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RE: ***TiVo Mailing List - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT***


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: RE: ***TiVo Mailing List - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT***
  • From: "K. C. Li" <li@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:56:42 +0100 (BST)
  • Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact ukha_d-owner@xxxxxxx
  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Jon Fautley wrote:

> How about SpamAssassin at the SMTP level? If it's spam, the mailserver

We do use SpamAssassin at the user level. However, it is important for us
to reject spam at the SMTP level. ie. Refuse to accept the e-mail when it
is coming through "the letterbox", rather than throwing it away
after it
has landed on the carpet.

> just rejects it. Has the added bonus that once the spammer detects a
> couple of bounced messages from your mailserver, it'll stop sending to
it
> :)

That is not our experience of spammers. They don't care how many bounces
they get. Their only overriding priority is to spam EVERY e-mail address
that they have. Furthermore, most spam come from poorly defended but
legitimate e-mail servers. These servers are as much a victim of spam. In
fact, they are worst off as they end up being listed in many spam black
lists and their mail queues are usually clogged up with thousands, if not
millions, of bounced spam.

Regards,

Kwong Li
li@xxxxxxx
Laser Business Systems Ltd.
http://www.laser.com



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