Jake Anderson wrote:
>>>>> I change email addresses every 12 months, so I'll worry about getting 
>>>>> in
>>>>> sync on the 1st of January. :-)
>>>>>
>>>> Why?
>>>>
>>> It's called Spam:
>>> http://www.dontronics.com/spam
>>>
>>
>>
>> That's one way to deal with it, I guess.
>>
>> Ever since we implemented a system that blocks messages from known spam
>> servers, the flood of spam became a tiny trickle. SpamAssasin marks the 
>> two
>> or four messages per day that do manage to get through as "SPAM", and my
>> mail client neatly puts them in a folder so I can review them at my 
>> leisure
>> (it's been months since a ham message was mistakenly caught).
>>
>> I think that changing your domain and hosting every year, together with 
>> your
>> other suggestions (e.g., using non-standard email account names) is much
>> more hassle for you, your friends, and your customers than deleting a
>> handful of spam messages.
>>
>> Vitaliy
>>
>>
> I use DNS RbL's and grey listing, after that I get 2-3 spam emails a day.

Yeah, that's what we have (a co-worker set it up).


> I put the same system onto some clients who were getting 4000 spam per
> day per user, They dropped down to 1-2 a week.

We were getting fewer than 4000 per user, but still a lot (they were getting 
trapped by SA).

Vitaliy 

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