART FOOTER [SPAM ALERT OSSMART - SENDER FOUND IN OSSMART DATABASE] OSSOFT FOOTER [SPAM ALERT OSSOFT - SENDER FOUND IN OSSOFT DATABASE] MAILFROM HOLD SPAMROUTING HOLD BADHEADERS HOLD Hope this helps, _M | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher | Ulrich | Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 9:02 AM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: MISSING_REVERSE_DNS:RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Newbie questions on | filters & charging | | | By default, though, Declude does not block ANY spam. Rather, it flags | it with headers (like the MISSING REVERSE DNS on this email) | (yes, I know... we are getting it delegated to us by Sprint this week). | | My question is more along the lines of -- what would you flip on | or leave off to get a good level of spam blocking without blocking valid | messages? | Right now, nothing is blocked - just flagged. | | >our customers ... overwhelmingly they agreed to pay a premium for the | service. We raised our | >rates just enough to cover the cost and nobody has complained. | | Can you give me an idea of what you raised it per customer? Is | that on a per | domain basis? A per company basis? Per email account basis? | | Thanks | | | | At 10:36 PM 1/26/2002, you wrote: | >We are not an ISP but support several small companies, including some | >churches. When we first located Declude we talked to our customers and | >overwhelmingly they agreed to pay a premium for the service. We | raised our | >rates just enough to cover the cost and nobody has complained. On top of | >that we picked up a couple of customers just because we provide | the service. | > | >I suggest using the settings provided by Declude. Watch them | for awhile and | >tweak them as needed. | > | >Tom | > | >-----Original Message----- | >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher | >Ulrich | >Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 7:36 PM | >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] MISSING_REVERSE_DNS:Newbie questions on | >filters & charging | > | > | >Hello. I'm a new user to declude's products, so sorry if I'm asking | >things that were asked recently. | > | >We're trying to build some good filters that will eliminate real junk | >without blocking valid messages. I'm guessing this might cover | >70-80% of the junk without blocking most valid messages. Does | >this sound reasonable? Is there a "sample" setting file that | >people start with (besides with the default which does not block | anything)? | > | >A second question - is anyone charging a premium for AntiVirus | and AntiSpam | >email, and if so, how much? Per email account? Per domain? | > | >Thanks | > | >Chris Ulrich | >[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | >--- | >[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". You can E-mail | >[EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web | >site at http://www.declude.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". You can E-mail | >[EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web | >site at http://www.declude.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". You can E-mail | [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web | site at http://www.declude.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". You can E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. You can visit our web site at http://www.declude.com .
