Yorkshire Dave said: > On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 18:35, Benjamin A. Shelton wrote: > >> >> The last article I read citing Jupiter research claimed >> per-user spam has been doubling every 42 days. I'd almost believe >> it... >> > > This is pure conjecture, but a pleasant thought. Maybe the spammer's > return rate is halving every 42 days and they're trying to compensate. > As I've stated before, I've cut down the amount of spam actually getting to it's intended destination by over 98% by using SA. That's gotta be hurting the spammers :)
> The best way to fight spam is to keep it out of as many inboxes as > possible. When someone you know whines about spam, give them a solution. > Help people, help spam victims, help it happen! I already installed and > set up spamassassin for 2 local businesses, free of charge, just because > I could, and I'm hosting mail accounts for dozens of friends, > neighbours, family, friends of friends etc etc. > That's similar to my situation. I admin a few small businesses and one user was complaining about getting between 100-130 SPAM messages a day. That prompted me to bring email services locally so *I* could control things. That same user now gets between 0-4 SPAM messages a day. I consider that a victory for my side! > Between us all, we can deny spammers access to a lot of inboxes, we just > need to work at it. Some people are working at it really hard, creating > solutions like spamassassin, razor, dcc, dnsbl's etc, and we appreciate > that work, so let's show our appreciation by working just as hard > spreading the word. > Amen!! There is, of course, one other thing we need to do: we need to find those people that BUY stuff from SPAM, take them out back and shoot them dead. CAUTION: before implementing said procedure, please check with your local law enforcement to determine if this is legal in your area. ;) Jeremy ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
