>So what happens? My time has been wasted, as has yours. You probably
>think I didn't bother responding, so you get a bad impression of me. But
>the big problem occurs when too many people start doing this ("critical
>mass"). At that point, I say "screw this" and walk away, no longer
>offering free advice. I benefit by getting more free time, but the
>Internet as a whole loses out.
>If you don't think the Internet as a whole would lose out (some people
>don't), that's OK -- you can just picture the same scenario with someone
>else that offers free advice.
I'm sorry Scott, it was not my intention to cause offense. If i have then i
apologise.
I've been supscribing to this list since first installing Imail 5.x and i
have learnt everything i know about running email services from reading
advice from all the people on this list that give their time freely,
including yourself, len, sandy and many others. And yes the internet would
lose out.
>>Given the number of emails we recive on a daily basis (600) and the number
>>of emails that trapped either by imgate or imail
>>(about 140) i dont have to many issues blocking on single test.
>You've fallen for Len's statistics. :)
>You receive 600 E-mails a day and trap 140. But what if 40 of those 140
>are non-spams?
i know they are spam because i check every one. it is the only way i can be
certain that my users are not missing any emails. i even go so far as to
contact the sender to let them know they are blacklisted somewhere. in all
cases the postmaster has been very grateful.
it is a labourious task but at the moment it is managable (gives me an
excuse to have two cups of coffee before starting my real work). But if the
spam continues to increase i will have to look at taking further measures.
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