Spam-Filter-Free Options (Was: Computer repair shop)

[VirginSnow at vfemail.net]

> From: Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com>
> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 15:07:17 -0400
> Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group <gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org>

> I'm blocking about 13,000 spams destined for my personal mailbox on a  
> daily basis.  I actually need to deal with 80-120 a day (some smarter  
> procmail rules could cut that in half, I bet).

Holy cow.  Across half a dozen personal email accounts I have, I
receive about 1-2 spams per day, without ANY spam filtering.  I know
I'm not filtering my mail because I explicitly turned that feature off
in the configs.

When I had an @earthlink.net address, though, I used to get a couple
dozen spam messages per day.  And Earthlink _claims_ to have
industry-leading spam filtering.

Maybe spam prevention (much like virus prevention) is more about not
making yourself a target, than it is about defending yourself against
those who target you.