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GenBlood
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| Blocking port 25 ... is a good idea ...
Port 25 should be block, if you have residential internet
access from a local ISP. You shouldn't be running a mail
server or any other type of server. If you need internet
access for your business, get a T-1 line. Also, DSL has
business class internet access too.
I'm also sick of getting all this S^&%TY spam in my in box.
The ISPs should be scanning all incoming emails and
deleting them before we can D/L them. They should be
tracing where they come from and block anything that comes
from them.
The ISPs need to talk to each other and work on a plan to
ban spammers. Also, the PCs that are infected by spammers
or viruses should be diconnected from the ISP.
People need to wake up and an spell the roses... If you
get email giving free stuff you should delete it right
away ... People need to think before clicking links ...
from emails ... | |
cowboy
So Much For Subtlety
Premium
join:2000-03-14
Morgan Hill, CA
 ·Covad Communications
·DSL EXTREME
| Port 25 should be block, if you have residential internet
access from a local ISP. You shouldn't be running a mail
server or any other type of server. If you need internet
access for your business, get a T-1 line. Also, DSL has
business class internet access too.
Ah... so, because I'm not slave to Windows, and do more than surf the web for porn, irc (sorry, aim), I should pay significantly more...
I'm also sick of getting all this S^&%TY spam in my in box.
The ISPs should be scanning all incoming emails and
deleting them before we can D/L them. They should be
tracing where they come from and block anything that comes
from them.
So do something about it...install your own filtering... I run File::Scan, Clamav, and F-PROT - then Spamassassin (3.0rc - don't go lower)... I'm now down to less than 1 uncaught spam per day (from several hundred).
Yes, the ISPs should get rid of any virus, and should stop
garaunteed spam... But I still check my detected spam for classification errors (and occasionally find one or two) - who will do that when the ISP scans your mail.
At some point in time, we have to be responsible for ourselves - the ISP can no more completely free us from evil than can our government keep us completely safe.
The ISPs need to talk to each other and work on a plan to
ban spammers. Also, the PCs that are infected by spammers
or viruses should be diconnected from the ISP.
Indeed, at work - an infected box is removed from the lan post haste... it doesn't take much, alot of the scanning can be automated ! But due-diligence costs $ to setup... Our economy is based upon this moments $, not future savings/benefits 
People need to wake up and an spell the roses... If you
get email giving free stuff you should delete it right
away ... People need to think before clicking links ...
from emails ...
Things haven't changed much since P.T. Barnum, why do you expect them to change now ?
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Richard Nelson | |
reub2000
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Evanston, IL
| reply to GenBlood
What if I want to run a server for non buisness use? Like for hosting images for posting on message boards that don't allow uploads? Or maybe just hosting your personal web page? Or maybe just an ftp server to store my personal files?
And if you don't want spam from dynamic IP addresses, why not block e-mail from dynamic IP addresses? | |
jap
Premium
join:2003-08-10
038xx
 ·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to cowboy
said by cowboy  :
So do something about it...install your own filtering... I run File::Scan, Clamav, and F-PROT - then Spamassassin (3.0rc - don't go lower)... I'm now down to less than 1 uncaught spam per day (from several hundred).
Completely silly response - and you know it. Your post concludes with a reference & resignation of how incompetent people are yet here claim that the spam solution is for everyone should buy, run, and maintain their own filters? Yeah, right.
said by cowboy :
At some point in time, we have to be responsible for ourselves - the ISP can no more completely free us from evil than can our government keep us completely safe.
Baloney - and bad analogy. The spam is being relayed though ISP servers and/or coming off the machines of other ISP users. It's perfectly acceptable to expect a service provider to expend substantial effort on spam - and they do. The costs of spam to them are high and they must pass that onto us. To advocate that spam should be cleaned up at it's destination endpoint is ridiculous on every level of assessment: social, economic, technical, and efficacy. It's not like their is a group of users who consider spam a value-add and wish to preserve it as a service option. | |
rkris2000
join:2004-08-30
Rochester, NY
| reply to GenBlood
said by GenBlood:
Port 25 should be block, if you have residential internet
access from a local ISP. You shouldn't be running a mail
server or any other type of server. If you need internet
access for your business, get a T-1 line. Also, DSL has
business class internet access too.
Whatever man...! I need to access my company mail server from home and on the road, especially with this SPF thing now. Besides, the optimum SMTP server is well known for it's reliability!!!! I gotta pay for using a third party service to send my mail (smtpport.com) to my OWN mail server, cuz of these stupid policies.
-Rob | |
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