I had ours cut way down, but I keep it a little more open now, got to watch it, don't want to miss any potential clients.
only downside to spam is sifting through all the crap in the SMTP logs when we encounter an issue with the server. Thankfully that's rare. > > On Jan 29, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Dan wrote: > >>> >>> Oh noes, it's also still present in all the mirrored archives as well >>> whatever will we do?! >> >> Spam is going to crush us all. > > Not all of us. 8-P > > I see a handful of spams a day. (a quick check of my Junk folder shows that > I've gotten one all day) > > Of course we run our email servers with ruthless efficiency, via Spam > Assassin and several RBL's, and send 90-98% of all mail arriving here > straight to the bit bucket. > > Properly set up we have very very few false positives. (and we have people > (and emails) from all over the world and people who legitimately discuss > Viagra in their emails.) Occasionally we do need to whitelist someone's > address to keep 'em from being kicked, but it's still quite a short list. > > This takes about 10%-20% of one FTE to manage for something like 1200 > accounts. > > My opinion is that the vast majority of ISP's are lazy bastards who just > don't give a crap about their customers. > > (I was stunned the other day when I looked at our stats and saw that 11.8% of > all mail sent to our domain had made it past our spam filters..that's a very > high number) > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
