Having seen so much on this list about bizarre techniques etc. to stop SPAM, just wanted to let you know about my ISP. I used to get around 400+ messages a week, of which around 90% were SPAM. For the last 2-3 weeks I have had around 50 messages a week. This change has been due to my ISP running anti-SPAM filter at their end, at no cost to me.
Maintaining those spam filters at a decent-sized ISP can require several full-time staffers. That's not "no cost to you". That's included in the monthly fee you pay. And what's more, the bandwidth the spam uses on their trunk circuits, the server capacity required to drive the filters, plus the staffer's salaries, all greatly reduce their profitability. It's a BS overhead that's crushing many small to mid-sized ISPs.
- Dan.
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