spam filters

[Jerry Feldman]

On Sun, 16 May 2004 08:00:57 -0400
Travis Roy <travis at scootz.net> wrote:

> Neal Richardson wrote:
> > I am looking for recommendations for spam filtering. The current
> > situation is this. Our current ISP told us that spam is our problem
> > not theirs (this I believe to be fair except they are hosting our
> > email). We are looking for some sort of a gateway/filtering system
> > to try and stop the hemorrhaging. 
> 
> I would consider changing ISPs if that's possible. Lots of ISPs now 
> offer some kind of spam filtering.
> 
> I like spam assassin, I've been using it for a couple years.
> 
> 
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Your ISP is a bit misguided. SPAM is a serious problem for ISPs as it
takes up a significant part of their bandwidth. 
But, there is another issue. Should an ISP filter your email. IMHO, they
should allow their clients to decide whether or not to filter. 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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