Dear Thomas, On 19:12 13.12.2003, you [Thomas Fernandez] wrote...
> Are you sure? When I still lived in Taiwan, a user on this list > filtered all messages with a .tw top level domain and never saw my > postings. This list features members from the China and Spain, even > though I am not sure about South America at the moment. Very well, these members should start complaining at their ISP for providing open relays. This lists host server uses strict means of spam filtering RBLs, including filtering out connections from IPs in most of China and Brazil[1]. Did you know that we did not loose any legitimate mail yet, even though the rejection log is filling up very fast? > I read that most spam actually originates in the US, they just use > open relays in those countries. Which still leads us to the countries that need to fix their open relays (and while they're at it, their open proxys as well). > It is estimated that 50% of all email traffic is spam by now. The > anit-spam laws don't mean to be a convenience to the recipients, > that's just a side-effect. The enourmous amount of spam is costing the > ISPs a lot of money, they have to upgrade their bandwidth and all. Don't even let these messages enter your network. Legitimate mail? Let the customer *complain* at their foolish ISPs. Really :) Cheers, Johannes mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [1] Except for postmaster@, that's clearl. -- Finding out what goes on in the C.I.A. is like performing acupuncture on a rock. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.02.3 CE | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
