On Monday 21 April 2003 10:25 pm, Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > > Personally, these RBL's suck big time. They have *not* reduced the amount > > > of spam I get. But they force me to spend more money in some way or > > > another. I've been toying with the idea of starting a "Stamp out RBL" > > > movement. > > > > Bummer, because the RBLs I use on my mail server cut down my spam by about > > 80%. I kid you not, overnight the amount of spam to my inbox dropped by > > about 20 messages a day to about 3. > > Well, *if* you can use RBLs and *if* the use of RBLs by others doesn't > prevent you from sending legitimate email then they *may* be OK. But, as > I've said, unless I pay more I'm stuck being a target of RBLs. > > A "solution" that costs more than I am willing to pay is no solution. I checked the address for greshko.com at http://openrbl.org/ and you only seem to be listed in XBL which is a extreme list that blocks most of the Internet. If Redhat was using that list most of their email would be dropped. Are you sure you are being dropped because of an RBL? > > I have yet to miss an email that was important either. > > Right, I said I paid to an SMTP Relay service. ;-) ;-) > > Ed > > > -- > http://webcams.greshko.com/ Do you know this man, Peter Boeni? > http://www.shorewall.net/ for all your firewall needs > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > -- Stephen Carville http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/gnupgkey.txt =========================================== You have the right to remain helpless. Should you give up this right, anything you do will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an assailant. If you cannot find one yourself, the court will release one for you. -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
