[ale] {Spam?} spam flood

[Dow Hurst]

Thanks for the reply!  I think having someone like Bob Toxen manage the spam 
rules would be really nice.  His service isn't exorbitant once you count up 
the hours spent sorting email or dealing with the rulesets yourself.  One way 
or another, either using Earthlink "block by default" or a managed service 
that I or someone tweaks rulesets for is about the only workable solution for 
those whose email is really out there in the wild.
Dow


David S. Jackson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 10:39:26AM -0500 Dow Hurst <dhurst at kennesaw.edu> wrote:
> 
>>I am beginning a small project to get all the emails I receive from into my 
>>online address book at Earthlink.  After I get that done, I am switching to 
>>blocking email by default unless it matches an email in my address book.  
>>That is the highest level of blocking that Earthlink offers.  The only 
>>problem with this is having to check the "Suspect Email" folder for valid 
>>new emails.  But that is minor in my opinion now.  It is a "Drop by 
>>default" instead of "Allow by default" policy which is probably best now 
>>just like in firewalling, print servers, and so on.
>>Dow
> 
> 
> FWIW, Earthlink spam controls are what I do now also.  I get about
> 1500 emails a day, and usually between 500 and a 1000 emails are
> garbage.  At least their tool helps you whittle it down some.  I'm
> sure there must be a science to making spam assassin work really
> effectively, but I was still winding up with 500+ unknowns I'd have
> to look at.  The "suspect" folder usually has about 5 or less false
> positives.  At least I can dispose of them without having to process
> them anymore...
> 

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